Supported Employment
These programs help individuals find jobs that match their capabilities and career goals, learn skills necessary to make them valuable and responsible employees, and form meaningful and supportive networks of coworkers and employers. Types of support include employment skills assessment and training, interviewing preparation, job searches, and job coaching at employment sites. Job Coaches, who are provided free of charge to employers, serve as liaisons between the employee and their employers. Long-term and meaningful employment has been found at many local companies, such as: Utah Foods, University of Utah, Primary’s Children Medical Center, Salt Lake Community College, Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Utah Department of ...
Family Support/Respite
Family Support TURN supports people of all ages with disabilities who live in the community or in their family homes. We help each family develop a long-term plan based on the family’s present needs and future goals. Through family support services, people with disabilities, their parents, siblings, and neighbors, learn new approaches and strategies to foster independence. The kinds of supports offered are flexible and family-driven. Respite Respite care provides families with temporary relief from the day-to-day challenges of supporting a relative with disabilities at home. Respite can be provided for varying amounts of time, ranging from a few hours to several days. ...
Day Support
Day Support: Day, Senior, Adult Services Locally operated community centers provide a gathering place; a great place to share friendships and skill development. Centers offer a variety of stimulating activities ie. hobby development, holiday celebrations, and community recreation outings under trained supervised care. Some centers have work activity programs where clients can participate in paid work for community organizations. Some have recycling projects which earn money for the clientele. Some centers help place clients as volunteers at senior centers, with meals on wheels, and at child care centers as teacher assistants. Senior based supports include Alzheimer's respite services through local Area Association of ...
Residential
Types of Residential Services Group homes retain evening, morning and overnight staff (24/7) for those requiring medical or other specialized supports. Apartment living locations retain hourly staff who are trained to assist with a variety of personal living needs. Those in independent living arrangements (own home, condo, mobile home, etc.) are assisted by trained, hourly staff to help maintain tasks necessary for personal welfare. Supports include activities of daily living, community participation, socialization skills, leisure skills, personal funds management, and transportation. Location Group homes are located in Davis, Weber, Salt Lake, Utah, Iron and Washington Counties. Apartments are located in all counties served by TURN. In ...
Events
Southern Utah TURN is following in the “saucy” footsteps of TURN along the Wasatch...
Monday August 30, TURN Community Services moved its executive offices from Main Street...
TURN’s annual End of Summer Picnic was held Saturday, August 28 at the Rice Terrace...
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Southern Utah TURN staff and clients participated in the 28th Annual Utah Midsummer Renaissance Faire, July 7th-10th, 2010. TURN has sponsored the children’s game booth area of the Faire for almost 10 years as a fundraiser and also to raise public awareness about TURN and our mission as an agency. TURN clients and staff members put on Renaissance-... [Read more of this review]
Michael Godfrey received a hearty ‘welcome back’ at TURN’s Salt Lake administrative offices in August when he accepted a temporary consultant position to assist Wasatch Front Directors of Program Services during the agency’s office relocations, and to help serve as advisor to area programs during other transitions. Michael, who was employed... [Read more of this review]
Board Vice-chair, Kathy Hale has over 30 years of banking experience, primarily in the areas of commercial and residential real estate lending, and has spent the past five years as a CRA Analyst with UBS Bank USA. Kathy has served on nonprofit boards including the Utah Community Reinvestment Corporation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Salt... [Read more of this review]
Every two years, Utah Special Olympics holds competitions, alternating between Summer Games and Winter Games, for people who have intellectual disabilities. So, it is no small feat that Nathan (Nate) Dail of Cedar City was one of only 53 state-wide athletes who qualified by winning a gold medal in order to advance to the 2010 Special Olympics USA Games,... [Read more of this review]
Susanne (Suzie) Squire, Program Instructor at Weber Hourly Services, passed away Friday, August 13, 2010 after a short illness. Suzie was born January 17, 1944 in Richfield, Utah. Suzie was active in the LDS Church and a graduate of Utah State University. She loved crafts and horses; she used to barrel race when she was younger, but she was most passionate... [Read more of this review]
Amanda Williams, Assistant Coordinator for Midvale TCC day program, came to TURN fresh out of high school—well, almost! Just barely meeting the age requirement for employment in her senior year, Amanda was no stranger to TURN when she was hired as a residential instructor in July 2000. The daughter of Peggy Butler, Sandy Cottages Program Coordinator... [Read more of this review]
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