Searching for Work Experience

Operates as a program under the Education and Training Branch

Provides a range of culturally appropriate programs and services for Métis people to enhance employability and related skills including:

• Apprenticeship support (financial and training assistance)
• Career counselling
• Employment readiness support and training
• Financial support/wage subsidies and opportunity through a number of programs which may vary by office locations; programs are listed on website
• Mobility assistance
• Self-employment coaching assistance such as business plan and accounting information and access to computers, photocopiers and other equipment
• Services for clients with disabilities

• Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
• Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
• Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
• Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
• Offers help in maintaining employment
• Provides information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario

Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Youth Job Connection

• Offers paid pre-employment training, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

• Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year

Provides training and supports to enable individuals to secure paid employment and/or unpaid placement opportunities

• Provides instruction on developing job skills, social skills and good work habits
• Offers information about industrial practices
• Provides job coaching at places of secured employment as required
• Provides employment through various community contracts such as yardwork and snow removal
• Acts as a liaison between employer and employee
• Tailors on-going training and supports to meet the needs and capabilities of each individual

Provides a culturally-based program to support and address concerns of Indigenous youth

Education

• Provides educational advocacy at Atikokan High School and St Pat's Separate School; in cases of school suspension, can offer student a place to spend time
• Offers homework time at the Centre with access to computers and Internet
• Assists with developing resumes, cover letters and completing job applications
• Participates in professional training courses including autism workshops, canoeing courses, food handling courses and smoking cessation workshops

Healthy Eating and Physical Development

• Holds individual and group discussions on healthy lifestyle choices including concerns and prevention of diabetes and high blood pressure and benefits of exercise
• Teaches a cooking class with a focus on healthy choices and the use of traditional foods
• Supervises and plans regular wilderness outings

Justice Intervention

• Provides support to incarcerated individuals including accompaniment to court hearings
• Accompanies any youth registered in agency programs to court proceedings if requested

Social Supports

• Provides individual support for areas youth may be struggling with such as socialization and peer pressure
• Supervises trips to cultural, educational or recreational activities

Violence Prevention

• Teaches about effects of problematic alcohol and substance use
• Provides support for individuals undergoing drug and alcohol treatment

Youth in Care

• Provides cultural education and support for youth living in foster homes within community

Offers programs and services to assist individuals to develop the essential skills to achieve greater employability through further education

• Provides literacy, numeracy and essential skills services
• Supports in clarifying, upgrading goals
• Develops training plan to achieve goals
• Provides academic upgrading services to help individuals develop the necessary skills for entry into college based post secondary education and training programs (such as apprenticeship)
• Offers General Educational Development (GED) preparation
• Assists with transportation and child care funding if required

Provides training courses to enhance educational skills and prepare individuals for employment

Job Readiness Course

• Offers a 10-week in-class training program and 2-week job placement
• Provides assistance in preparing cover letters and resumes

Computers

• Offers an introduction to computers course
• Offers computer upgrading in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Basics of Mining and Construction Technology

• Offers a training program to prepare individuals for employment in the mining industry

• Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
• Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
• Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
• Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
• Offers help in maintaining employment
• Provides information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario

Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Youth Job Connection

• Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

• Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year

Operates as a program under the Education and Training Branch

Provides a range of culturally appropriate programs and services for Métis people to enhance employability and related skills including:

• Apprenticeship support (financial and training assistance)
• Career counselling
• Employment readiness support and training
• Financial support/wage subsidies and opportunity through a number of programs which may vary by office locations; programs are listed on website
• Mobility assistance
• Self-employment coaching assistance such as business plan and accounting information and access to computers, photocopiers and other equipment
• Services for clients with disabilities

• Offers employment assistance for youth, adults and employers
• Offers resources and contact information regarding apprenticeships

Services and programs offered:

• Ontario Employment Services

Workshops and Training

• Offers free employment workshops for job readiness including Interview Skills, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), Money Management, Employer Expectations, Customer Service and more
• Offers workshops and training including Standard and Emergency First Aid, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Smart Serve, NORCAT Safety Training & eLearning, and GED Training

Can also provide workshops about:

• Internet job searching
• Resumes and cover letters

• Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
• Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
• Provides job search strategies, including resumé preparation
• Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
• Offers help in maintaining employment
• Provides information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario

Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Youth Job Connection

• Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

• Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year

Services provided by Interval House of Hamilton at Women's Centre of Hamilton and Flamborough Women's Resource Centre. Provides support for women and their children who are experiencing domestic violence and abuse including:

• community counselling services
• individual counselling
• employment counselling
• peer support
• wellness and recovery groups
• safety planning
• housing services

Operates a community information resource centre where anyone seeking employment and/or training can access services

Job Seekers:
Provides the following for job seekers:

• Assessment of skills and experience
• Information about different careers and occupations
• Local labour market, employment, and training opportunities
• Information about all Employment Ontario programs and services
• Referral to other community services
• Resumé preparation assistance
• Intensive assistance and support to prepare for employment
• On-the-job training and/or work experience support

Employers:
Offers the following services to employers:

• Posts employment opportunities
• Identifies human resource skill requirements
• Matches position and workplace requirements to a participants' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• Information on financial incentives to offset some of the costs of providing on-the-job training and work experience

Offers registration and support to:

