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Employment resources and coaching to find sustainable employment in Ontario:
- assessment of skills, interests and abilities
- job search strategies and support, including resume development and interview preparation
- information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment opportunities
- 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
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
- available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
Needs assessment, pre- and post-arrival information and referral, assistance to establish social and professional networks to promote community engagement, and assistance to access a range of settlement services
Connexions communautaires (Community Connections)
Group activities for newly arrived immigrants and refugees of all ages to help orient them to their new community and establish social and professional networks; trained and experienced volunteer mentors assist, with focus on citizenship and civic engagement or skills and career development
PIDEF / TÉE (Settlement in French-Language Schools Program)
Settlement services in French-language schools, includes outreach program based in elementary and secondary schools from mid-August to end of June, and in libraries and social service agencies from July to mid-August, as well as Host Program for matching foreign trained professionals with peers
- 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
Skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
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
- paid pre-employment services
- job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
- mentorship, education and work transition supports
Summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
Program also offered at Black Creek Community Centre, 2202 Jane St, room 5; call for detail and to make an appointment 416-922-2672
Information, referrals, learning opportunities and resources, available by telephone, website or chat
- topics include before and after school care, child and family learning centres, child care centres, home child care agencies, weekend/evening care, preschools, March Break and summer camps, child protection, infant development, mental health, government services, registry of respite workers and respite services, parent workshops, training and other resources
- offsite Training Consultant for Early Childhood and Parent Education sessions, training opportunities for community based agencies, families and services providers
Online directories include Community Services, Child Care and Early Years, EarlyON Child and Family Centres, Special Needs Services, French Language Services
Employment
Information on job opportunities and training for respite workers and job bank for Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECE), Early Childhood Educator Assistant (ECEA), child care centres and related agencies
L'Espace francophone de Halton (Halton francophone association) is a not for profit organization, non-denominational and non-partisan, created to foster networking opportunities among the francophone community of Halton Region and to promote the availability of french speaking services (both private and public) in the area
- Monthly newsletter
- On-line directory of French language service providers
Art camps and classes are taught in English and French by professional artists and arts educators in lakeside studios at Gairloch Gardens
Camps and classes take place throughout the year and include:
- Saturday programs
- PA Day workshops
- March Break camps
- Summer camps
Visit the website for complete details
Programs offer interactive ways to look at, discuss and make works of art
- available in English and French
- classes take place in the classroom as well as at the Galleries
- half day or full day
- numeracy, digital,
- communication and interpersonal skills
- employment, apprenticeship
- secondary-school credit
- post-secondary education and greater independence
Government licensed child care centre for children 18 months to 12 years
- full-time and part-time French child care centre
- program designed to help children learn and/or practice French through stories, games, songs, outdoor play and other creative activities
- exclusively French before and after school program for children 4 to 12 years of age attending the school
- non-profit organization
- operates with volunteer Board of Directors
Art camps and classes are taught in English and French by professional artists and arts educators in lakeside studios at Gairloch Gardens
Camps and classes take place throughout the year and include:
- Saturday programs
- PA Day workshops
- March Break camps
- Summer camps
Visit the website for complete details
Programs offer interactive ways to look at, discuss and make works of art
- available in English and French
- classes take place in the classroom as well as at the Galleries
- half day or full day
Visit Website
Government licensed child care centre for children 18 months to 12 years
- full-time and part-time French child care centre
- program designed to help children learn and/or practice French through stories, games, songs, outdoor play and other creative activities
- exclusively French before and after school program for children 4 to 12 years of age attending the school
- non-profit organization
- operates with volunteer Board of Directors
Government licensed child care centre for children 18 months to 12 years
- full-time and part-time French language child care centre
- program designed to help children learn and/or practice French through stories, games, songs, outdoor play and other creative activities
- exclusively French before and after school program for children 4 to 12 years of age attending the school
- non-profit organization
- operates with volunteer Board of Directors
- offers French-language programs and services for parents and caregivers with children aged 0-6 years
- encourages healthy parent/child relationships
Government licensed child care centre for children up to 13 years
- French-languiage Infant, toddler and preschool programs
- Before and after school child care program: 4-12 years of age attending the school
- PA day and March break camps, 4-12 years attending the school, 7 am-6 pm
- Operates with volunteer Board of Directors
Government licensed child care for children aged 0.2 years to 13 years
- French language day care open to all children whether French-speaking or not
- 1 infant room for 10 children 0-18 months
- 1 toddler room for 15 children 18-30 months
- 1 preschool room for 16 children 2.5-4 years with 2 Educators
- 1 preschool room for 8 children 2.5-4 years with 1 Educator
- 1 room for before and after school program for children 4-5 years with 13 children and 1 Educator
- 1 room for before and after school program for children 6-13 years with 15 children and 1 Educator
- full day programs offered 2, 3, or 5 days per week
- school-age camps for March Break, Summer Camp and PA Days
- staff have E.C.E. certification
- staff CPR and First Aid certification
- emergent curriculum, follows How Does Learning Happen?
- hot meals cooked on-site following Canada's Food Guide
- field trips
- children with special needs assessed on an individual basis
- Francophone and English professional learning workshops for teachers through Nexus Sante and THRC
- Online and in-class tutoring for adults parents who want to learn French
- French tutoring for school-aged children 4-13 years
- French immersion nursery school for preschool children 2.5-4 years
The primary role is to help create effective links between appropriate health and social resources * assist clients to engage pro-actively with community, family and with the healthcare system in order to improve their access to primary care (doctors, nurse practitioners, specialists...etc) * works with primary care providers with the goal to improve the quality of life of each individual through client centered care and by offering treatment/services in the most appropriate setting
The Francophones Navigator may assist you with determining your needs and accessing:
- primary health care providers, chronic disease management (eg. heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, arthritis and obesity)
- addictions and mental health care
- social services
- health care and acute
- care services at home