Job & Career
In this section, you will find a variety of resources and services that are designed to assist teens and young adults with locating vocational/trade schools, career counseling, and and job readiness training in San Diego County.
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Encinitas Community Resource Center
Founded in 1979, Community Resource Center (CRC) is a nonprofit social services agency serving residents throughout coastal North San Diego County. CRC is dedicated to helping women and children, individuals, and families live safe, self-sufficient lives by providing critical assistance in the areas of domestic violence services, food programs, and emergency and transitional housing assistance.
(760) 753-1156
Crisis House: Family Resource Center
Today, Crisis House offers a continuum of emergency services, social services and housing services that assist families and individuals in need with a special focus on victims of domestic violence, veterans and the homeless. Crisis House is a beacon of light for our neighbors who struggle daily to overcome difficult circumstances that significantly interfere with their ability to carry out such primary aspects of daily life as self care, household management, interpersonal relationships, and obtaining employment. The common goal held for every client entering Crisis House is one of self-sufficiency.
(619) 444-1194
Goodwill: Young Adults Placement Program
The Goodwill Point Loma Young Adults Placement Program can help you achieve your goals. We can help with career assessment, job applications, creating or updating your resume, teaching and helping you with job searching, interviewing, and vocational skills- and it’s all free.
Call:
(619) 225-2200 or (888) 446-6394
Access Inc.: Metro Youth Program
Access, Inc.’s Metro Youth Program provides work readiness and employment options in a wide variety of activities to ensure that all youth have the skills and training they need to successfully make the transition to adulthood and careers.
(858) 560-0871
Mental Health Systems: Kinesis North Bio-Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program
Bio-Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program (BPSR) Kinesis North Clinic is an adult (TAY welcomed) outpatient mental health clinic that serves those who have serious and persistent mental health issues. Our program helps individuals with psychiatric disabilities to live and socialize within their communities. We also assist participants in finding work that matches their strengths and abilities. Our services include supporting recovery from mental health and substance abuse issues by assisting in developing skills to manage symptoms and improve quality of life.
(760) 480-2255
South Bay Guidance Wellness Recovery Center
The South Bay Guidance Wellness Recovery Center’s services are based on the principles of psychosocial rehabilitation, with an emphasis on attending to the whole person and re-establishing one’s life as a result of the consequences of mental illness, rather than attending to the symptoms of the illness. We focus on recovery, rehabilitation, and community integration, and are individualized to meet the needs of each client. This center also has three specialized programs: Full Service Partnership Case Management, and targeted services for Transition Aged Youth and Older Adults.
(619) 427-4661 Ext. 202
San Diego Unified School District: Transition Resources for Adult Community Education (TRACE)
TRACE is part of the San Diego Unified School District and is an educational support network to assist young adult students with disabilities in transition from high school to adult life. TRACE encourages students to be as independent as possible in the community.
(619) 574-1073
San Pasqual Academy: Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program
San Pasqual Academy’s YES Program is a work readiness and self-sufficiency program funded by the San Diego Workforce Partnership, that partners with Access, Inc., to provide work readiness training, financial literacy, leadership development, internships, job shadowing opportunities and more.
(760) 233-4028
Urban Corps
Urban Corps is a locally-based nonprofit that provides a high school education and green job training to young adults. The majority of youth employed at Urban Corps did not succeed in a traditional high school setting and we help them get a second chance to go back to school and develop new skills, while contributing to the overall quality of life in the San Diego area. We provide job training and community service in the fields of conservation and recycling, which will assist youth in becoming more employable while protecting San Diego’s natural resources.
(619) 235-6884
Access to Independence
Access to Independence is an independent living center and a nonresidential, cross-disability, non-profit corporation that provides services to people with disabilities to help maximize their independence and fully integrate into their communities. We have created a new paradigm for independent living, an integrated service model driven by two areas of focus: Advocacy and Transition.
(619) 293-3500
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We do not endorse any specific organization listed nor are we responsible for ensuring the quality of the services listed. Users should always select services at their own discretion. Additionally, this information is subject to change as funding for programs can shift over time, though we do our very best to keep the resource center as up-to-date as possible.