Employment Skills Training

This program provides individuals with the opportunity to learn work skills in a variety of paid, on-the-job training experiences.
 

Work Readiness Program (On-Site Services)

Desert Haven offers on-site, on-the-job training in a variety of work settings, each with high standards and expectations for performance, attitude, and behavior, as required within a regular, community-based work setting.
 
Food Service
Modeled after an actual kitchen within a fast food restaurant, our onsite cafe, The Desert Express Grill, gives consumers the opportunity to learn every aspect of food service that typically occurs within a fast food restaurant.  Under the supervision of a certified trainer, consumers learn the key skills necessary to obtain entry-level work within the foodservice industry, including food preparation, grilling, cashiering, customer service, cleanup, and dishwashing.  

Housekeeping Services
Members of the housekeeping crew are trained in all facets of janitorial and housekeeping services while they work year-round to keep our facilities here at DHE neat, clean, and properly maintained. With responsibilities that include cleaning and sanitizing restrooms, dusting offices, removing trash, washing windows, sweeping, mopping, and even buffing floors, the members of our housekeeping team are well-prepared for transition into a related job within the community.

Laundry Service
To support the off-site janitorial crews, the laundry service crew, otherwise known as the towel crew, is responsible for washing, drying and folding the hundreds and hundreds of wash rags and drying towels used at community-based sites on a daily basis.  The benefit of this crew is not only in the support provided the off-site crews, but also the accommodation it affords to persons with more significant medical or physical limitations, as well as those with scheduling or other issues, that would preclude their participation on a community-based work crew on either or short-term or long-term basis.