It’s very common for those of us working in HR, Recruitment, Career Development, or Policy Development to use the phrase ‘barriers to employment’ in our work. I’ve used the term thousands of times – it catches all of the considerations that make it more difficult for a person to access employment opportunities and earn a […]
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Many of us in the disability services sector have heard this question – and many of us have had an immediate emotional response, struggled with our words and in the end, failed to capitalize on a great opportunity. The fact is, employment inclusion professionals should be able to respond with ease to inquiries and challenges.
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In 2012, the government of Canada collaborated with Canadian business to explore the recruitment and retention of people with disabilities. The resulting document, ‘Re-thinking Disabilities in the Private Sector’, outlined a number of barriers and strategies around ‘community partnerships’ between business and employment service providers. The issues of supply and demand, accessible talent pools and
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The 2014 Alberta Council of Disability Services (ACDS) Spring Conference – held in Edmonton this year, turned out to be one of the best Employment Conferences I’ve been to in a very long time. Although Employment Inclusion is not the primary focus of ACDS, they have seen the ‘writing on the wall’ and invested heavily
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It seems to be the question on everyone’s mind lately; where can we get really good staff training? It’s encouraging that people working in the field of employment inclusion are interested and invested in increasing the knowledge and skills of professionals on their teams. A great workshop, training session or conference can be really valuable
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Several weeks ago, a local employment service I consult to encountered an all too familiar situation; the residential services involved urgently wanted the job-seeker “out of the house” and engaged in full time employment. The Career Exploration and Job Search processes were, in their estimation, taking too long. A job placement in which this job-seeker
How Are We Hurting Employment Inclusion For People With Intellectual Disabilities? Read More »
Find Part one of this blog post here. Government funding for employment services for people with disabilities generally falls into two categories. Type one is best described as ‘Project Funding’ which is generally based in strategic procurement, requests for proposals (for which there is intense competition) and 1 – 3 year long contracts based on
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Part 1 of 2 Since the mid 1980’s the Supported Employment Movement has been working to facilitate the employment inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. The basic model has branched out to serve people with different types of disabilities and barriers to employment and it has undergone some name changes and ‘re-branding’ along the way.
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