Side by Side Programs
Clubhouse Work-Ordered Day Program
Psychosocial and Vocational Rehabilitation - Side by Side’s program participants, called members, work alongside staff to operate the Clubhouse while building social, thinking and work skills necessary to regain self-sufficiency. Weekday program hours are 8:30 am to 2:30 pm with some evening and weekend activities. Members volunteer in one of three work units: Maintenance, Kitchen or Business. Each unit has distinct tasks. Members’ goals vary, however they are always incremental steps to increase independence.
Life Skills Training and Coaching - After a brain injury, many people need extra help with life’s daily responsibilities to stay safe and healthy while living alone or without continual assistance at home. Life Skills Training, followed by ongoing coaching, is provided by rehabilitation professionals and assists with understanding cognitive strengths and challenges of ‘higher level’ activities of daily living; developing and modifying systems to track and complete these responsibilities; emergency preparedness and healthy lifestyle choices; time management of multiple life activities; and modifying and maintaining systems including enlisting support of others as needed.
Family Support - The family support program offers individual, group and peer-to-peer resources and support to strengthen family relationships that have been strained and often broken after a tragic, life-changing injury of one family member. Program goals include healthier relationships, respite for caregivers, and managing health and wellness of both family caregivers and their disabled family members. Our family caregivers can participate in monthly support groups facilitated by Side by Side’s social work staff, connect with each other outside of Side by Side, receive individualized resource coaching and brain injury training, and most importantly, learn to prioritize their own care.
Employment Services
At Side by Side, Vocational Services are individualized and directed by each person’s goals and desires. Working after a brain injury can be a complex undertaking. Our professional staff will help you navigate the journey of rediscovering your unique and valuable contribution in the world.
People can access our employment services as part of our day program, a stand-alone service or a combination of the two.
More about our work ordered day program:
Work-ordered day participation with real-time peer and professional feedback provides natural support and scaffolding to practice work-based tasks in three different work units.
Person-centered plans encourage you to claim experiences of success and failure that build insight and strategies to compensate for cognitive, communication, and physical challenges
Group volunteer and social activities in the community offer opportunities to generalize and expand work-related abilities and gain new levels of confidence and self-sufficiency.
Individualized vocational counseling is built into the day program to explore employment interests and options.
As members progress, vocational services shift toward supporting the member to begin employment networking, job search activities, managing life skills to maintain employment, and onsite/distance job coaching.