1. Employment Services for HARD of HEARING Persons
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2. Employment Services for HOH
Sponsor: Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities
Objective: The Opportunities Fund is a program designed to help people with disabilities prepare for and obtain employment or self-employment. It also assists people to develop the skills they need to keep a job
The Government of Canada has spent $30 million a year through the Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities since 1997
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3. Employment Services for HOH
Program includes:
Understanding your hearing loss
Information on hearing technology
Helping you integrate into the
workplace through accommodation services
that meet your needs
Educating and encouraging potential
employers to provide equal opportunities for
people with disabilities (HOH persons)
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4. Employment Services for HOH
Who is eligible?
HOH or oral deaf persons who uses speech as their primary mode of communication
The unemployed or those working less than 20 hours per week or those facing an employment crisis
A person who is legally entitled to work in Canada
Not EI eligible for the past three years
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5. Employment Assistance Services for Hard of Hearing Job Seekers
Program includes employment facilitation on a personal basis in our office. Follow-up through MSN Messenger or Skype is also available
The major part of this program includes a series of skills enhancement modules customized for the hard of hearing participant which can be offered individually or in groups.
Help with Job Search
Follow up Support
Special Feature of Groups: Communication
Assisted Realtime Captioning (CART)
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6. Employment Services for HOH
Presentation type: 1 on 1, or small groups
Themes:
Introduction to Hearing Loss
Effective communication for HOH persons
Motivation and self esteem
Technical devices
Labour market
Applying for jobs (résumés, cover letters and applications)
Job Interview skills including mock interviews
Cases studies
Follow up
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7. Employment Facilitator Edmonton, Alberta
Cindy Gordon has been a Rehabilitation Practitioner for 25+ years and has worked with a multitude of disabilities. The past eighteen years have focused on hearing loss. Cindy has been hard of hearing since youth, and pioneered peer-to-peer counselling, at Hard of Hearing Resource Services at the University of Alberta (1990). She is actively involved in the Hard of Hearing Community and received the 2004 Alberta Premier’s Council “Gary McPherson Award of Excellence” for her leadership work on issues of inclusion for persons with disabilities. Cindy is certified in Audiometric Technology and Conflict Resolution.  She has been facilitating cross disability workshops for the last 13 years, and Your Third Ear (aka Help is Hear) for the last 8 years.
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8. Employment Facilitator Kelowna, British Columbia
Leslee Scott has been hard of hearing since birth. Leslee graduated from the University of British Columbia with a BA in Sociology and Bachelor of Social Work. She worked as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counsellor and a General Social Service Worker in London Ontario in the ‘80s before returning to home of BC to work at the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WIDHH) in Vancouver. She received her masters in Special Education with a concentration in Career Counselling from University of Alberta in She developed YOU are a Leader! a training manual for hard of hearing youth for the CHHA National office.
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9. Employment Facilitator Ottawa, Ontario
Nicole Synowski has a bi-lateral hearing loss and wears
both a hearing aid and a cochlear implant. Born and raised in Ottawa, Nicole is a member of a family with congenital hearing
loss. Nicole is a graduate of Algonquin College in Ottawa and
has started her studies in Psychology at Carleton University.
Nicole has previous experience as a Daycare Teacher, Home Support Worker for senior citizens and Coordinator for
specialized childcare programs, Behavioral Counselor and Department Manager, with a major retail operation.
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10. Employment Facilitator St. John’s, NL
Kelly White has worked in community development for approximately 20 years.  She graduated from Memorial University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1993 and also has a Certificate in Business Administration from Memorial University.
Kelly has worked and volunteered with several organizations both in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Calgary, Alberta.  Kelly started as an Employment Facilitator with CHHA in March 2008 and enjoys helping hard of hearing participants with career development and employment .
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