Announcing Rosalie Manor's Newest Addition: Self-Sufficiency Support

With Pay for Performance and W-2 families in mind, Rosalie Manor has developed Self-Sufficiency Support. This program offers classes to women who are actively involved in one of our programs and have an assigned case manager. The purpose of Self-Sufficiency Support is to provide women with the opportunity and resources to further empower themselves.

One component of Self-Sufficiency is Job Readiness. Supervised by Joyce, participants are taught necessary job skills which include filling out a job application, preparing for an interview and writing resumes. While we do not provide specific job training, "participants are provided with the opportunity to assess and strengthen skills needed for employment," explained Joyce.

Assessing their abilities is what Andrea and Melissa, two Self-Sufficiency participants, believed was the best aspect of the program. Through a mock interview with our Human Resources Director, Andrea and Melissa learned their strengths, were able to set goals and were given suggestions on areas to work on in future interviews.

Through her interview and feedback, Andrea said, "I learned I work well with people and have good communication skills." Andrea is currently looking for employment. "I am applying at fast food restaurants because I need a job, but I really want to work in a hospital or nursing home. This is something I would enjoy and it is something I would be good at." Andrea's goal is to attend nursing school in the near future.

The mock interview had a great impact on Melissa as well. "This was the first time I was not nervous in an interview. For the first time I was prepared for what would happen, how to dress, and how to fill out a job application," said Melissa. More importantly, Melissa learned that she comes across as being timid by her non-verbal actions. "Now that I know that, I can change the way I act when I'm in a job interview."

We wish Andrea, Melissa and the rest of the Self-Sufficiency group the best of luck!