Northern Lights Vocational Services



Our Past Northern Lights was established in 1985 in response to requests from the Ministry of Community and Social Services (Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program) to provide short-term vocational assessment, training, and job placement services in rural areas of Ontario. Since 1985, we have expanded our referral base to include Service Canada, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Ontario, Worker's Compensation Board (WCB) Alberta, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) - Employment Supports Program of the Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS), Ontario Works, insurance companies, doctors, lawyers, other private rehabilitation companies, and transfer payment agencies. Northern Lights Today Today, Northern Lights Durham offers many programs. Two of these, The Employment Advantage and Work Links For Women, are funded by the Government of Canada. To read about our accomplishments, click here! In addition to the above services, Northern Lights is also involved in consultation and training activities, across Canada and internationally, on an as needed basis. As programs have developed, the need for highly skilled staff has increased, seeing the company grow to 200 in 2006. Our current range of services includes three streams: Employment and Counselling Services Vocational Rehabilitation Corporate Business Services Experience with Participants Northern Lights has a broad scope of experience working with people in career transition, receiving employment insurance, and receiving other forms of social support. We have worked extensively with clients who face a diverse range of disabilities to employment. We view each program participant as an individual and we have assisted clients in a range of circumstances including job retention/job maintenance issues, lack of skills, education, or disabilities. As a result, some participants have been successful at eliminating some of the employment supports they might have been receiving. Our Mission Real Work for Real People Jobs at Northern Lights Would you like to join our team? Click here! Would you like to know more about Northern Lights Vocational Services, Head Office? Click here!



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		Is Second Career right for me? You can apply to Second Career if you: * are laid off or have been laid off since January 2005 * are unemployed or working an interim job * are choosing to retrain for a career that is in demand Second Career provides help to laid-off workers in need who will benefit most from training to find work. Several factors are considered when figuring out who will receive funding. We will help applicants based on their: Active job search Length of unemployment Education background Work history Labour market prospects Training request Experience and occupational skills Visit an Employment Ontario assessment centre and talk to a counsellor to find out if you should apply for Second Career. Source: Government of Ontario more trends



		Did You Know? In the past year, The Employment Advantage was able to assist over 95% of the people who came for one-on-one assessments develop a return-to-work action plan.