UCP of San Joaquin, Calaveras & Amador Counties

About UCP

United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) is a non-profit organization that supports children and adults with disabilities. Our Mission: Enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities by providing services that enable them to realize their goals and achieve their highest level of independence. UCP is dedicated to providing advocacy, employment opportunity, transportation, and community involvement recreation and leisure opportunities for people with disabilities. We promote inclusion for all in our local communities!

Employers Looking for Workers

UCP has an untapped talent pool of employees. If your business culture is committed to a diverse and inclusive hiring process you need to consider employing more job seekers with disabilities. These individuals are thrilled to be working. This untapped pool has a strong work ethic, loves to be employed and are conscientious of the responsibilities assigned to them. Highly motivated employees could be a phone call away. Shiree Robertson, 209-751-3018.

Come Join Our Team!

Clients are ready to come back into program. We need passionate and engaging people to be part of our team. We are accepting applications now. Check out some of the career options we have available from Direct Service Providers, Drivers and Physical Therapist (https://www.ucpsj.org/careers-at-ucp/)

They are coming back!!!!

The doors are opening and clients are lining up to get back into their programs. At UCP we are working hard to hire the staff needed to ensure the safety of our clients. We will continue to make the health and welfare of both our clients and staff our number one priority. Our human resource department is diligently accessing all resources to hire the best employee for our clients.

We look forward to seeing our client’s smiling faces.

COVID-19 Response

At UCP, we take the health and safety of the people we support and our employees extremely seriously, so a comprehensive response to the COVID-19 outbreak is currently our top priority. We are constantly reviewing guidance from the CDC and other public health experts on the most effective ways to remain safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. Using that information along with internal conversations with key team members, we’ve implemented a flexible, comprehensive response for all employees on preventing community spread of this contagious virus.

We are monitoring the wellness of the people we support in community living situations very closely, including identification of those whom the CDC deems at high risk due to age or existing medical condition. We have temporarily ceased travel and community activities for everyone we support, and are limiting visitors in order to minimize risk of infection.

We have implemented a new cleaning protocol in addition to our daily cleaning regimen which includes frequent disinfecting of shared surfaces and frequently touched surfaces (such as light switches, door handles, faucets, etc.) in all UCP homes.

We are reemphasizing the importance of observing Universal Precautions and frequent, thorough hand washing to staff and those we support.

TJ Maxx Recognizes Michelle

for her 10 years of service. They gave her a gift card (just in time for summer clothes shopping) and they are planning a luncheon and award ceremony. Michelle works part-time for TJ Maxx and attends Program Without Walls (PWW) part-time. She takes a blended approach of working on the weekend and engaging in social, academic, and recreational activities at PWW during the week.
Every Saturday, Michelle wakes up at 7 am to get ready for work. Then, she walks 1.5 hours to work. At her job, she is primarily responsible for counting the number of clothes customers take into the dressing room. On occasion, she performs janitorial duties. Michelle enjoys working at TJ Maxx because her co-workers are “like family.” On Sunday, she likes to “be lazy” and sleep in.

Michelle found employment with the assistance of our Supportive Employment (SE) Program ran by Program Manager, Armando Ayala. As a participant in the SE program Michelle was assigned a Job Developer who worked closely with her to understand what her interests were before looking for a job opening. Our Developers assisted her in creating a resume, completing applications and preparation for her interviews.

Once Michelle landed her job she was assigned a Job Coach together they worked to ensure Michelle understood her duties and was trained properly. At UCP a Job Coach is not only here to train our clients but be the liaison to the Employer and the ear for them to express their concerns and questions regarding their new employee.

Michelle is just one of our many success stories. We thank Michelle for her hard work and dedication as well as TJ Maxx for their willingness to see past our clients limitations and offer them the opportunity to become independent.

Chloe’s Uplifting Spirit

Chloe Kaalund’s weightlifting journey began early in junior high school when she was approached by her gym coach about a potential position on her school’s weightlifting team. Since then, Chloe has displayed great interest in weightlifting and has worked hard to pursue various weight lifting goals. She has received numerous trophies and has even set new state and world records.

Chloe competes in her own weight division and engages in a weight training program 3 days a week. This allows her the time to work out at the gym while also competing in different weight lifting tournaments. Chloe has won two World Association Benchers and Deadlifters trophies in both bench press and deadlift, and this year, she competed in Las Vegas and won State Records for bench press at 166.34 pounds and for deadlift at 308.6 pounds.
At 31 years old, Chloe is a client of UCP’s Applied Abilities Program in Tracy. She enjoys participating in this program and going out into the community and interacting with other program participants. Chloe continues to live her life without limits, making everyone at UCP proud of all her hard work and everything she has accomplished.