Job & Career
In this section, you will find a variety of resources and services that are designed to assist teens and young adults with locating vocational/trade schools, career counseling, and and job readiness training in San Diego County.
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San Diego JobCorp
San Diego Job Corps offers career planning, on-the-job training, job placement, residential housing, food service, driver’s education, health and dental care, a bi-weekly basic living allowance, periodic clothing allowances, and an on-center childcare program for single parents as well. The program lasts from 8 months to two years. Clients may participate in transitional living or may live off-site simply use the vocational and educational services. Interested youth must attend a “presentation” to be oriented to the program. Presentations take place at 8:30 am every Wednesday at the address listed.
Admissions Office: (800) 733-5627
San Diego location: (619) 429-8500
(619) 429-8500
San Diego Police Department Internships
The San Diego Police Department offers internships to college students on an ongoing basis. Benefits of an internship include college credit for work experience and training (paid positions are available on a limited basis), and the satisfaction in giving back to the community. Interns help the Department carry out many vital and support functions and also help develop closer links to the communities of San Diego.
(619) 531-2677
San Diego Regional Center Community Resources
San Diego Regional Center believes that access to information, supports and learning is necessary for all people to achieve their life goals.
(858)-576-2996
San Diego Sheriff Department Internships
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department offers undergraduate and graduate school students an exciting insider’s view of the department’s operations and provides an opportunity to explore the many career opportunities within the department. You’ll be working with Deputy Sheriffs and Civilian Staff personnel on important cases and management issues and may be exposed to other law enforcement agencies. You’ll feel like you’re a part of the department…because you are.
(858) 974-2222
San Diego Unified School District: Transition Resources for Adult Community Education (TRACE)
TRACE is part of the San Diego Unified School District and is an educational support network to assist young adult students with disabilities in transition from high school to adult life. TRACE encourages students to be as independent as possible in the community.
(619) 574-1073
San Diego Urban Teachers Fellow Program
The Urban Teacher Fellows (UTF) program is a Career Pathway into Teaching Model that supports students while they are enrolled as a liberal arts major at San Diego City College. Once the students complete the transfer requirements for liberal arts, the students gain automatic admission to San Diego State University to continue their education.
1 (888)-884-7397
San Diego Workforce Partnership
The San Diego Workforce Partnership funds job training programs that empower job seekers to meet the current and future workforce needs of employers in San Diego County. We are the local Workforce Investment Board, designated by the City and County of San Diego.
(619) 228-2900
San Pasqual Academy: Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program
San Pasqual Academy’s YES Program is a work readiness and self-sufficiency program funded by the San Diego Workforce Partnership, that partners with Access, Inc., to provide work readiness training, financial literacy, leadership development, internships, job shadowing opportunities and more.
(760) 233-4028
SAY San Diego- Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) coaches partner with unemployed or under-employed San Diegans looking to explore new personal and professional opportunities. Whether you need emergency assistance, help to increase your income, job training, further education, free tax preparation, or guidance finding a new job or career, SAY is here!
(858) 565-4148 Ext. 281
Second Chance: Job Readiness Training
Second Chance offers pre-employment attitudinal and job readiness training, as well as job placement support services. Second Chance uses this program to lead participants to permanent employment and self-sufficiency. With two years of graduate follow-up services — including affordable housing placement, job placement, professional clothing for interviews, computer lab support, and case management, the workforce training program can be the difference between moving up the ladder and a downward spiral.
(619) 234-8888
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The resources and services in this directory are provided by external partners and not by San Diego Center for Children.
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We do not endorse any specific organization listed nor are we responsible for ensuring the quality of the services listed. Users should always select services at their own discretion. Additionally, this information is subject to change as funding for programs can shift over time, though we do our very best to keep the resource center as up-to-date as possible.