> Overview
This program is a national project
currently taking place in CMHA branches across Canada. With support
from CMHA National through the Opportunities Fund of HRDC, the
branches
help consumers obtain employment in the competitive workplace.
Strategies are geared to the individual, and include assistance with
skills development, educational upgrading, career decision-making,
resume writing, job search and employment maintenance.
> Process
Interested candidates for the program will undergo an application
process with the Employment Support Worker (ESW), where their
eligibility will be determined. Upon successful acceptance into the
program, clients will then be asked to come in for a formal
interview. From there the clients will begin working on their
action plans where they and meet with the ESW on a one-to-one basis
in order to start towards achieving their goals). The
action plan that is created will help determine the steps and skills
the client needs to take to obtain employment. The clients set the
pace of the process and decide on the most appropriate strategy for
them.
> Program
Activities
> Recruiting clients
> Public education
> Employment workshops
> Community networking
> Eligibility
> Participants cannot
be receiving Employment Insurance benefits
> Participants must self-identify with a psychiatric disability
> Participants must be unemployed and want to return to part-time or
full-time employment
> Participants must be legally entitled to work in Canada
> Participants must require assistance to prepare for, obtain, and
keep employment
> For More Information Or To
Apply
> Employment Support Worker
> Canadian Mental Health Association
> 6 Ordnance Street
> Kingston ON K7K 5T9
> Phone (613) 549-7027
> Fax (613) 549-7098
> E-mail
routestowork_kingston@hotmail.com
> For More Information Or To
Apply
> CMHA booklet : "Steps
To Employment Workbook"
> CMHA booklet : "Hangin
In There" (for employees)
> CMHA booklet : "Working
Well" (for employers)
> Visit CMHA Canada's
publications list
> Download your free Adobe Reader (to use these .pdf files)
HERE
