SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF WHITECOURT, MAYERTHORPE AND FOX CREEK | (780) 778-2660
Vocational Outreach ServiceWhat is Vocational Outreach Service (VOS)?Vocational Outreach Service (VOS) is a service that is provided to individuals whose disabilities create barriers to attaining and keeping employment. As an ECHOS Client, you will be matched with an Employment Specialist whom you will be required to meet with on a weekly basis. Your worker will assist you using various exercises and strategies, helping you to identify the jobs you are interested-in and how to go about obtaining these jobs. Once you have obtained a job, your worker is available to provide you with one-on-one job coaching, not only to help you learn the job at first, but to support you up to six months later. Being in the VOS program means being able to seek, secure, and maintain employment on your own. Qualifications for Service
Our ResponsibilitiesYour Employment Specialist will help you with the following;
ECHOS Client Responsibilities in the VOS ProgramAs an ECHOS client in the VOS program you will be expected to...
Individual Service Plan (I.S.P.)An I.S.P. is a tool used to help set and evaluate goals. It will identify how you, as an ECHOS client, will achieve them and help you set target dates for achievement. Every four to six months, you and your worker will evaluate your goals. You determine if you need to continue working on them or if you have achieved any of them; you may want to set different ones at that time. Here are some of the Goal Areas you may want to choose from;
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P.O. Box 2096
Whitecourt, Alberta
T7S 1P7
Phone: (780) 778-2660
Fax: (780) 778-4190
e-mail: echosoc@telusplanet.net
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