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UCLA Office for Students with Disabilities, A Department of Student Affairs

Employment Opportunities

UCLA Career Center

The UCLA Career Center helps UCLA students with career development and employment services.
The Career Center also has several resources for UCLA students to help them develop a career strategy.

Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities (COSD)

COSD is a unique consortium composed of large and small universities, well-known national employers and US Government agencies focused on the career employment of college graduates with disabilities.
COSD is funded through a grant provided by the U S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy.

U.S. Office for Personnel Management

Looking for a federal career or an opportunity to work for America? Start here, at the Office for Personnel Management.
Check out the variety of employment opportunities that are awaiting you.
Check out the Career Opportunities section for Federal Employment of People with Disabilities

Ticket to Work

Ticket to work is a new Social Security Administration training and workforce Program that promotes self-sufficiency for over 10 million people with disabilities, ages 18-64, who want to work

To learn more, contact:
MAXIMUS Ticket to Work
toll-free (866) 968-7842, TDD (866) 833-2967 ext 3403
Ask for Gabriella Madden
or visit online at www.yourtickettowork.com and www.socialsecurity.gov/work

Jobs at the OSD

Notetakers Needed

If you got to this page from my.ucla your class NEEDS a notetaker

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) needs notetakers in several classes for students with a disability. You can use the copy machine in the OSD Office, A-255 Murphy Hall, and place the notes in the student's folder in the same lobby. You will receive a stipend based on $100 per quarter for each lecture you provide notes for.

To apply, bring a sample of your notes and an application to Ed McCloskey at the OSD. Applications are available in the lobby of the OSD. You can also download the form from the following link: Application to be a Classroom Notetaker - PDF

For more information, contact:
Ed McCloskey
Mobility Assistance Coordinator
(310) 267-2004
emcclosk@saonet.ucla.edu

Van Driver Needed

We are looking for drivers for our Wheelchair lift equipped van. A Class B (Commercial) License is necessary for the job. If you don't have a Class B License, but do have a clean driving record, we can assist you in getting one.

The hours vary between 7 am and 6 pm, Monday through Friday. The pay is approximately $10.13 an hour.

Applications are available in the lobby of the OSD. You can also download the form from the following link: Van Driver Application 08-04-04.pdf

For more information, contact:
Ed McCloskey
Mobility Assistance Coordinator
(310) 267-2004
emcclosk@saonet.ucla.edu

Readers Needed

$8.33/hr. (Student)
$9.77/hr. (Non-Student)
Hours Variable

Readers record onto tape, Assigned books and other academic materials for students with visual and learning disabilities.

For more information, talk to:
Tony Buffo
Alternative Format/Assistant Proctor Coordinator
(310) 825-2651
tbuffo@saonet.ucla.edu

Internship Opportunities

Summer Internship Opportunity

OSD students have been invited to be considered for the Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students with Disabilities. This is a summer internship program that is designed to refer students with disabilities for employment at federal and private sector worksites throughout the United States.

If you are interested and/or would like any additional information, please contact your OSD service provider no later than January 14, 2004.

Emerging Leaders Program Internship

Having a meaningful summer internship is a key factor in successful transition from college to employment. Having a network of contacts to open doors to opportunities is another. The Emerging Leaders internship program for students with disabilities offers both advantages.

Since it’s founding in 2001, the Emerging Leaders program has matched undergraduate and graduate level college students with disabilities with paid summer internships at prominent corporations. The 2004 program offers opportunities for internships at founding sponsor Booz Allen Hamilton and at other corporations including JP Morgan Chase, KPMG, and Liz Claiborne.

Program details and qualifications are available online at their website, http://emerging-leaders.com/

The Emerging Leaders program is supported by members of AAPD, COSD, NBDC, NDSU, and the US BLN. Emerging Leaders was commended by the Department of Labor as a promising corporate practice, helping youth with disabilities gain entry into the workforce.

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars Internship

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars is pleased to announce it will continue to help increase employment for students with disabilities through an academic internship program. Through a partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, The Washington Center is working to help students develop leadership skills and gain valuable work experience in public service. The Washington Center will complement students’ professional experience with solid academic training for credit from highly qualified instructors. In addition, students will be exposed to community, national and international leaders through workshops, seminars, lectures, embassy visits and networking events held throughout the course of each semester. The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) will offer technical guidance and support to the program.

