Opportunities for Positive Growth makes a difference for clients, company
Opportunities for Positive Growth tells you a lot about the company just in its name.
The employee-owned company was founded in 2001. It has since grown to three locations in Central Indiana with headquarters in Fishers. CEO Andrea Schwartz heads a company with 196 employees in the area.
And its name tells you it is a company focused on the thriving of both those with intellectual and developmental disabilities that it serves as well as those who work for Opportunities for Positive Growth.
OPG is a human services agency committed to providing meaningful and dignified support to children, adolescents, and adults with intellectual and development disabilities. OPG focuses on a person’s skill development and unique personal goals to achieve their vision of a rewarding life. The services OPG offers include occupational therapy, music therapy, employment services, behavior support services and self-directed living services.
Those services help put into action the company’s vision statement: People connect. People dream. People thrive.
For some, the dreams are achieved through the power of music. Music therapists create a customized support plan and devise strategies to acquire new skills or improve skills and make dreams a reality.
For others, the dream could be entering the workforce. Employment services is designed to assist people in overcoming barrier to employment. The goal is stability and success at work.
Since 2011, OPG has partnered with the Council on Quality and Leadership for accreditation of all OPG’s services. Three times since 2015, OPG has received CQL’s highest level of four-year accreditation.
OPG is 100% employee owned and those who work there rave about the company’s work culture. Management, one employee said, “truly cares about your well-being.’’ Others called OPG “a healthy work environment.’’
OPG has been ranked among the Top Workplaces for each of the last four years and 13 times total. In addition to the company’s work culture employees enjoy health, life, dental and vision insurance as well as an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
For some, though, the best benefit of working at OPG comes in a different way. Several employees said they felt like they were making a difference and part of something important.
Bottom Line
• Founded: 2001
• Headquarters: Fishers
• Company profile: A human services agency committed to providing meaningful and dignified support to children, adolescents and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Opportunities for Positive Growth focuses on a person's skill development & unique personal goals to achieve their vision of a rewarding life.
• Locations: 3
• Number of employees: 196
• Website: http://www.opgrowth.com
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Opportunities for Positive Growth makes a difference for clients, company
