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  • So, SPHERE-Québec coordinates job integration projects

  • designed for people living with functional limitations.

  • And to serve our clientele, the organization

  • associates with countless labour market partners

  • who come from everywhere in Canada.

  • Thus, the project of skills developmentKitchen helper

  • initiated by Trav-Action, a specialized manpower service located in Estrie region

  • is a fine example of our partnership.

  • We went and met with employers to understand their needs. Their labor needs

  • were mostly culinary.

  • So we contacted the professional training center and together we looked at

  • ways to customize training

  • to meet the needs of customers.

  • When I had my children, I made a decision to stay at home with them,

  • but

  • at some point, we have to return to the labor market.

  • When there's a whole have sixteen years, it's hard to return to the labor market.

  • So, someone told me to go to Trav-Action.

  • Then, they advised me to take a "kitchen helper" course.

  • Since it was a fresh start, I certainly agreed.

  • SPHERE-Québec gave us the opportunity to have a training professional,

  • thus having a trained instructor who fully knows our clientele.

  • And they cover part of the cost related to the supervisor,

  • a person who is designated in the work milieu

  • to supervise the client. So the training includes segments of theory and practice.

  • The practical part is given in workshops. They learn about cooking,

  • sanitation, packaging,

  • allowing them to be at ease when they actually enter the labor market

  • in kitchens, cafeterias, or even supermarkets,

  • to know a little bit about the milieu, how it works.

  • So, in addition to developing their expertise while learning,

  • the participants have the opportunity to develop their way of being,

  • that is to say their skills both social and professional.

  • It's important that students develop their interpersonal skills,

  • because they need

  • to respond to an employer's requirements, as an employee,

  • Thus obtain the job and then hold it, keep it.

  • Multiple employers had been considered before Monique started training.

  • Once registered and started, the internship began

  • and we found a suitable and interested workplace for her internship.

  • Trav-Action came to us and we met with a representative,

  • and the meeting was very simple. Then, we did some business together,

  • and that's how we met Monique.

  • When I'm in the kitchen, I like to take care of details for the next day, make some bacon,

  • cut lettuce. Sometimes,

  • I like helping all the cooks in the back.

  • And why I kept Monique? The reason is that Monique was very good at what she had to do,

  • and the time she has been in training with us,

  • she loved to learn. She had a way of cooperating with people and

  • people on our team have enjoyed working with Monique. So we decided to help her prospects

  • for the future.

  • We've seen very good results with the project. A large majority of the people

  • who complete the project, will find work.

  • SPHERE-Québec is ready to support this type of initiative.

  • We remain convinced that an innovative project like this one

  • is relevant in the labor market suffering from labor shortages.

So, SPHERE-Québec coordinates job integration projects

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