Now is your time to shine!

“Shine?” You say. Absolutely! And we’re going to compile all your wonderful skills and abilities in one, concise report after we work together to complete your CPA.

“What’s a CPA?” you ask. It’s an acronym for the Career Planning Assessment, and it’s a functional assessment designed to evaluate your work skills, determine your support needs, and provide information needed for us to plan for your future employment. The CPA can either be a stand-alone service or the first step to begin Supported Employment services. Using an individualized and supportive approach, you’ll complete your CPA alongside one of our certified, CPA evaluators. During our time together, we’ll learn more about how you interact with your neighborhood by focusing on home and community exploration, career exploration, and work skills assessments.

Don’t keep it a secret. The world needs those unique talents that only you can share!

Interested in entering the competitive, integrated world of work? Our stellar, comprehensive package will get you there! Drawing on your unique skills, interests, abilities, needs, desires, and goals (we learned all these in your CPA), we place you in your ideal work environment. Now, we understand you may want a little training, so after you are placed, our job skills trainers come back and train you using the “Place, then Train” model, so you can excel in your new job.

Can’t stop thinking about the proverbial question, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” Don’t worry! We’re here for you on every step of that journey.

Let’s get you started early, building your toolkit to prepare you to overcome challenges and break through barriers that may potentially interfere with your gaining and maintaining meaningful employment.

In 2014, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) was enacted, requiring state vocational rehabilitation agencies, like Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), to set aside and spend fifteen percent of their federal funding on Pre-ETS services for eligible and potentially eligible students with disabilities, ages 14-22. That federal funding is designed to help you by:

Enhancing your job readiness skills, providing work opportunities for skill development, and increasing your employment and post-secondary education success rate.

You will not want to miss our extensive, proprietary, and TWC-APPROVED curriculum that our director designed with the very special YOU in mind! All 5 courses can be taken in-person or remotely (online courses coming soon!) to accommodate your busy schedule while getting you the skills you need!

If you are a youth or student with a disability, or a family member of a youth or student with a disability, you can learn more about or apply for services by:

• Contacting your nearest Texas Workforce Solutions Vocational Rehabilitation Services office
• Contacting TWC Vocational Rehabilitation Inquiries
  • Call: 512-936-6400
  • Email: [email protected] 
    In your email, include your name, phone and address including city, state and ZIP code. Do not include your Social Security Number or birthdate.

Looking for a short, part-time (12 weeks or less) work site to gain some work experience and build vocational competencies? Look no further!

We can help you secure and set up an appropriate Work Experience site. “What exactly does that mean?” is what you are probably thinking. Well, through our strong business and alumni networks, Speerhead Beyond assists customers, like you, by placing them at a Work Experience site to learn skills for long-term, competitive, integrated employment. Services are short-term (12 weeks or less) and typically part-time.

You may be saying, “I’ve landed the job, but I still need a little training to help me perform better.” Read on, please!

At Speerhead Beyond, we understand the importance of having supports in place to ensure your success! Our Work Experience trainers monitor your progress to ensure you are meeting expectations on the job. We also jump in to make sure you have the supports and accommodations necessary to win over your employer!

Is your job search making you mad? We’re here for you!

Here at Speerhead Beyond, we capitalize on the comprehensive business background of each of our team members to provide impeccable employment assistance to our customers, like you.

We focus on:

• Training and preparing you for the job search (even interview skills!);
• Helping you obtain positions that meet your individual needs; and
• Assisting you with job skills training, when necessary, to keep a job.

All services are focused on your unique strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice.

Are you nervous about landing your first job? No worries! We’ve got your back.

We have a developed a proprietary curriculum based on our Director’s experience in helping people prepare for and identify successful employment opportunities. We also have a solid understanding of what employers are seeking from employees. Lucky you! After you complete these 9 modules (or just 2-3), you’re sure to “Wow!” any employer! Modules can be delivered remotely or in-person and prepare you for successful entry into meaningful employment.

The VAT curriculum is comprised of a collection of 9 courses, listed below, and is available via private pay or for services to TWC customers. Often times, VAT is offered in a school setting for a full school year or one semester and is taught by a fully-credentialed, Speerhead Beyond Vocational Adjustment instructor. To ensure individualized instruction, each course will accommodate 6 students. Instruction will be provided during the existing high school day, in an after-school program, or through summer camps or programs.

Need a little extra support on the job?

If you’re ever around our Director, you’ll hear her say, “I love a good success story!” pretty much all the time. And, she does! Her mantra permeates throughout our organization. That’s why you can depend on us when you have a job, and you need just a little extra support.

Are you one who needs more training and support than your employer is able to provide? If so, Speerhead Beyond can quickly jump in to collaborate with you, your business touchpoints, and your VRC counselor to develop a training plan and monitor your performance (in a good way!).

Self-employment is the fastest-growing employment option in the world! Being entrepreneurs ourselves, we want to help individuals with disabilities to capitalize on their entrepreneurial spirit! Given the right support and a solid market match, Speerhead Beyond ensures everyone can own and operate a successful business.

The flexibility and creativity inherent in business design makes self-employment the optimal path to employment for those who experience the most substantial barriers to employment.

In fact, self-employment allows for:

• choice and control;
• the use of natural skills and talents;
• expanded work opportunities;
• accumulation of wealth; and
• independence and creative freedom.

As one of 11 certified CBTACs in Region 2, we assist private-pay, self-employed customers every day. We’d love to help you turn your dream into a reality!