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LBS agencies partner with other training and employment agencies to provide soft skills training in their communities. Here are just some of the partnerships, listed by Network Region.
Literacy Link Niagara
Niagara Regional Native Centre often partners with the YMCA, Employment Solutions and NPAAMB to deliver soft skills. Topics include: résumés, cover letters, employment standards, True Colours, etc.
We deliver skills: time management, transferable skills, interview skills and job search skills & career development.
Contact:
Marie Belliveau, B of Ed; BA CHSc
Literacy Program Director/Team Manager, Niagara Regional Native Centre
140 Welland Ave., Unit 15B, St. Catharines, ON L2R 2N6
literacypc@nrnc.ca 905-685-8547 Fax: 905-685-8990
Literacy Ontario Central South
Customer Service: Targeted training being delivered in Peterborough by Trent Valley Literacy Association (TVLA) and in Hastings by Community Learning Alternatives (CLA). Both agencies receive referrals from ES and OW.
Contact:
· Peterborough - Lesley Hamilton - programmanager@tvla.ca
· Hastings – Shannon Lee - shannon@cla-buildingskills.ca
Job Fit: Targeted training being delivered in Peterborough by TVLA.
Learners are identified and enrolled in Job Fit by OW.
Lesley Hamilton - programmanager@tvla.ca
Project Read Literacy Network Waterloo Wellington
ESU: Essential Skills Upgrading has a partnership with The Literacy Group of Waterloo Region (TLG) where they run some of their Soft Skills Module congruent with TLG’s Customer Service Module. To date, this is working well. TLG has received referrals in from Ontario Works (OW) and from Canadian Council of Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW).
The Soft Skills Module was developed on-site. They have two instructors registered with Soft Skills Solutions, but it didn't really meet their needs in their continuous intake program. So, they developed their own based on different topics like teamwork, positivity, grit, dependability and work ethic. One instructor is now adding a couple of units about how to say no and when to say, "I don't know" and how to go from there. Their units are working really well with the Customer Service module designed by The Literacy Group.
Contacts:
Linda Brooks, Program Co-ordinator/Literacy Instructor linda_brooks@wrdsb.ca
ESU: Essential Skills Upgrading, Waterloo Region District School Board
519-885-4356 x 223
Lisa McArthur, Program Co-ordinator, The Literacy Group Waterloo Region
519- 743 -6090
QUILL Learning Network
In the QUILL Learning Network region, VPI Working Solutions (VPI) is working with literacy programs in Grey and Bruce Counties to deliver the Soft Skills Solutions© program to Employment Ontario's Youth Job Connect (YJC) clients. The YJC students attend 40 hours of programming with VPI and then 20 hours with the adult learning centres. Partners are testing it this year and have delivered only 2 sessions so far. Partners continue to deliver it on a regular basis.
Debera Flynn, QUILL Learning Network, Executive Director 519-881-4655 -execdir@quillnetwork.ca
Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Network
In Barrie, the Barrie Literacy Council delivers the Soft Skills Solutions course for OW and ES clients. They are also working with the Barrie Native Friendship Centre to augment the SSS course to make it more culturally appropriate. They have piloted one course delivery, which was successful.
Contact:
Judy desRoches, Executive Director, Barrie Literacy Council 705-728-7323 blcexecutivedirector@on.aibn.com
Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Network
Learning for Living South Muskoka has developed a program called Ready for Work. It is delivered in 2 parts that are 8 weeks each. They partner with 2 OW offices to deliver the program to OW clients.
Contact:
Dave Steeves, Program Co-ordinator/Instructor, Learning for Living South Muskoka 705-687-9323 davidsteeves@aol.com
Tri-County Literacy Network
The Chatham Kent Workforce Planning Board has purchased “Bring Your A-Game to Work” from the United States (US), and they are using these resources for one-day workshops in Chatham-Kent. Tri-County Literacy Network recently invited them to present on these soft skills materials at their Local Planning and Co-ordination meetings. The LBS programs in the Tri-County region are currently reviewing these resources to see how they can implement them into their programs.
In Chatham-Kent, LBS programs will work with the Chatham-Kent Workforce Planning Board.
In Sarnia-Lambton, one LBS program is looking at offering the program and other LBS programs would refer. They are looking at partnering with the Sarnia Lambton Workforce Development Board.
In Windsor-Essex, LBS programs are looking into incorporating the materials into existing programming and also looking at the option of a stand-alone program. They are looking at working with Employment Services since most of the LBS programs work within an agency that also offers ES. Workforce Windsor Essex is interested in being kept in the loop and may assist, if needed.
Please see the link below for more information on the Bring Your A Game to Work resources: https://workethic.org/bring-your-a-game-to-work/
Contact:
Andrea Dickinson, Tri-County Literacy Network, Chatham a.dickinson@cogeco.net
519-355-1771
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