Toolworks (Berkeley)

Toolworks provides a wide range of vocational services to people with disabilities. We offer employment services, job coaching, independent living skills training, personal social vocational adjustment, and work adjustment. We have specialized services for people who are deaf/hard of hearing; those with developmental disabilities; and people with disabilities who are homeless.

Services Offered

Communication and Language Skills Training/LEAD (Group, 1 hour)
Communication and Language Skills Training/LEAD (Group, 2-4 hours)
Communication and Language Skills Training/LEAD (Group, 5+ hours)
Communication and Language Skills Training/LEAD (Individual, per hour)
Employment Services - Employment Prep (Individual)
Employment Services - Intake (Individual)
Employment Services - Job Development and Placement (Individual)
Employment Services - Retention (Individual)
Independent Living Skills Training Services (Group, 1 hour, per consumer, per day)
Independent Living Skills Training Services (Group, 2-4 hour, per consumer, per day)
Independent Living Skills Training Services (Group, 5+ hours, per consumer, per day)
Independent Living Skills Training Services (Individual, per hour)
Non-paid Work Adjustment (Individual, per hour)
Personal, Vocational, and Social Adjustment - PVSA (Group, per consumer, 1 hour class
Personal, Vocational, and Social Adjustment - PVSA (Individual per hour)
Short-Term Supports (Individual, per consumer)
Supported Employment - Retention
Supported Employment Job Coaching (Individual)
Work Adjustment (Group, 2-4 hours)
Work Adjustment (Group, 5+ hours)
Work Adjustment (Individual, per hour)

Languages

(Provider can provide services for other languages; for further details, please contact Provider.)

American Sign Language
English

Disability Specialities

Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Developmental Disabilities

Accessibility

disability Assisitive Technologies: Documents available in large print or in electronic formats. all sites have video phones. Floors, offices, elevators, restrooms, are labled in braill. Assistance reading for those with low literacy skills. Staff proficient in American Sign Language.

Transportation

Transportation via Bus via Bus Lines, Para Transit: N/A

Transportation via Rail Route Rail Routes: BART Ashby Station. Elevator from station to the building

Parking Parking Lot Access: N/A

Qualifications

Toolworks founded in 1975, serves more than 500 people with disabilities throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area and has been affiliated with DOR the entire time. We employ 150 individuals with disabilities. All services at Toolworks are accessible to people who are deaf or heard of hearing.