***2018 Project Search Application is now posted! Scroll down to the bottom to find the link***
 
Project SEARCH at the University of Tennessee Medical Center
is a licensed replication of a nationally recognized program developed at
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to provide adults with developmental
disabilities with education and experiences to learn skills needed for
successful employment. Adults accepted into Project SEARCH participate in nine
month internships, five days per week, at UTMC. Each day participants receive at
least one hour of classroom instruction on vocational, social, and independent
living skills and approximately four hours of training as an intern at a
worksite in the hospital. Internship opportunities include:
Patient
Transportation and Registration
Food
Services
Stocking
and Materials Management
Clerical and Administrative Training
Pharmacy
Medical
Records
Project SEARCH interns experience three ten week “rotations”
to learn different jobs at the hospital. Upon successful completion of their
Project SEARCH internship, participants are provided with individualized
supports for placement into employment at either UTMC or a collaborating local
employer.
Project SEARCH at the University of Tennessee Medical Center
is operated through a partnership with Breakthrough Corporation. Supports to
the program are provided by the Knoxville Area Employment Consortium and an
Employment Advisory Council comprised of Knoxville’s leading employers. Funding
for Project SEARCH Internships, job placement, and job retention are provided
by the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
and/or the Tennessee Division of Rehabilitation Services.
Contact Information
for Project SEARCH
Danny Matthews
Instructor Coordinator, Project SEARCH
(865) 203-5617
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