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291 Fairview Rd – Employment program gets new digs in Oliver

Open Door Group has been given the job to deliver BC’s new Employment Program  through a new WorkBC Employment Services Centre in Oliver beginning in April 2012.

The goal of the new program is to serve all British Columbians eligible for work in Canada and seeking employment, by providing a one-stop approach to service delivery. Services are based on the level of support participants need in preparing for, finding, and maintaining employment.

The new WorkBC Employment Services Centre will deliver the full suite of services to citizens and Open Door Group will determine the best way to meet the needs of specialized populations in the neighbourhood.

Tom Burnell, the Chief Executive Officer for Open Door Group, states: “We are extremely pleased to be selected as one of the agencies to provide services for the new Employment Program of British Columbia. Open Door Group looks forward to working in partnership with local agencies to provide exemplary employment services to all unemployed British Columbians, including specialized services for people with disabilities, immigrants, aboriginals, youth at risk, survivors of violence, and persons with multiple barriers to employment. We embrace the Province’s vision of a catchment service delivery system, where services are responsive to the unique labour market needs of each community.”

In delivering the program, Open Door Group will be working with several partners including:

• Bowman Employment Services • South Okanagan Women In Need Society • South Okanagan Immigrant and Community Services • Community Futures Development Corporation Okanagan Similkameen • Okanagan Training and Development Council.

 

Open Door Group and its partners will be delivering the new program from a WorkBC Employment Services Centre located at 291 Fairview Road in Oliver, centrally located across the street from the Oliver public library. In addition, a satellite office will be located in Osoyoos (9150 Main St RR 2) to provide services to the local community. Both centers are fully wheelchair accessible.

Picture shown above is former Shopper’s Building – but square footage above present You Learn Centre will be utilized. Renovations to make it user friendly being installed.