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NOVA Vocational & Employment Services

NOVA, the Vocational and Employment Services Department of JFVS is dedicated to providing quality career counseling and outplacement services on an individualized basis.

The Professional Career Counselors respond to employment-related situations such as:

  • Managing Stress
  • The Two Career Family
  • Teambuilding
  • Balancing Demands/Making Choices
  • Effects of the World Trade Center Disaster in the Workplace
  • Wellness in the Workplace

Specific career services to job seekers and employers include:

  • Career Counseling/Career Testing
  • Resume Development
  • Job Search Techniques
  • Job Seekers' Support Group
  • Employer Spotlight Series
  • Job Readiness Training
  • Job Bank
  • English Language Training
  • Job Development
  • Employment Referral Service
  • Outplacement Services
  • Professional training & development services


SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURIES: Jewish Family and Vocational Service, in partnership with the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, offers Employment and Career advancement opportunities for people with acquired brain injury*. We offer:

  • Supported Employment
  • Career Exploration - Develop vocational profile of interests, occupational strengths, transportation, etc.
  • Job shadowing - Visit work sites and observe environments of interest observe job duties
  • Job sampling - job "tryouts," real work experience in desired field
  • Job development - create resume, job applications, attend interviews, obtain employment
  • Job coaching - individualized training by staff to "employee" to acquire necessary skills on the job to work successfully
  • Follow along services

* Acquired brain injuries include those resulting from heart attack, stroke, meningitis, or traumatic brain injury.


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