{"id":2191,"date":"2018-03-29T11:37:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aascend-preview.dreamhosters.com\/?p=2191"},"modified":"2018-03-29T11:44:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:44:08","slug":"healthcare-employment-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=2191","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare Employment Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare is one of the largest and fastest growing employment sectors in the Bay Area. The great majority of jobs do not require physician or nurse degrees\u2014they are jobs available to adults in the autism community, who may not have these degrees\u2014jobs as medical coders, health care assistants, aides in hospitals and health care facilities. On April 7, <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">N<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">D<\/span><\/strong> will host two employment experts in health care jobs: \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Michelle Wood,<\/strong><\/span> training coordinator at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jvs.org\/\">Jewish Vocational Services<\/a>,<\/strong> and \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Aryn Maitland,<\/strong> <\/span>workforce readiness manager at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homebridgeca.org\/\">Homebridge<\/a>.<\/strong> This is a great opportunity to learn of jobs that offer greater stability and opportunities for advancement than most other jobs in the Bay Area today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aascend-preview.dreamhosters.com\/?attachment_id=2193\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2193\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2193\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend-preview.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Homebridge_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/aascend-preview.dreamhosters.com\/?attachment_id=2195\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2195\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2195\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend-preview.dreamhosters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/JVS_logo-8.33.08-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>As always, attendees on the spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives\u00a0throughout the program.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information about employment on the autism spectrum, join us at:<br \/>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/5086843\">Spectrum Employment Community by AASCEND<\/a> on LinkedIn<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to the Autism Studies Department at SFSU for volunteers!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Who: <\/b>Adults on the autism spectrum, families, mentors and professionals all welcome. For more information, please contact: info@aascend.org<br \/>\n<b>When: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sat Apr 7, 10am \u2013 1pm<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b>Where: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Arc of SF <\/span><\/b>1500 Howard St. @ 11th St. SF, CA 94103 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/The+Arc+of+San+Francisco\/@37.7730732,-122.4181768,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8085809d877f2801:0xea8913ae5dc9c142!8m2!3d37.773069!4d-122.4159881?hl=en\">map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parking is usually available<\/strong> in the garage at 255 12th Street, with a reasonable flat rate for Saturdays. There is also metered street parking for $2.25\/hr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthcare is one of the largest and fastest growing employment sectors in the Bay Area. 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