The goals of EPSS include, but are not limited to the following:
- Provide the opportunity for individuals to develop the skills necessary to be successful in obtaining and maintaining employment
- Enable individuals to explore their employment potential and career options by providing experienced and qualified employment counselling
- Utilize community resources effectively in order to maintain accurate information on the labour market, potential employment opportunities and accessibility issues for employment placement purposes
- Provide follow-up support to employees and Employers
- Build on the Client’s capacity to better connect them to the labour market
- Offer program and intake flexibility and responsiveness to meet the Client’s employment goals
- Provide a comprehensive collaborative approach that will be responsive to a wide variety of Client needs
- Increase Employer/community awareness of the contribution our Clients make and to demonstrate the benefits of making accommodation for and accepting our Clients as employees
Our commitment is to provide quality employment/training services using a client-centered approach.