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The Project Aims to Raise Awareness About the Business Case for Inclusive Hiring
HALIFAX, NS, Jan. 26, 2021 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association for Supported Employment (CASE), a national network of community-based employment service providers and stakeholders, today unveiled its newest project, Building a Stronger Workforce. The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness, dispel myths, and cultivate interest among Canadian employers to make workplaces across the country more accessible to and inclusive of persons with disabilities.
Building a Stronger Workforce (CNW Group/The Canadian Association for Supported Employment)
Supported employment is a person-centred approach to assisting individuals who experience disability to prepare for, obtain and maintain competitive paid employment. When businesses make their employment practices more inclusive of people with disabilities, everyone wins, says Annette Borrows, President of CASE. Building a Stronger Workforc
editor s pick BUSINESS: Johane Saint-Vil discusses supporting clients for People Inc.
by Benjamin Joe ben.joe@lockportjournal.com Dec 31, 2020
Johane Saint-Vil has worked for People s Inc. for almost six years.
Johane Saint-Vil works with People Inc., a not-for-profit health and human services agency based in Williamsville. Sheâs been working with the company for six years, in two different capacities, three years working in a group home, and two and half as a job coach for those with disabilities.
Her work is not easy, but it has its moments, she said.
âEvery day is different. That youâll always get no matter what. No two days are the same â ever,â she said and laughed. âFor me, itâs whenever youâve been working with the individual for a long time ⦠and then it clicks. ⦠Thatâs what really keeps us going. Those moments of them realizing their own ability. Thatâs really what mak
editor s pick BUSINESS: Johane Saint-Vil discusses supporting clients for People Inc.
by Benjamin Joe ben.joe@lockportjournal.com Dec 31, 2020
Johane Saint-Vil has worked for People s Inc. for almost six years.
Johane Saint-Vil works with People Inc., a not-for-profit health and human services agency based in Williamsville. Sheâs been working with the company for six years, in two different capacities, three years working in a group home, and two and half as a job coach for those with disabilities.
Her work is not easy, but it has its moments, she said.
âEvery day is different. That youâll always get no matter what. No two days are the same â ever,â she said and laughed. âFor me, itâs whenever youâve been working with the individual for a long time ⦠and then it clicks. ⦠Thatâs what really keeps us going. Those moments of them realizing their own ability. Thatâs really what mak
At a time when employment is uncertain, a local organization helps people with disabilities become entrepreneurs. Author: Rachel Yonkunas (FOX43) Updated: 10:23 PM EST December 13, 2020
CARROLL COUNTY, Md. As new restrictions on businesses settle into place, a local organization is helping people with disabilities tap into their passions to become entrepreneurs.
Take Derek Hamburg, for starters. Derek, 28, is a sports fanatic through and through. It was something he and his dad bonded over, until his father passed away from cancer when Derek was in sixth grade.
“When I was about 7 or 8 years old, me and my dad, when he was alive, we went to a lot of the Ravens games,” Derek said. “I’m also a Special Olympics athlete.”