KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — East Tennessee Children’s Hospital celebrated its latest class of interns who are ready to join the workforce after participating in Project SEARCH, a national program which prepares students with disabilities for employment.
Students completed a nine-month internship in which they rotated across three different areas of the hospital to build social and working skills to help them obtain employment either at the hospital or in the community.
“It’s a great program that helps provide support, services, education and really is a helpmate to all things happening at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. We can’t thank them enough,” said Children’s Hospital Public Affairs Officer Adam Cook.
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East Tennessee Children’s Hospital has participated in the program over a decade and offered training for 66 interns with a 90% job placement rate. Of the five newest graduates from the program, four have already found jobs with the fifth preparing for dozens of scheduled job interviews…