"Empowering People to Grow to their Potential" with Employment Services.
Let our team help with all your employment needs.
OUR TEAM
Christopher Barcelo
Christopher Barcelo is a trainer that has been working in the restaurant business for over 30 years. He has trained employees in all areas of culinary skills. His charismatic nature has won over many customers and it will win you over too.
OUR TEAM
Jasmin Maldonado
Jasmin Maldonado
Jasmin Maldonado
Jasmin Maldonado is our Office Manager and Head Job developer. She brings a fierce ability to advocate for our clients and get them the job of their dreams. Jasmin has been working for Empower Us and assisting our clients since 2019.
Lora Tillman
Jasmin Maldonado
Jasmin Maldonado
Lori Tillman is an assistant for a transition special education program for CCSD. She works for us part time and brings valuable knowledge on job coaching. She also has a daughter with down syndrome whom she adores. Lori has been submersed in the special education community for over 18 years. Her loving nature puts everyone at ease during their job coaching sessions.
Our Team
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Our Services
Job Development
Our employment services in Las Vegas are second to none. We strive to exceed your expectations by breaking barriers and changing the game. We can help fill jobs from restaurant work to office skills. Put our experience to work for you. Our job development in Las Vegas is unprecedented with our high success rate as we come up with an individualize plan to meet your needs.
Empower Us in Las Vegas is committed to their mission of improving lives through facilitating independence.
Job Coaching
We have trained people in industries like:
- High End Restaurants
- Retail Sales
- Food Prep
- Utility Specilists
- CCSD Food Service Workers
- CCSD Custodians
We can help with:
- Contract-to-Hire
- Long Term Success Rates
- Direct Placement
- Individual Job coaching
- Advocacy
- Bus Coaching
- Obtaining Food Handlers Cards with a special arrangement made through the Health District for our clients
Interview Prep and all your employment needs
We boost your bottom line with a strong mission and a clear vision. We are dedicated to our clients, and they benefit from our success. If you want to grow your potential and take it to the next level, call us today.
We can also assist with:
- Interview Clothes Shopping
- Interview Preparation
- Interview Advocacy
Specialized Job Development
ASL Job Development
Supportive Employment
Supportive Employment
Our company provides job development services for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing community. We have developers that are native ASL speakers as well has highly trained ASL job coaches. We have meticulously selected individuals whom have an extensive knowledge of the ASL community.
We can help with:
- Self-Advocacy Skills
- Job Coaching
- Job Development
- Employer Education
- PreEts specifically designed for the D/HH community
Supportive Employment
Supportive Employment
Supportive Employment
Our company specializes in Supportive Employment. We provide clients with the career of their dreams. We listen to what their ideal job would be and provide them with a step by step plan to achieve it. We perform task analysis at each potential work site to ensure the exact fit for our clients. We also continue to monitor their progress by weekly check-ins with the client and employers. We provide training to the employers so they may understand what accomodations the client would need. Our ideal fit is when the client and the employer have perfect compatibility.
We can help with:
- Task Analysis
- Accommodations
- Weekly Check-Ins
- Finding the job of your DREAMS
Customized Employment
Supportive Employment
Customized Employment
We also provide a unique service of customizing a job just for YOU! Customized Employment is a flexible process designed to personalize the employment relationship between a job candidate and a potential employer in a way that meets the needs of both. We base it on identifying the strengths, conditions, and interests of a job candidate through a process of discovery. Our company will spend a lot of time getting to know the employer to find what unmet needs they have while at the same time we get to know our client to see what goals they want to achieve. This allows us to find the perfect fit for the employer and the job candidate.
We can offer:
- Intensive Job Candidate Interviews
- Comprehension Job discovery
- Detailed Observations of Employment Sites
- Task Analysis of Multiple Locations
- Customizing the Perfect Fit for Job Candidate and Employer
PreEts Services
Pre-ETS
This service is provided to any youth with a disability, in an education program, between the ages of 14 to 22 years old. The services are presented in workshops, but if needed, could be presented 1:1, given a student’s specific disability related need. The student can be a current Vocational Rehabilitation client, or could be potentially eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation services. Workshops would primarily be scheduled on campuses or in office.
What are the workshops?
• Job exploration counseling
• Counseling on opportunities for enrollment in comprehensive transition or post-secondary educational program at institutions of higher education
• Workplace readiness training to develop social skills and independent living skills
• Instruction in self-advocacy
Who can receive Pre-ETS workshops?
• Any youth 14-22 with a disability in an education program
• Youth do not need to be a Vocational Rehabilitation client
• Pre-ETS Workshops can be administered to groups or individuals
All of our providers hold current fingerprint clearance cards with BVR and are Volunteer Background Checked with CCSD.
Our services are available in English, Spanish and American Sign Language.
What we can do for Employers?
Employer Incentives
At Empower Us we strive to educate employers on the benefits and programs available to them as well as training support for mutually successful employment.
Tax Credits – An employer may receive tax credits of $1,200 – $9,000 per employed candidate with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. For information on how the WOTC tax credits are calculated, https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i8850
Useful form(s): https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i8850.pdf
Paid Training – On a case by case basis, The State of Nevada may offer full or partially paid training for our candidates through an OJT (On the Job) program.
Useful form(s) – State of NV Vendor Registration Form
Incentive-Based Employment – This program supports employers who hire and retain eligible individuals in full-time employment (30 hours or more per week) by providing a wage and training subsidy based on the total amount of time the qualified individual remains actively employed.
Upon completion and satisfaction of certain requirements, the employer may receive a wage retention supplement – on average up to $2,000 – payable in four equal increments of $500 after each 30 days of successful employment, up to 120 days. The Employer Agreement outlines the role and responsibility of the employer to the employee and is signed by both the employer and a Nevada Job Connect agency representative. http://silverstateworks.com/employer_options.php
Hiring our clients can save time and resources by locating the perfect fit for your job vacancy. All of our applicants have been pre-screened for their skills and abilities to match the position they are pursuing.
Clients LOVE us
Successful Supported Employment!
Cassandra was put in our path through Vocational Rehab. I was very impressed with her experience and knowledge, it showed as I watched her work with my son. My son is a very unique young man. She took her time in getting to know him and his likes and dislikes to place him in an appropriate position that he would like and enjoy. As a parent I greatly appreciate that.
Thank You
Cindy Atcosta
Customized Employment at its BEST!
Dear Cassandra and Chris,
I want to thank you and your job development company for helping my grandson David find a job that he loves. He had been with a different development company for almost a year and nothing had come up for him. But, when he was introduced to you, you listened to him about his passion for working with metal. You took his hobby, created a portfolio showing his accomplishments, and went seeking a job for him. It was amazingly fast that David was going to an interview with his portfolio in hand and reporting back to me that he had the job. He is so working hard to do well and we have high hopes for his future.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
LOUISE FREIHEIT
Specialized ASL Job Development Client HIRED!
I want to said thank you for helping me. I am really appreciated that you teaching how to application and work together. I feel that communication is not barrier because Priscilla is willing interpreter for interview. She was really prepared to see me before interview make sure i understand all of those. I think deaf community should ask for help and communication access. I dont have to worry about asking interpreter for 42 or 24 hours ahead of time. Priscilla is wonderful job to help deaf people anything they need their help. I feel better when she was helping me to do paper works. I am really enjoyed working with you. It is really fast to help me and i just feel fast to have a job. Thank you for patience with me. I am grateful to have that company to help me to find a job. I am learning something new everyday about clothes in kmart. I never know about non slip shoes. I am glad that Christopher edit my application that I made a mistake email business so he lets me know what is going on.
Thank you
Natalia Quintero