Searching for Disabilities Employment Programs

Services for clients -- Offers a range of workshops and activities on job readiness, career exploration and personal management skills to help job seekers secure and retain employment * access to job opportunities which include wraparound supports (human, social and health supports)

Services for Employers -- Offers an employer / job seeker matching service * training on workplace accommodations and creating inclusive workplace environments

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

Supported employment program

Full and part-time community work:

• maintaining tropical plants in various office spaces in Ottawa
• pick up and sorting of recyclable materials in several government buildings

Home base locations: Tunney's Pasture and Sparks Street

Provide meaningful computer-based skills development opportunities for adults with multiple disabilities.

Ensure that individuals with complex care needs are provided with opportunities to engage with new technologies in environments that are fully accessible

Offer personal care, adaptive/assistive software and hardware and compassionate support staff.

Provide individuals with disabilities stable and safe living accommodations and opportunities to engage in activities consistent with their rights and unique aspirations, abilities and needs including:

• leisure
• recreation
• volunteer
• learning
• work

Offer residential support tailored to the unique needs of each person in eight homes and two supported independent living apartments.

Supports social inclusion and celebrates diversity through community. Participants are provided with the tools and resources necessary to break through the barriers to employment, community resources.

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

Offers employment services:

• 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
• participant case management and follow-up

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

Catering business

• both social and economic objectives
• provides competitively priced food
• customers are giving back to their community with each order they place
• staffed by individuals who have experienced barriers to employment, including people with disabilities and those who are economically disadvantaged

Helps developmentally disabled adults to work in the community * facility-based training

Work includes:

• maintenance
• food services
• production
• woodworking
• recycling
• mailing
• office routines

Supports people in various volunteer activities within the community and provides life skill training, including:

• physical fitness
• computer skills
• street safety
• leisure activity
• literacy skills
• community awareness

Employment support services * counsellors work with francophone individuals with a developmental disability to:

• establish goals and interests
• prepare for employment
• integrate into the workplace
• monitor and maintain employment

Matches unemployed and job-ready clients who are deaf, deafened and hard of hearing with prospective employers

Employment Assistance Services (EAS) -- 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
• participant case management and follow-up

Supported employment program through Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC

Full and part-time enclave work; tasks include:

• sorting of confidential papers and other materials
• shredding of paper
• loading dock duties

Supported employment program

Full and part-time community work:

• maintaining tropical plants in various office spaces in Ottawa
• pick up and sorting of recyclable materials in several government buildings

Home base locations: Tunney's Pasture and Sparks Street

COVID-19 (16 Jan 2022): Organization still offering services virtually and in-person by appointment. Employment services continues. Assist people with various disabilities in obtaining employment in their chosen profession

Services:

• career exploration (skills and career self-assessments, educational exploration, labour market research)
• assistive technology assessment and recommendations
• self-management skills and disability management skills
• identify workplace values, abilities, interests, and skills
• learn how to develop a resume and cover letter
• job interview preparation
• effective job search techniques
• develop an action plan for employment with job search support from the staff

The program provides individuals with developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, or significant learning challenges with the opportunity to increase their essential employability and community living skills and work experiences.

• It will provide the student with access to college level courses tailored to their needs and limitations, as well as supervised internships, leading to a certificate.
• It is expected that the candidate will demonstrate a willingness to participate fully in the program and also demonstrate a level of independence that does not require constant supervision (see admission requirements for more details)

Through courses and co-op placements, students will improve core competencies for employment and living in community

Provides ergonomics assessments in office and industrial environments, job demands analysis and return to work programming. * Also provides train the trainer ergo coach courses.

Medical Assessments and Therapeutic Treatments provided in

• private home settings
• public and private residential and nursing homes

Treatments provided by

• occupational therapists
• kinesiologists
• psychotherapists
• yoga therapists
• registered dieticians
• case managers
• clinical psychologists
• nurse practitioners
• registered nurses and social workers

Individualized and tailored pediatric treatments including addressing:

• fine motor skills
• visual-motor skills
• cognitive skills
• delays in play and social interaction skills
• self-care activities (feeding, dressing, bathing, toileting)
• leisure (play skills and participating in sports/hobbies)
• self-regulation
• learning disabilities
• sleeping challenges
• sensory challenges

Works with professionals in Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Medical Care, Family Physicians, etc

• occupational therapy in home assessments
• home-based safety assessment
• chronic pain assessment
• functional capacity evaluation
• future care cost assessments
• ergonomic workspace assessment
• standard musculoskeletal assessment
• Assistive Devices Program (ADP) assessment for manual/power wheelchairs, walkers, scooters and communication aids
• attendant care needs assessments
• housekeeping needs assessments
• cognitive and physical demand evaluation
• group therapy sessions

COVID19 (13 Oct 2021): Services still offered * staff are reachable by phone.

Employment Centre for adults with developmental disabilities

Vocational Day Services include:

• supported work program
• social enterprises
• training for employment
• job search and job retention support

Helps the community welcome and include people with intellectual disabilities, autistic persons, and individuals with a dual diagnosis to live, work, and play as valued citizens.

Categories of support:

Employment Supports

• employment partnership development
• workplace inclusion specialists
• employment discovery specialists

Community Connecting and Supported Independent Living

Volunteer opportunity

Offers a unique approach to disability management by focusing on an individual's abilities rather than their disabilities

• helps individuals with their goals of returning to good health and productivity in both their professional and personal lives

A full service disability management firm:

• functional and / or cognitive assessments
• vocational evaluations
• employment counselling
• employability assessments
• occupational therapy services
• social work services
• mobility assessments
• workplace health and wellness assessments
• case/claims management
• workplace Safety and Insurance Board services
• in-house assessments
• independent Medical Assessments
• ODSP support services to employers
• long-term and short-term disability carriers
• auto insurers
• third party administrators
• solicitors and government programs

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

Day activity program

• leisure activities
• supported employment
• volunteer work
• performing and visual arts

Specialized services for adults

Services include

• tutoring through high school level math and writing/reading skills
• lifeskills and independent skills training
• vocation skills training
• consulting services for professionals

Community services, including:

Intake for the Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP):

• qualifications for reduction on electricity costs

Immigration services:

• establishment services
• counseling and assistance in immigration procedures
• application for various visas, for permanent residency, work permit, citizenship, sponsorship, etc.

Commissioners for Oaths available to validate

• oaths
• affirmations
• affidavits

Legal services:

• information and advice on immigrant and refugee rights
• guidance on judicial procedures
• defense of rights on various issues

Medical services:

• in-home doctor visits
• nursing and medical services at home

Social services:

• daycare services
• job search assistance
• job placement and internship
• support for creating and starting a business
• support for training and studies
• counselling services
• rehabilitation and monitoring of probation for minors
• radicalization prevention
• housing support services
• social activities
• interpretation and document translation
• language instruction
• placement assistance for volunteering in Africa and Canada
• financial and administrative assistance for funerary services
• maintenance of a directory for professionals and business men in Canada

Services to seniors:

• home visits
• transportation and accompaniment
• physical activity
• meditation and relaxation sessions
• foot care
• social outings

Services for individuals with a disability:

• social housing management
• budget management
• employment support
• family support

Funerals

• financial and administrative support

Employment support * externally in the work force or internally with in-house, commission-based businesses such as the creation and sale of jewelry, woodworking, printing, art, and pottery