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"Partners in Employment will provide a coordinated individualized service to people who experience job barriers in order to ensure access to fully integrated employment opportunities within Huron and Perth Counties."
To ensure equal access to employment opportunities and services throughout Huron and Perth Counties.
To facilitate the development of autonomy, self-sufficiency and empowerment in those individualized served.
To provide coordination of services appropriate to the individual in order to make best possible use of all resources in Perth and Huron Counties.
Partners in Employment is a not for profit, charitable organization offering services throughout Perth and Huron Counties.
The formation of Partners in Employment came about as a result of two years work of a steering committee with representation from across Perth County. Employment related services that existed in the county for persons with significant barriers, including social assistance recipients, were extremely limited. Those that did exist tended to have a narrow focus and were uncoordinated with other services. Individuals on the Steering Committee represented a variety of interests including services agencies, education, federal, provincial, and local governments, businesses, consumers and their families.
Date of Incorporation: November 26, 1992. Partners in Employment have been operating in the Stratford area for over 10 years and are directed by a Volunteer Board of Directors.
Partners in Employment presently manages 3 Employment Resource Centres located in Stratford, Listowel and St. Marys and assists people to complete the Training and Employment Plan, connecting them to community employment services. Partners in Employment also offer an individualized job development service for people with employment barriers, through out the rural area of Perth and Huron Counties.
In an effort to meet demand and minimize transportation difficulties in Huron and Perth Counties, Partners in Employment offers service in Stratford, Listowel, Wingham, St. Marys, Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich and Exeter. Staff also travels to Mitchell and Milverton as required. Increasing service to meet demand of those who seek employment in their home communities has been of priority.
Partners In Employment, is a not for profit organization (Charitable # 89177 3244 RR) with locations in Perth and Huron Counties, providing support services for individuals with employment challenges, to obtain and maintain employment.
Partners In Employment has local Employment Facilitators to provide Labour Market Re-Entry Services for individuals with employment challenges and to assist these individuals to find employment in Huron and Perth Counties. In an effort to meet demand and minimize transportation difficulties in Huron and Perth Counties, Partners in Employment offers services in Stratford, Listowel, Wingham, St. Marys, Seaforth, Clinton, Goderich and Exeter. Staff also travels to Mitchell and Milverton as required. Increasing service to meet the demands of those who seek employment in their home communities has been a priority.
Partners in Employment has worked hard to maintain our credibility with our Employer Base. This growing database represents 2000+ area businesses. This group characterizes a diverse cross section of the available employers in our region.
Diverse funding has provided Partners in Employment staff with an awareness and sensitivity to the needs of Employment Equity target groups and the rural community. Beneficiaries of this awareness and sensitivity are unemployed persons who become employed, employers that have their employment needs filled and the community as a whole by having a lower unemployment rate.
The History of Partners in Employment
| 1990 | Steering Committee Organized
| | 1992 | Incorporation of Partners in Employment
| | 1993 | Part Time Staff Member Hired
Implementation of Service Delivery
3 Offices Opened in Perth County
Seconded Staff Member From ACL´s & CHHA
| | 1995 | Supported Employment Outcomes - Pilot Site
| | 1996 | Presented at 2nd National Supported Employment Conference in New Brunswick
| | 1997 | HRDC, Ontario Works Contracts
United Way, Perth County Funding
MCSS Funding Increased
Generic Service
| | 1998 | Resource Centers Management
| | 1999 | Huron County - Offices Expansion
| | 2000 | Data System Developed & Implemented
Supported Co-op taken on by Avon Maitland Board of Education.
Evaluation
Employment & Training Plan - Common Practice in Perth O.D.S.P transition
| | 2002 | Assistance for Students in School
Workshops to Readiness
Snapshot Review
| | 2003 | 420 people received one on one service
Employment Resource Centre visited 11,500 times
10th Anniversary Celebration
| | 2004 | 476 people received one on one service
Employment Resource Centre visited 12,000 times
Workshops - Job Readiness
Need Identification/Case Management
St. Marys E.R.C.
| | 2005 | 339 people received one on one service
Need Identification/Case Management
650 Return to Work Action Plans
| | 2006 | 376 people received one on one service
Employment Resource Centre visited 14,000 times
Need Identification/Case Management
633 Return to Work Action Plans
| | 2007 | 566 people received one on one service
Employment Resource Centre visited 13,500 times
Need Identification/Case Management
550 Return to Work Action Plans
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Mission