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Recreation group for children and youth

• varied and evidence-based programs meant to be engaging, accessible, and contributing towards the development of good citizens and leaders within the community

Programs under four pillars:

• education
• physical activity/healthy lifestyle
• leadership and social skills
• creative arts

Services:

• social recreation group for children and youth
• homework clubs
• leadership training
• sports leagues (police athletic league)
• music and art programming

Special programs and services:

• integrative services for special needs
• volunteer services
• residential summer camp program

COVID-19 (5 Sep 2022): Staff is available remotely and is assisting clients and employers via phone, video-meetings, phone and email. In-person meetings are available by appointment: info@cercottawa.ca or 613-828-2123

Comprehensive employment and job search services

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

Better Jobs Program
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

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

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

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

Counsellor-facilitated positive mental health drop-in program

• focuses on social activities, skill-building, and connecting youth to resources in their community
• focuses on positive coping skills and facilitate healthy relationships
• therapeutic activities: art, sports, and games that on-site counselling is available to all youth
• dinner is served weekly

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• 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:

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

Youth Job Connection:

• paid pre-employment training
• job matching
• paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• mentorship
• education and work transitions supports

Youth Job Connection Summer:

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

Canada-Ontario Job Grant:

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses

Recreation group for children and youth

• varied and evidence-based programs meant to be engaging, accessible, and contributing towards the development of good citizens and leaders within the community

Programs under four pillars:

• education
• physical activity/healthy lifestyle
• leadership and social skills
• creative arts

Services:

• social recreation group for children and youth
• homework clubs
• leadership training
• sports leagues (police athletic league)
• music and art programming

Special programs and services:

• integrative services for special needs
• volunteer services
• residential summer camp program

COVID-19 (5 Jan 2022):Services are open to clients all over Ottawa, not just in the west end. Leave a voicemail at 613-288-3880 to book an appointment, email employment.info@pqchc.com or visit booknow.appointment-plus.com/b09xrklg/

Employment Ontario Employment Services

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• 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: help in identifying human resource skills requirements

• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant: financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees

• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Future Builders: pre-apprenticeship training in the General Carpentry trade

• available to youth between the ages of 15-29

Job Track Childcare: pre-apprenticeship training in the Child Development Practitioner trade

Youth Lead - pre-employment program which supports immigrant and refugee youth between the ages of 15-29

• to participate in the workforce
• to develop Canadian workplace skills

Internationally Trained Professionals Program: pre-employment program which supports new comers and refugees who are internationally trained professionals with mentorship and participation in the Canadian workplace

Community Connections for Newcomer Employment: pre-employment program for isolated newcomers who need support in accessing employment programming

In Motion and Momentum : pre-employment program which helps those who are stuck, begin to move in a direction that feels good, taps into their full potential and creates the life they want to live

Neighbourhood Health and Wellness Hubs are places offering free drop-in services to all residents across the city of Ottawa:

• mental health, addictions and substance use health
• employment and social services

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

COVID-19 (3 May 2021): all Employment and Social Services office are closed to the public. Social Services Hub activities remain closed to the public. For all other services, staff will continue to provide telephone or email support Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm.

Ontario Works claimants do not need to drop off documents, including income reporting statements. Those documents can be dropped off at a later date.

Ontario Works clients can go online at Ontario.ca/MyBenefits to get payment information, report income or make a change of address. For help to register, clients can call the InfoLine at 1-888-999-6130 or contact their case worker.

Financial and employment assistance for people in temporary financial need to help pay for basic needs such as:

• food
• housing costs
• certain furniture such as beds, cribs, high chairs and a stove or fridge where not provided by landlord
• prescription drugs

Free service connecting Algonquin College students and graduates with employers

• assistance with job search strategies
• networking and social media for job search
• labour market information
• resume review
• interview skills
• online job postings on HireAC

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests, and experience
• job search strategies
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience, help in maintaining employment
• 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

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

Canada-Ontario Job Grant: financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees

• available to small, medium and large businesses

Employment services

• individual strength-based counselling
• focus includes identifying and challenging barriers to employment, experience of loss, and adaptation to new work and cultural environment

Employment Assistance:

