Employment and Training

EMPLOYER SERVICES

Think of LifeStream Employment and Training as an extension of your human resource department. We match, train and support our diverse clients to meet your employment needs. This process allows you to stay focused on company goals and priorities while we spend our time cultivating and maintaining relationships with clients. Hiring a LifeStream candidate allows companies to receive tax and other financial incentives while making a real difference in local communities.

Our program delivers results:

Candidate Matching
Financial Incentives
Worksite Counseling
Experienced Staff
Access to unique programs including State grants, funds, Disability Tax Incentives for Businesses, etc.

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: EMPLOYEE TO EMPLOYER MATCHES

Focusing on job readiness and training, the staff helps clients pinpoint their special skills. This enables LifeStream to place participants in well-suited positions.
We give extensive attention to job placement by making sure our client has the right background and talents to meet the requirements of each employer.
Our clients are people who are ready for challenging and meaningful employment.

TRAINING

Our health care candidates are CORI checked prior to admission into our program, receive extensive training, and participate in state certification programs including CNA, CHHA, and First Aid/CPR.
We provide job readiness training. Our staff helps individuals gain the personal and professional skills needed to succeed on the job.
Our Career Choice clients fill entry-level and more skilled positions in sales, data entry, manufacturing, product distribution, and hospitality.
Ask about our customized career training to fit your multiple hiring needs.

OUR SERVICES PROVIDE

Reduced Cost
- When an employer utilizes LifeStream to hire an employee, the company saves by eliminating advertising costs and staff hours used in preliminary screening.
- We prescreen, interview, and train each client, even before they walk through your door!
- Once clients begin working, we continue the relationship in offering support to the clients as well as the employers.
Financial Incentives
- Our Supported Work Program pays worker's compensation and liability insurance for eight full weeks - at the end of which the employer has a fully trained and well-adjusted employee.
- While the company pays the hourly rate, we pay the employer's share of taxes.
- LifeStream maintains this financial assistance for eight full weeks - at the end of which the employer has a fully trained and well-adjusted employee.
- Most candidates keep their existing state sponsored medical coverage.
- Most of our clients meet the Work Opportunity and Welfare to Work eligibility criteria. This results in tax credits ranging from $2,400 to $8,500 per year.
Continued Support
- LifeStream candidates already have a support system in place when they begin a new position. LifeStream helps secure state sponsored childcare and transportation for the participant, eliminating many barriers to successful employment for the typical candidate.
- After placement, we continue our involvement with free workplace counseling and assistance as permitted by the employer.
- We maintain this support until the client is fully capable of carrying on without assistance.

UNIQUE PROGRAMS

Disability Tax Incentives for Businesses
3 unique programs that offer incentives for businesses who hire and remove barriers to individuals with disabilities.

The Massachusetts Training Fund provides grants up to $30,000 per year to help you train employees! Click here to learn more about the Hiring Incentive Training (HIT) Grant Program.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE. HIRE A LIFESTREAM CLIENT

LifeStream's Employment and Training Division believes in the tradition of successfully assisting economically disadvantaged people to secure and maintain long-term, satisfying positions. LifeStream assists clients in achieving personal and professional success. Your company can be a part of that success. We have the solution to your hiring needs. Candidates are screened for desire to succeed in the work place continuously prior to referral to an employer. Our philosophy is grounded in building strong employer and employee relationships through continuous communication, training, and community involvement.