• new apprentices who have arranged a sponsoring employer or who have prior education and related work experience
• also offers consultation for sponsoring employers

Apprenticeship Scholarship

• $1,000 scholarship upon completion of academic upgrading, for registered apprentices younger than 25 years who left school before completing the necessary academic requirements for registering in a trade, who are committed to achieving the necessary academic requirements within one year, and who demonstrate an interest in the skilled trades

Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)

• School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
• Students earn cooperative education credits in grades 11 and 12 through work placements in skilled trades
• Interested full-time high school students 16 years and older entering Grade 11 should contact their guidance counsellor, co-op education teacher or the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program Coordinator for the local school board, or contact the local Apprenticeship Office

Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program

• Job skill development and trade readiness for unemployed individuals wanting careers in skilled trades
• Programs are at various community locations, and up to 52 weeks long including a minimum 8-12 week work placement
• Free, with costs covered for tuition, textbooks, safety equipment and tools

This office offers on-site exams

• Assists adults with intellectual disabilities develop and maintain skills required to explore, secure and maintain employment
• Collaborates with local employers to create possible employment opportunities

Services include:

• Pre-employment skill building
• Job searching
• Partnerships with employers
• Ongoing support to maintain job retention

Operating virtually through alternative methods such as phone, email and other digital technologies. Printing/Faxing services will continue to be offered by request. To speak with an employment counsellor call/text 807-934-6203 Mon-Fri 8:30 am- 4:30 pm

• Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
• Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
• Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
• Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
• Offers help in maintaining employment
• Provides information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario

Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Provides a culturally based program to support and address concerns of Indigenous youth who are at risk of negative behaviors

Addressing Violence

• Provides education on how to end violence in Indigenous communities
• Teaches about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse

Education

• Encourages youth to remain in school and provides support for obtaining high school diploma
• Offers homework assistance and time at the Centre to complete homework with access to computers and Internet

General Social Supports

• Provides individual counselling for areas that youth may be struggling with such as socialization and peer pressure
• Offers Native craft classes and regalia making sessions
• Teaches Native dancing, singing and drumming
• Allows the youth to participate in Elder's Circles

Healthy Living and Physical Development

• Holds individual and group educational sessions on healthy lifestyle choices including good nutrition and traditional food preparation
• Coordinates and assists youth in preparing nutritious meals through a weekly cooking class
• Supervises non competitive recreational activities

Justice Intervention

• Accompanies any youth registered in agency programs to court proceedings if requested
• Provides education and information about the criminal justice system and court procedures

Youth in Care

• Provides cultural education and support for youth living in foster homes within community and also to biological and foster parents

• Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
• Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
• Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
• Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
• Offers help in maintaining employment
• Provides information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario

Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Youth Job Connection

• Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

• Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year

Offers registration and support to:

• new apprentices who have arranged a sponsoring employer or who have prior education and related work experience
• also offers consultation for sponsoring employers

Apprenticeship Scholarship

• $1,000 scholarship upon completion of academic upgrading, for registered apprentices younger than 25 years who left school before completing the necessary academic requirements for registering in a trade, who are committed to achieving the necessary academic requirements within one year, and who demonstrate an interest in the skilled trades

Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)

• School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
• Students earn cooperative education credits in grades 11 and 12 through work placements in skilled trades
• Interested full-time high school students 16 years and older entering Grade 11 should contact their guidance counsellor, co-op education teacher or the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program Coordinator for the local school board, or contact the local Apprenticeship Office

Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program

• Job skill development and trade readiness for unemployed individuals wanting careers in skilled trades
• Programs are at various community locations, and up to 52 weeks long including a minimum 8-12 week work placement
• Free, with costs covered for tuition, textbooks, safety equipment and tools

This office is not an exam centre

Provides a culturally based program to support and address concerns of Indigenous youth who are at risk of negative behaviors

Addressing Violence

• Provides education on how to end violence in Indigenous communities
• Teaches about the effects of problematic alcohol and substance use

Education

• Encourages youth to remain in school and provides support for obtaining high school diploma
• Offers homework assistance and time at the Centre to complete homework with access to computers and Internet

General Social Supports

• Provides individual counseling for areas that youth may be struggling with such as socialization and peer pressure
• Offers Native craft classes and regalia making sessions
• Teaches Native dancing, singing and drumming
• Allows the youth to participate in Elder's Circles

Healthy Living and Physical Development

• Holds individual and group educational sessions on healthy lifestyle choices including good nutrition and traditional food preparation
• Supervises non competitive recreational activities

Justice Intervention

• Accompanies any youth registered in agency programs to court proceedings if requested
• Provides education and information about the criminal justice system and court procedures

Youth in Care

Provides cultural education and support for youth living in foster homes within community and also to biological and foster families

• Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
• Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
• Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
• Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
• Offers help in maintaining employment
• Provides information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario

Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Youth Job Connection

• Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

• Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year

Provides programs and services to meet the needs of individuals with an intellectual and/or developmental disability
Provides the following programs:

• Client Services
• Supported Employment
• Supported Independent Living

Transitions Program

• Provides support to youth with developmental disabilities to create a life plan for the transition to life after graduating from high school
• Assists with various applications such as housing, passport, special services and Ontario Disability Support Program
• Offers guidance for accessing further education, employment and training opportunities and community resources
• Advocates on behalf of the family and individual