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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Arc of San Diego
The Arc of San Diego is one of the largest, most comprehensive providers of services to children and adults with disabilities in San Diego County. All our programs promote social, economic, and personal independence.
(619) 685-1175
South Metro Career Center
The San Diego Metro Region Career Centers provide individuals with a comprehensive approach to career planning and job search services. We offer assistance tailored to the needs of the job seeker such as career counseling, job search assistance, and more. Our commitment is to improve your skills and help you find a job as quickly as possible.
(619) 266-4200
Harmonium: Family Youth Partnership Program
Harmonium’s Family Youth Partner Program offers full service partnerships to children and transition age youth. Within this program, San Diego County Mental Health and Harmonium are working together with mental health therapists to achieve treatment plan goals. Our staff members understand that mental health issues are often complicated by other life challenges such as physical health, limited resources, economics, educational needs, employment, legal system and daily life experiences.
(858)-684-3080
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): Friends In Hand Clubhouse
NAMI’s Friends In Hand Clubhouse provides free support (not treatment) for recovery for adults recovering from mental illness.
(703)-524-7600
Fostering Change: Independent Living Skills Program
The Fostering Change Independent Living Skills program is designed to help foster youth achieve self-sufficiency when they age out of foster care. We provide intensive life skills training and case management support.
(866) 457-4636
North County Lifeline: LifeSpring House
The LifeSpring House and Apartments provide transitional housing for young people turning 18 and aging out of the foster care system. We provide housing for up to two years for young adults ages 18-24 as they cross the bridge between foster living and full independence. Life Spring also helps support residents’ young families with housing, as well as employment and financial goals.
(760) 842-6261
Second Chance: Job Readiness Training
Second Chance offers pre-employment attitudinal and job readiness training, as well as job placement support services. Second Chance uses this program to lead participants to permanent employment and self-sufficiency. With two years of graduate follow-up services — including affordable housing placement, job placement, professional clothing for interviews, computer lab support, and case management, the workforce training program can be the difference between moving up the ladder and a downward spiral.
(619) 234-8888
Access Inc.
Access, Inc.’s Youth Programs are funded by the San Diego Workforce Partnership providing 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
Department of Rehabilitation-South County Branch
The California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) is an employment and independent living resource for people with disabilities.
(619) 426-8720
Department of Rehabilitation-North County Branch
The California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) is an employment and independent living resource for people with disabilities.
(760) 510-4705
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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.