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Long-term Work Initiatives

Long-term initiatives provide opportunities for youth who are ready to make a significant change in their lives. The youth compete for a limited number of positions to work for several months on a full time basis. During that time, they receive the following:

  1. Work experience: on the job learning that initially focuses on learning the basic expectations required for any workplace (e.g. showing up on time, teamwork, how to resolve disputes with coworkers or supervisors).
  2. Skill development: learning a set of skills more specific to the particular job, as well as building more generic skills such as literacy.
  3. Continuing education: youth have a chance to earn credits towards their high school diploma
  4. Career counselling and support: from the time the youth start their placement, they begin considering their next steps. If that means going back to school, staff work with the youth to help them to identify the most appropriate program for their abilities and interests, and to assist their entry into the program..

Long-term Initiatives

No-Sort Recycling:  The previous model for the Long-term Work Experience was No Sort Recycling, a business that provided a pick-up recycling service to over 200 customers, but was forced to close in June, 1996 due to dramatic downturn in prices for recycled products.
Digitization:  RSYE is working in collaboration with Ottawa Board of Education, Youth Services Canada, Industry Canada and private sector partners to develop a new Long-term program, based on enhancing literacy through learning digitization and Internet technology. We implemented this program in the Fall of 1997. Youth will participate for nine months, including two six-week work placements.
Chainsaw Operator:  RSYE continues to work in collaboration with HRDC and Job Connect to provide training and work experiences in bush clean up.  Crews from RSYE were involved in the cleanup of  Ice Storm 98'.

Results:

Over 60% of the youth who have completed one of the various long-term initiatives either went back to school, entered a training program or found employment.

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