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Literacy/essential skills instruction:

• training in reading, writing, math, and computer skills
• help adults to go on to further education, or increase their independence, enter into apprenticeship
• main focus is on unemployed adults
• open to employed Ontarians who need to improve their literacy skills in order to maintain or upgrade their work skills
• educational/literacy assessments

Personalized services to support youth in difficult situations:

• daytime drop-in centre : coffee, tea, snacks
• day respite services
• legal, academic, financial support
• academic mentoring, tutoring, career guidance
• pre-sentence reports, capacity assessments
• accompaniment to court, probation, medical or legal appointments

Voluntary counselling services

• professional counselors work confidentially with employees and/or their families
• offers support in coping with a wide array of life's challenges (work-related, family concerns, personal issues, etc)
• works with companies in virtually all employment sectors
• seminars on money management
• stress management
• retirement and healthy relationships

Additional workshops can be offered upon request

Provides employment and training services to clients, primarily from the Akwesasne Territory

Programs include:

• payroll and administration services to local businesses and organizations
• Business Services for Employers (Sponsorship Programs)
• Mohawk Language Training
• board room rentals

Investments in local sustainable economic development:

• business loans
• business counselling
• Rural Innovation Initiative Eastern Ontario Program
• information and referral

Program that allows access to post-secondary studies

• aims to train Ontario workers who recently lost their job to access a new career path in a high growth sector
• offered at the Ottawa campus (801 Aviation Parkway, Ottawa, K1K 4R3), Alphonse Desjardins Campus, Minto Trades Centre (8 700 Jeanne d'Arc blvd, Orléans, ON, K4A 0S9), the Hawkesbury campus (570 Kitchener St, Hawkesbury, ON K6A 2P3) and in Alfred (31 Paul St, Alfred, ON, K0B 1A0)

COVID-19 (25 Feb 2021): Some appointments can be done virtually (telephone or videoconferencing). Your provider will decide if this is appropriate. Call the Centre at 613-737-5115 before attending.

Offers integrated health and social services:

• counselling
• crisis intervention
• information and referral
• community development
• home support programs
• health promotion activities
• primary health care with a 24-hour on-call service
• smoking cessation
• parenting teens program
• community connections for newcomers
• anonymous HIV testing
• walk-in counselling services

Mourning After: A support group for seniors coping with personal loss

• runs in conjunction with Bereaved Families of Ontario. Registration required, call Lisa Bornn at 613-737-7195 ext 2326

Community Nutrition Program (offered by Community Nutritionists):

• individual counselling
• prenatal nutrition
• healthy eating workshops
• community kitchen

Millennium Learning Centre (English/French):

• offers free access to computers and the Internet

Snow Go Assist program:

• provides a matching service for seniors and people with disabilities looking to hire an individual or contractor
• clearing snow from private driveways and walkways

Literacy instruction to deafblind adults in their preferred method of communication

• students have the opportunity to reach their goals and enhance their link to the environment

Services include:

• numeracy
• communication
• reading and writing
• daily living skills
• basic computer instruction

Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS)

• literacy, numeracy and essential skills services that help learners transition to their goals of employment, apprenticeship, secondary-school credit, post-secondary education or independence
• support in clarifying upgrading goals and developing a training plan to achieve them

Traditional, Aboriginal program to find meaningful work and/or training

• modeled on the teachings of the Medicine Wheel
• going back to school
• upgrading
• training
• confidence building
• career guidance
  

Offers occupational therapy and kinesiology intervention to support individuals experiencing a variety of clinical and physical difficulties

Services include:

• home-based cognitive work hardening program
• occupational therapy coaching
• pool program
• dragon naturally speaking training
• personal training
• progressive goal attainment (PGAP)
• individualized occupational therapy
• work hardening programs

Promotes occupational education, training and development of adults with disabilities

ODSP Services

• guides and empowers individuals to making the right life changing decisions with respect to regular employment challenges
• helps and supports regular employment of people with disabilities by identifying skills and abilities to develop tools meeting their specific needs to intergrate the workforce

Employers Services

• assists with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Compliance Review for implementation of the guidelines
• free Workplace Diversitfication Training about working with individuals with disablities
• job coaching support and on the job training to help make the transition of returning to work possible for both the client and the employer
• alleviate initial training costs to the employer through wage subsidy programs

Evaluations to identify any return to work barriers and develop a plan to increase the opportunity for reintegration

Services:

• home-based cognitive work hardening program
• educational and professional guidance program
• adapting to change
• job search program
• intensive career exploration
• vocational rehabilitation phase
• occupational therapy - early intervention
• post offer of employment test (POET)
• vocational enhancement assessment
• workplace accommodation assessment

Assist individuals who are recovering from illness or injury transition successfully back to employment

• cost effective
• designed to reduce absenteeism and increase productivity
• one-on-one format to build confidence
• outines an agreeable plan for success full return to normal work

