LOCAL CAREER SITES

These links are of various local agencies and resources that provide career and employment opportunities to persons with disabilities.
 
WEB SITE 
DESCRIPTION
SERVICES
Sertoma Center, Incorporated: A Knoxville Nonprofit Mental Retardation Agency
This site describes the Sertoma Center Inc., a nonprofit agency which provides a variety of services for individuals with mental and/or other disabilities. 
  • day services
  • residential services 
  • employment 
  State Resources Literacy and Learning Disabilities - Tennessee
This site provides a list of addresses of resources  available to learning disabled persons in the state of Tennessee. 
  • various resources for learning disabled persons
  • potential career opportunities
 Goodwill Industries -- Knoxville
This site describes the local Goodwill Industries of Knoxville. 
  •  rehabilitation programs
  • The Employment, Development and Assessment Center
  • Work Keys System 
  • Clerical Skills Training
  • Caregiver
  • Certified Nursing Assistant Training 
  • SPACE and Selective Placement
 Knoxville Area Community Center for the Deaf
This site describes the Knoxville Area Community Center for the Deaf. 
 
  • A variety of services aimed toward hearing disabled persons in the Knoxville area.
  • potential career and employment opportunities.
  Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee
This site describes the Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee. Their mission is to "meet the needs of persons with epilepsy, their families and concerned individuals in Mid-East Tennessee." 
  • employment training 
  • information
  • education 
  • self-help
  • psychological aid
  • a wide range of community services
 Michael Dunn Center
This site describes the Michael Dunn Center, an agency that "is composed of four separate corporations which have as their primary mission to support individuals with
disabilities." 
 
  • employment training
  • community participation services
  • supported living services 
  • family support services 
  • employment opportunities in an integrated work setting