The Employment Program for People with Disabilities (EPPD)

Goshen holds this sub-contract with Open Door Group.

Referrals:

You may refer yourself or be referred by another community agency. If you have an open Ministry of Social Development file and are expected to work, discuss a possible referral with your Employment Assistance Worker.

This program assists persons with disabilities to achieve their economic and social potential to the fullest extent possible.

Potential outcomes include:

• Increased access to needed supports
• Full-time employment
• Part-time employment
• Volunteer placement
• Self-employment
• Employment Crisis Services
• Better understanding of the disability as it relates to employment
• Increased connection to the community

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Goshen holds this subcontract with GT Hiring Solutions.

Referrals:

From the Ministry of Social Development

Client Intake:

Assesses clients for their suitability to participate in BCEP.

Individualized Services and Supports:

Individual and group programs designed to assist clients to move to employment in a timely manner.

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A specialized employment program for persons with disabilities.

Referrals:

You may refer yourself or be referred by another community agency.

Do you want to work? Do you have a disability? If so, we can help. We offer an individualized, holistic, solution focused approach to help you achieve your goals.

Goshen provides:

• Employment counselling
• Individual appointments
• Assistance with the development of a career/education plan
• Professional diagnostic & career assessment
• Help with job search information and referral to services in the community
• Support to access training funds
• Disability supports

Resources:

• Computer & internet access
• Telephone
• Fax
• Photocopying

Post employment supports including:

• Ongoing mentoring and support
• Job maintenance skills

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The In-Home Mentorship Program is designed to support youth with learning and developing the life skills necessary to increase the young person's success when they move to independent living. The youth is voluntarily matched with an adult mentor and lives as a mentored roommate for a period of up to 6 months.

Referrals:

Through the Ministry of Children & Family Development

Potential mentors are recruited, oriented, screened, interviewed, and trained by Goshen Consultants.

Information and skills are offered in the following areas:

• Roommate communication strategies
• Finance & budgeting
• Food management
• Home management
• Time management
• Consumer tips
• Residential Tenancy Act
• Personal income tax
• Pre-vocational & employment skills

If you are interested in supporting a youth in the community by being a Mentor and having a young person in your home please click here and complete the Mentorship Application Form.

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Referrals:

Through the Ministry of Children & Family Development

Counselling:

Both individual and family is available upon referral to assist individuals who are struggling with relationships and who have a motivation to improve their communication and coping skills within the family.

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Tenant Support is a program which provides skilled and effective personalized support services for adults with a developmental disability to enable them to live independently, either alone, or with family or friends.

Referrals:

Through Community Living British Columbia (CLBC)

Services provided include:

• Activities designed to enhance the individual’s independence with respect to daily living and achievement of personal goals.
• Assistance in making effective choices concerning the development and maintenance of friendships and relationships.

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Overview

Out of work and need a hand getting back into the job market? Job Options BC is a new employment and skills training program that can help unemployed British Columbians gain the skills, confidence and experience they need to find employment.

If you are unemployed but not an Employment Insurance (EI) client, and you want to become employed, this program is designed to help you.

What does the program offer?

• Up to 10 weeks of group and individual programming, short-term training and work experience that prepares participants for new employment, or when appropriate, further training.
• Four to six weeks of group activities, including assessment, life skills, job-finding clubs and employability skills (job search, basic skills upgrading, computer training, and short term skill training). Groups usually include 10 to 12 participants.
• Further skills training and/or work experience during the remainder of the program includes employer, community-based or volunteer work experience. This provides the opportunity for participants to learn skills to assist their search for paid employment.
• Up to six months of follow-up support provided for those who need additional help to find and maintain employment or to regain employment if they lose a job.

Who is eligible?

To be eligible for this program, participants must be:

• 18 years of age or older
• unemployed
• non-EI clients (have not established a regular EI claim in the last three years and have not established a maternity or parental claim in the past five years)
• legally entitled to work in Canada
• living in BC
• not a student
• not participating in another Labour Market Agreement (LMA) funded program

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