Gourmet Xpress is a social enterprise offering

• hands-on training in a commercial kitchen
• supports individuals who have barriers to employment or are unable to maintain employment in the food industry
• three-month intensive training to gain work experience focused on developing essential skills and competencies in the workplace

Group that comes together to share and compare information, ideas, notes and strategies

• geared towards those who are currently employed and looking for a new career, or career advancement
• inclusive

Adult upgrading including reading, writing, numeracy, digital, communication

• offers a Deaf Adult upgrading program as well, language of instruction is ASL
• helps learners prepare for employment, apprenticeship, secondary-school credit, post-secondary education and greater independence

Psychological assessment and counselling centre provided by doctoral students and their supervising psychologists:

• offers training for doctoral students in clinical psychology
• provides psychological services such as diagnosic assessment and treatment, in both English and French, to the Ottawa-Gatineau area
• conducts research
• career counselling

Literacy and Basic Skills:

• Literacy and basic skills training, including numeracy, digital, communication and interpersonal skills
• helps learners prepare for employment, apprenticeship, secondary-school credit, post-secondary education and greater independence

Learners are tutored individually by trained teachers in weekly sessions which take place in the Society's offices

• meeting times are flexible
• computer workshops available on site

Financial Literacy Program:

• personal mentoring to help develop skills for managing money on a daily basis

Personal employment counseling services

• assessment
• application assistance for the Ontario Disability Support Program - Employment Supports and MAESD Cornwall
• supported employment
• vocational rehabilitation
• employment planning
• career coaching
• work placements
• services to employers
• disability awareness and etiquette training

Approved service provider for the Ontario Disability Support Program:

• Employment Supports
• Ministry of Children
• Community and Social Services
• Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Helps people with disabilities prepare for, find, and maintain employment

Temporary financial assistance and support in finding new employment

• able-bodied claimants must be seeking employment to remain eligible

Basic benefit rate is 55% of average insured earnings up to a maximum amount. In 2022, the maximum amount is $638 per week.

Family Supplement: for low income families who receive the Canada Child Benefit

• amount based on annual net family income up to $25,921 and on the number of children in the family and their ages
• entitlement will be added to EI payment

Special Benefits:

• sickness benefits
• compassionate care
• benefits for the self-employed
• benefits for Canadians living abroad
• family caregiver benefit for children
• family caregiver benefit for adults
• fishing benefits

Maternity or parental benefits

• 15 weeks maternity benefits
• 35 week standard parental benefits which can be shared by the two parents (children born or adopted)
• 61 weeks extended parental benefits which can be shared by both parents (children born or adopted

For information from Employment and Social Development Canada regarding the Employment Insurance sickness benefits for those affect by COVID-19: Click Here

• for individuals without access to the Internet, or facing other barriers, a Service Canada Outreach Support Centre is available by phone at 1-877-355-2657 Mon-Fri 8:30 am to 4 pm

COVID-19 (8 Feb 2021): Services are currently offered virtually.

Supports for learners facing barriers to post-secondary education

Services for future students include:

• one-on-one coaching
• direct referral to career clarity counseling
• participation in educational transition activities
• assistance with the college and financial application process
• ongoing support from ASPIRE AC staff, i.e., Transition to College Coach

Services for current students include:

• sponsored peer tutoring
• graduate mentoring support
• job coach services
• continued support from ASPIRE AC staff

Services for Registered Students: Counselling Services provides the following services by professional staff:

• personal counselling
• educational and career counselling
• group counselling
• consultation educational and career resources
• study skills workshops.

Career Centre: The computerized Career Centre at the Woodroffe campus is shared with Student Employment Services and includes information on educational and training programs across Canada.

To help in career planning, one will find information about:

• occupations
• college and university programs
• employment statistics
• résumé writing
• interview preparation
• job-hunting strategies.

Community Services: Free 30-minute consultation interviews with a counsellor for educational or career planning, offered all year during the day by appointment on an availability basis.

Literacy and basic skills training, including numeracy, digital, communication and interpersonal skills * helps learners prepare for employment, apprenticeship, secondary-school credit, post-secondary education and greater independence

COVID19 (2 June 2020): Some services offered virtually during the pandemic. See Online Virtual Programs page on website for details.

Programs for persons with disabilities

• vocational rehabilitation
• supported employment
• job preparation
• job coaching
• community development
• public education
• awareness of needs of persons with disabilities
• sensitivity awareness
• sssistive devices program
• home and vehicle modification program
• independent living services
• outreach/attendant care

Ontario Employment Assistance Services -- Offers employment services which may include dissemination of labour market information, employment needs assessment, career planning, employment counselling, diagnostic services, job search skills, job finding clubs, job placement services, developing an employment action plan, referral to appropriate interventions, assessments for disability-related accommodations and participant case management and follow-up