• member of the LASI World Skills employment program for new Canadians
• job search workshops
• workplace language training programs
• access to Federal Internship Program for Newcomers

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

Neighbourhood Health and Wellness Hubs are places offering free drop-in services to all residents across the city of Ottawa:

• immunization : COVID-19, and flu vaccines
• mental health, addictions and substance use health
• dental screening
• employment and social services

Foundation that brings together community leaders to help families, seniors, and individuals achieve personal success * focus on education, employment and building healthy communities * raises funds to support tenants living in Ottawa Community Housing communities

Initiatives:

• Caldwell Community Revitalization Project: creation of a green space that will include planter benches for community members to use as gardens or flower beds, a rain shelter with rain capturing system, an organic labyrinth for children, and trees
• Charity Golf Tournament
• Pack a Sack: backpacks and school supplies distributed to OCH community houses
• Keeping Youth Connected: one-on-one support to at-risk youth, including life skill training, emotional support, social development, etc.
• recLINK: access to social recreation opportunities for vulnerable children and youth
• Youth Futures: supports post-secondary participation among low income youth in Ottawa through leadership development, employment experience, and post-secondary orientation * post-secondary experience, advanced leadership training, community engagement, and summer employment
• Ron Larkin Scholarship Fund

Recreation group for children and youth

• varied and evidence-based programs meant to be engaging, accessible, and contributing towards the development of good citizens and leaders within the community

Programs under four pillars:

• education
• physical activity/healthy lifestyle
• leadership and social skills
• creative arts

Services:

• social recreation group for children and youth
• homework clubs
• leadership training
• sports leagues (police athletic league)
• music and art programming

Special programs and services:

• integrative services for special needs
• volunteer services
• residential summer camp program

Procides a variety of supported employment, educational, and wellness programs and other services

• Solutions for Youth Project
• Employment Supports Program
• Social Enterprises
• Job Quest
• Financial literacy training
• Community Loan Fund (for eligible clients trapped in cycle of Pay Day loans)
• Supported Employment in Rural Ottawa
• Wellness program
• Causeway Foundation
• Agency-sponsored entrepreneurial businnesses providing employment opportunities to consumers

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

Implements and monitors the 2006 Agreement on Labour Mobility and Recognition of Qualifications, responsible for overseeing and promoting the agreement, responds to public complaints about construction-related issues and helps:

• Skills and Work Experience in the Construction Industry (2006) between the Government of Ontario and the Gouvernement du Québec and other construction mobility agreements between Quebec and Ontario
• facilitates access for Ontario construction contractors and workers into the Quebec construction sector
• Ontario contractors and workers who want to work in construction in Quebec
• monitor Quebec contractors' and workers' compliance with related Ontario laws, while working in Ontario
• Ontario government ministries and construction-related organizations apply and follow the agreement
• Ontario contractors navigate the complexities of the Quebec licensing system

In response to the pandemic, many service changes remain in place. In-person contact is limited and telephone and virtual support is offered as an alternative. Updates are regularly posted to our website.

Health centre focused on family and community health

• advocacy
• primary health care
• outreach
• life skills education
• group support
• counselling
• practical assistance
• health promotion
• community development
• crisis intervention

Services:

• self-help groups
• prenatal programs
• help with accessing social assistance, food, clothing and housing in times of crisis
• services for seniors
• services for low-income families, children, and youth
• street outreach
• social services support and practical assistance in English, Cambodian, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese
• crisis drop-in
• needle exchange and safer inhalation
• Headstart Nursery Program
• pre and post natal support
• parenting support programs
• playgroups
• youth leadership programs
• family emergency shelter support
• mental health services
• women's and men's counselling services
• community development
• Contact Ottawa: voice mail box service for those who are unable to maintain a home phone line

Recreation group for children and youth

• varied and evidence-based programs meant to be engaging, accessible, and contributing towards the development of good citizens and leaders within the community

Programs under four pillars:

• education
• physical activity/healthy lifestyle
• leadership and social skills
• creative arts

Services:

• social recreation group for children and youth
• homework clubs
• leadership training
• sports leagues (police athletic league)
• music and art programming

Special programs and services:

• integrative services for special needs
• volunteer services
• residential summer camp program