About AES

This unique Opportunities Fund Project is designed to assist persons with diverse abilities with their employment goals. Participants will have the attention and care of working one on one with a Case Manager as well as the chance to enhance their employability skills in individual and group

workshops. This program also features work experience placements to assist in gaining valuable job skills. You will find the abilities that you need to conquer the current job market here!

Program Features

• One on one assessment and case management

• Employment Skills Training

• Resumes/Cover Letters

• Interview Skills

• Individualized Action Plans

• Work Experience Placements

• and much more!

Eligibility Criteria

Must:

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident or Refugee status who are legally entitled to work in Canada

• Self-identify as having a permanent or recurring disability that is physical, mental or neuro developmental

• Unemployed or Underemployed

Age

• 16 years of age or older

Also, one or more of the following:

• High school non-completion

• Homeless or living in low-income household

• Self-identified as LGBTQ2+

• Involved in Criminal Justice System

• Substance Abuse

• Indigenous, visible minority, or racialized Canadians

• Recent immigrant

• Single parent

• Not in any education, employment, or training in the last 6 months

Contact Information

604-596-7722 ext. 340/334/338

aes@pics.bc.ca

Funded By

ESDC - Opportunities Fund

for Persons with Disabilities