Finger Lakes Health at Geneva General Hospital, Geneva (Adult Project SEARCH)
Project Search® at Geneva General Hospital has been running since 2012. It serves young adults with varying intellectual and developmental disabilities. The hospital is a 132-bed general acute care hospital located in Geneva, NY. The Project SEARCH site started with 8 internship locations and has now doubled to 16. Finger Lakes Health has hired 5 graduates, naming one of them Employee of the Year in 2014. In order to meet the needs and interests of the interns, 2 internship sites have been developed in the community.
Types of Internships
- Nutritional services: porter, cold food prep, tray line, dietary hostess
- Central stores: distribution aid
- Human resources: file clerk
- Housekeeping: housekeeping aide, laundry assistant
- Long-term care: recreation assistant, lunch assistant
- Child Care Center: teacher's aide
- Adult day: recreation assistant
- Environmental services: grounds
- Patient transport: transporter
- Olympia Sports: sales associate
- Uncle Joe's: hostess, pizza maker
Typical Daily Schedule
Interns arrive at 8:30 a.m. for 45 minutes of job training before heading to their internships. At 1:45 p.m., interns attend Job Club. From 2:00 p.m. to dismissal at 2:45 p.m., interns perform skill building activities (social skills, interviewing skills, resume writing, job searches, etc.).
Partnerships
- ACCES-VR
- OPWDD
- Finger Lakes Health
- Ontario ARC