Empowering Abilities Program for Persons with Disabilities
No-cost Employment Supports for Persons with Disabilities
If you are a person with a disability who is looking for individualized assistance to get employed, The Career Foundation’s Empowering Abilities Program is designed for you!
Through the Empowering Abilities program, you can get:
- Job placements and job coaching
- Job-specific certifications
- First Aid/CPR and WHMIS training
- Wage subsidies for job placements
- And more!
Program Eligibility
Eligible participants must have little to no recent attachment to the labour force (i.e., very little to no recent employment history) and must be willing to participate in different program elements over a duration of 10 weeks.
Program Registration
Please complete the registration form below to see if you are eligible for the Empowering Abilities Program. Someone will contact you within 1-2 business days after you submit the form.
Information for Employers
Employers, are you looking to fill your vacant positions with skilled people? If so, The Career Foundation’s Empowering Abilities program can assist your business with its hiring needs by matching you with skilled Ontarians, all at no cost to you.
As an employer partner with the Empowering Abilities program, you can obtain the following:
- Recruitment, selection and job posting support
- Skilled applicants with certifications such as WHMIS, First Aid/CPR, Smart Serve, Safe Food Handling, and Retail Sales & Loss Prevention
- Wage subsidies for job placements.
We Want to Hear from You!
Our Empowering Abilities team is regularly featured on The Career Foundation’s Future@Work podcast, which includes topics related to workplace accessibility and hiring talent with disabilities. If you are an employer or business owner, we invite you to share your ideas for the type of content/topics you want to learn more about.
Learn More
To learn more about The Career Foundation’s Empowering Abilities program, or to find out about opportunities/jobs for people with disabilities, please contact the Empowering Abilities office nearest you:
- Scarborough Empowering Abilities Office:
- Nicole Tieze, Disabilities and Inclusion Manager
- 416-264-2100 ext. 236
- ntieze@careerfoundation.org
- Weston Empowering Abilities Office:
- Nicole Tieze, Disabilities and Inclusion Manager
- 416-264-2100 ext. 236
- ntieze@careerfoundation.org
- Hamilton Empowering Abilities Office:
- Elaine Logie, Project Coordinator
- 437-703-7646 ext. 730
- elogie@careerfoundation.org
