Employment Resource Centre

Service offers:

• employment resources for individuals with disabilities who are actively seeking employment
• GET - Work Youth Employment Transition Program - person-directed assistance to youth who self-identify as having a disability to identify, prepare for, seek, acquire, and retain employment that matches their interests and abilities
• MentorAbility - a mentoring experience in which job seekers with disabilities are matched with individual mentors (employers or business leaders) to explore career opportunities

GET - Work Youth Employment Transition Program includes:

• career exploration
• action plan development
• post-secondary training and certification opportunities
• resume development
• individual and group learning
• employment preparation
• job search support
• employment placement
• training and job retention supports

MentorAbility includes:

• speed-dating style informational interviews for job seekers with disabilities to learn from business leaders
• an opportunity for education and awareness to be shared between employers and people with disabilities
• a Canada-wide network of employment service providers and employers working together to create opportunities for people with disabilities
• help to employers to learn how to include people with disabilities in the workplace

• 15 to 30 years
• diagnosed or self-identifying as having a developmental disability or mental health barrier to employment
• actively seeking employment
• and legally entitled to work in Canada

• call
• e-mail
• or visit website for more information

• Disability Supports - Disability Employment Programs
• Employment - Disability Employment Programs
• Employment - Job Placement and Training
• Newcomers to Canada - Employment Supports

Closed statutory holidays.