For more information and an application visit: www.twc.edu. You can also contact us at info@twc.edu or 1-800-486-8921.

Awards, Mentoring and Other Opportunities

The Westside Center for Independent Living (WCIL) announces
The WCIL Martin Award for Advocacy,
in honor of the late Douglas A. Martin, Ph.D. 1948-2003

Douglas A. Martin help the post of the Special Assistant to the Chancellor and Coordinator of ADA and 504 Compliance at UCLA until his retirement in 2002. Nationally respected for his spearheading efforts to reform Social Security regulations thereby giving people with disabilities the option to seek employment or return to the work force, Martin's great skills were as a tireless advocate for fellow people with disabilities. In homage to those skills, we invite you to apply for The WCIL Martin Award for Advocacy.

AWARD: The winning student will receive $500 toward college tuition or books and an expense paid trip to a selected one-day meeting of the California Foundation of Independent Living Centers attended by 28 member Executive Directors or their representatives of the Independent Living Centers in California. The student will enjoy all the advantages of a regular attendee at the meeting. This is an opportunity to experience the actions taken by a statewide organization in advocacy through development of a legislative agenda and decision making with the guidance of a professional lobbyist. In addition, the student will be under the aegis of Mary Ann Jones, Executive Director of WCIL and President of the California Foundation of Independent living Centers.

ELIGIBILITY: This contest is open to all registered college students with disabilities.

METHOD OF APPLYING: Submit an essay of 500 words or less illustrating your success in learning to advocate on a disability issue for yourself, or advocating for a specific public endeavor such as accessibility in a theatre, public building, a campus activity, or a community activity, parking, etc. Include your name, address, and telephone number.

MAIL TO:
The WCIL Martin Award for Advocacy
12901 Venice Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90066

All essays must be postmarked no later than July 1, 2005. No handwritten essays, emails or faxes will be accepted.

Teen Access Mentor Program

My name is Deborah Corey and I am the Fulfillment Fund Teen Access Mentor Program Coordinator. I am writing to you because we need a large number of mentor role models for our students, and we especially need adult professionals with disabilities or people who are familiar with disability related issues. If you are a non-smoker, and are over the age of 24 ½, please consider becoming a mentor with us.

The Teen Access Mentor Program, known as TAP, provides mentoring, academic, social and personal enrichment services, combined with college and career counseling to LAUSD middle and high school students with disabilities. The Fulfillment Fund also has a larger Mentor Program that serves LAUSD students who do not necessarily have a disability. We embrace a philosophy of integration and include both students from the TAP Program and the larger Mentor Program in all Fulfillment Fund activities. TAP unites young people with disabilities with adult mentors, who may also have disabilities, over a two- to five-year period to form a unique bond. The mentor's role is to encourage a student's commitment to education, career exploration, community service and advocacy. Every student is different and the mentor's role is to help him/her become all that he/she would like to be!

Both mentors and students commit to active involvement with each other by seeing each other regularly, and by participating in events and activities, which are generally a combination of social, recreational, cultural, community service, and educational opportunities offered by Fulfillment Fund and collaborating agencies. For the first three months we ask mentors to commit to seeing their students twice a month in an outing of four or more hours and having at least four additional monthly contacts by telephone. After three months the minimum in person commitment is one half day activity per month, along with weekly phone calls and/or letters. As a trusted friend, the mentor is in a position to help the student develop both short and long-term goals and problem-solving techniques, as well as to guide him/her through various life challenges. Students and mentors receive ongoing support and training throughout the years via case management, various workshops, and rap sessions. Our mentors tell us that being a part of our program is truly a fun and life-changing experience!

Please visit our website at www.fulfillment.org. If you would like to become a mentor, have any questions, or need further information, please contact me at (310) 407-8163.

Thank you very much for considering becoming a mentor. I’d like to leave you with these words of Winston Churchill. “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”
Yours truly,

Deborah Corey, M.Ed
Teen Access Program Coordinator,
310-407-8163
dcorey@fulfillment.org