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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

FDC Project

Improving employability skills adjustment and adaptation strategies for recent immigrant, racialized Francophone women and survivors of violence (Employment-CPPS & Métiers-2)

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Project duration

March 31, 2024 to March 30, 2025

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Donors

Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITISD)

Project beneficiaries

Racialized, immigrant, refugee, francophone women in the Greater Toronto Area, survivors of violence

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Mission of the CPPS & Métiers program

To promote the social and professional integration of immigrant, refugee and francophone women who are survivors of violence, so that they can contribute to the local economy by:

  • Providing Toronto’s job market with a quality workforce in various fields, according to their career plans.

  • Offering the communities of which they are a part, mainly high-quality, competitively priced ecological linen and other domestic sewing and clothing services.

  • The marketing of goods and services in various specialized trades.

 

Purpose of the Emploi-CPPS & Métiers-2 project

The overall objective of this project is to contribute to the sustainable improvement of participants’ employability by adjusting and adapting their knowledge and skills in line with demand.

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Main objectives

  • Contribute to building a resilient workforce

  • Facilitate participants’ access to employment in skilled trades

  • Establish employability partnerships to support women in the apprenticeship process

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Expected results

  • Knowledge acquired and skills developed in the areas of employability, mental health/personal management and entrepreneurship

  • 40 participants take part in full-service workforce training projects out of the total number of participants

  • At least 28 participants take part in a workforce training project leading to skilled trades and apprenticeship opportunities

  • At least 8 partners actively involved in the project

  • At least four educational and training institutions involved in the project

  • 40 participants acquire skills to run a self-employment unit (sewing, hairdressing, daycare, cooking, etc.)

  • Participants moving into skilled trades are supported in their individual or collective self-employment process

  • Better social integration of La Maison clients involved in CPPS & Métiers is achieved

​Intervention approaches

  • Workshops on fundamental and transferable employability skills

  • Mentoring, mental health and personal development support

  • Referral to job search workshop providers

  • Apprenticeship support for skilled trades

  • Implementation of personalized learning plans

  • Accompany participants in the deployment of their employment plan

  • Support for inclusion in the job market: networking, job fairs, internships, mentor-mentee networking

  • Implementation of support measures to ensure full participation in various project activities (daycare, transportation, tuition)

  • Attestation of participation and certificates as required

  • Various incentives for employers and apprentices reaching the end of their career path

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Competency development areas

  • Core competencies

  • Job search skills & knowledge of Ontario work environment

  • Personal management

  • Collaborative work, leadership and community involvement

  • Digital literacy (Computer & Network)

  • Financial literacy

  • Skills in specialized trades (hairdressing - childcare - sewing - cooking - others according to sponsor availability)

  • Business management skills

  • etc

 

Collaboration and partnership

  • Organizations providing workshops in various employability fields

  • Entities delivering apprenticeship programs

  • Employers - Sponsors

  • Employment agencies

  • Community mobilization organizations

  • Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC)

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