PHOENIX, June 27,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As we come together to celebrate
Disability Pride Month this July, local nonprofit Beacon Group is
building a valuable employment partnership with KeHE Distributors,
a leading national distributor for grocery stores, supermarkets,
and online vendors. KeHE Distributors has hired a Beacon Group
Customized Work Team to support operations at their fulfillment
center in Goodyear, aimed at
fostering workplace inclusivity while developing innovative hiring
solutions in a challenging environment.
Disability Pride Month, celebrated every July, is an opportunity
to honor the history, achievements, experiences, and struggles of
the disability community. Celebrate Disability Pride Month with
Beacon Group, KeHE Distributors, and the many other businesses
across the country who proudly employ people with disabilities.
Beacon Group's Customized Work Teams have successfully created
jobs for people with disabilities in Arizona for decades. A Customized Work Team is
a form of Group Supported Employment, where a job coach works with
and supports three to four people with significant developmental
disabilities in their employment.
"This program is very important to the Beacon mission as it
offers employment opportunities to an underserved and
overlooked population of people with the most significant
disabilities," says Natalya Brown,
President/CEO of Beacon Group. "Our partnership with KeHE is proof
of the successful outcomes that can be achieved by both employers
and workers with disabilities."
Creating a successful Group Supported Employment opportunity
requires a willingness from businesses to move past traditional
hiring standards and place trust in organizations like Beacon Group
to support the work program and the workers. However, when it
happens, the value is undeniable.
This collaboration constantly underscores the positive benefits
of disability inclusion in the workplace. According to Zach
Baker, Senior Director of Operations at KeHE Distributors, "At KeHE
we're all about spreading goodness. This partnership is very
important to us for in our mission to be the employer of choice in
our community. Having a diversified workforce is critical to
innovation and growing our brand; we're grateful to have our Beacon
Group partners."
At KeHE, the Beacon Customized Work Team spends their days
processing totes, aisle cleaning, and building boxes along with
additional tasks that vary each month depending on business
needs.
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SOURCE Beacon Group