Specialized Career and Employment Services

The Vendor is required to provide to enhance employability and workforce readiness for individuals across southeast state by delivering personalized, client-centre employment supports.
- The objective of this initiative is to support participants in overcoming barriers to employment and education by equipping them with essential life and job skills.
- Through comprehensive case management, targeted skills development, career exploration, and strong partnerships with employers and community organizations, the program enables individuals to achieve meaningful outcomes such as sustainable employment or further education and training.
- Client-Centred Case Management Services:
•    Conduct comprehensive assessments: evaluate each participant’s needs, goals, and barriers to employment. Develop a detailed service plan to assess their stability and readiness for work.
•    Establish employment goals: collaborate with participants to define relevant employment objectives and create a customized service plan outlining the steps required to achieve them.
•    Provide ongoing support: monitor progress, evaluate outcomes, and proactively address emerging barriers as participants work toward their employment goals.
- Specialized Career and Employment Services:
•    One-to-one learning: provide individualized guidance to develop skills, including resume and cover letter development, interviewing, workplace communication, and digital literacy.
•    Workshops: provide workshops one-on-one or group-based sessions focused on personal marketing tool development, job search skills, essential skills, workplace competencies, employer expectations.
•    Job maintenance: provide on-site coaching support to newly employed participants who require support to learn their role.
•    Career resource centre: offer a fully equipped centre with resources for job seekers.
•    Employment-related financial supports: assess participant needs and allocate funding for critical supports such as personal identification, training fees, interview attire, tools, and transportation to enhance job readiness and access to employment opportunities.
- Employer Partnerships:
•    Workplace tours: provide opportunities for participants to see work environments, learn about the duties and responsibilities of specific industries or jobs and ask questions that help the participant to assess their fit to a particular role.
•    Job shadowing opportunities: coordinate short-term job shadowing experiences with local businesses to give participants hands-on exposure to various occupations and workplace environments.
•    Job carving: in circumstances where the participant has limited range of skills, work with employers to create roles that match both the employer’s needs and the job seeker's abilities.
•    Employer support: offer ongoing assistance to employers and new hires through onboarding support, task analysis, and help with addressing workplace challenges.
- Collaboration with Local Service Providers:
•    Enhance service coordination: facilitate seamless referrals and shared service planning to address participants’ diverse needs, including housing, mental health, addictions, childcare, and financial supports.
•    Leverage community expertise: work alongside specialized providers to deliver complementary programming and workshops that enrich the participant experience and improve employment outcomes.
•    Strengthen community networks: participate in local inter-agency committees and working groups to stay informed of emerging trends, share best practices, and advocate for integrated service delivery.
- Budget: $132,000.

- Contract Period/Term: 1 year