Our mission is singular: To provide meaningful work for the physically and medically disabled.

Every staff member of the Mid-Hudson Workshop for the Disabled is dedicated to the finest in production and service outcomes for the many clients and different types of jobs we perform. As a result, we save our clients money and valuable company resources. The MHW management, board of directors and clients greatly appreciates that commitment.

Each worker brings important skills to us. While most of our staff have individual specialized skills—such as working with power tools, sewing or the manual dexterity to work rapidly with small parts—the entire staff is “handy” and can easily shift from project to project. That said, we do take great care to assign only the most adept producers to each specific task, thus assuring the best possible job outcome at the lowest cost for our clients.

Most of our workers have been with us many years. In addition to the notable average tenure of more than 12 years, more than 20 percent of our employees have been with us more than 20 years. Our workshop hours are 7:30-4, Monday through Friday, but many staffers often arrive early, ready to tackle that day’s work for the MHW clientele.

All front-line workers receive benefits including health insurance, eight paid holidays, four paid personal days, three paid bereavement days for immediate family members, and one week of paid vacation during the first year of employment with two weeks paid vacation thereafter. MHW is proud to convey that we typically carry staff at full wages even during times of lighter work loads. Once an employee’s 90-day probationary period is over, health benefits are covered at 100 percent, with no individual contributions necessary.

Our mission is singular: To provide meaningful work for the physically and medically disabled. As a result, when new work orders permit, we seek to add to staff those dependable adults who meet the requirements of a particular job to be filled and who can provide recent documentation regarding their physical and/or medical disability.

We encourage recently separated (or other) disabled veterans to apply when positions are posted.

 

Affiliations

The Mid-Hudson Workshop for the Disabled is proud to support, be a member of, associated and/or partner with the following special needs and community organizations:

• NISH: National Institute for the Severely Handicapped
• NYSID: New York State Industries for the Disabled
• NYSRA: New York State Rehabilitation Association
• VESID: Vocational & Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
• AAPD: American Association of People with Disabilities
• RESNA: Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America
• Disabled Veterans Office / NYS Department of Labor
• New York State Division of Veterans Affairs
• Dutchess County Veterans Service Agency
• Occupations, Inc. Vocational Workshop
• Dutchess County ARC
• Putnam County ARC
• Sullivan County ARC
• United Way of Dutchess
• GET: Gateway to Entrepreneurial Tomorrows
• Dutchess Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Ulster County Chamber of Commerce
• Kiwanis of Poughkeepsie New York
• U.S. Military Academy at West Point
• Hudson Valley Technology Development Center (HVTDC)
• FDR/Montrose Veterans Hospital
• Greater Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce

Staff we seek

The general term we use in many cases when a position is available is that of Assembler. For this and the vast majority of job duties we seek, the MHW looks for those individuals who bring most, if not all of the following skills to us:

• Perform various manufacturing, fabricating, assembly and packaging assignments
• Comfortable with the use of power tools, table and other saws, drill press, lathe, compressed air equipment, sanders, routers, etc.
• Work in fabricating department for PVC and/or furniture assembly
• Cleaning of plastic computer chip trays when required
• Assist in various packaging and shipping jobs
• Assist in set up of new jobs and new products
• Data-entry/PC skills
• Sewing machine/seamstress skills
• General manual dexterity skill, particularly with small parts
• Attention to detail and achieving precise tolerances

Current jobs

Applications are being accepted now for one or two assemblers who also possess woodworking or related skills. Recently separated (or other) disabled veterans are encouraged to apply. Please provide your resume with cover note explaining how your situation and skills will help fulfill our mission, along with a completed application.

Click here to download an application

Jobs We Fill

At the Mid-Hudson Workshop for the Disabled our skilled staff provides for the necessary production—and other required outsourcing services deemed appropriate—for a host of regional and national clients. Jobs, and skills, may include:

• Light manufacturing
• Mechanical assembly
• Electrical assembly
• Fabrication
• Laser-etching of parts and products
• Woodworking and furniture construction
• Disassembly and salvage
• Power washing and drying of parts
• Kit preparation
• Custom packaging
• Inspection
• Sorting
• Labeling/re-labeling
• Product modification
• Quality control/testing
• Data-entry
• Bulk mailing
• Custom mailings
• Custom collating
• Shipping
• Order processing
• Inventory
• Storage: Passive and active