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Programs to help youth gain employment or employability skills. Includes federal and provincial job programs, career counselling, job search assistance, volunteer or paid work experiences, and job training.

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Lead Up Provided by: BGC Prince County - AKA: Boys and Girls Club of Summerside (former name); Wellington and Area Boys and Girls Club (former name)

Provides youth with service initiatives opportunities that address community needs. This encourages them to develop life and work skills, self-confidence, and self-efficacy.

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Health Retention and Recruitment - Nursing Student Summer Employment Program Provided by: Government of Prince Edward Island - Department of Health and Wellness

Provides summer employment opportunities to nursing students at health care facilities across PEI. Work sites include:

Public health care facilities
Private long term care facilities

Application deadline is in early April.

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Health Retention and Recruitment - Health Care Futures Program Provided by: Government of Prince Edward Island - Department of Health and Wellness

Provides students with summer employment that exposes them to health care fields in Epekwitk / PEI. Work sites may include:

Long term care facilities
Home care
Primary care sites
Hospitals (including psychiatric)
Health PEI head office

Application deadline is in March.

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Finding Your Path Provided by: Reach Foundation - AKA: Reach

Provides a three-week half-day preparatory program to help strengthen recovery skills and build daily routines to help individuals integrate back into the community. Includes:

Group recovery skills sessions
Preparing and sharing lunch
Getting access to health and wellness programs
Helping with activities to support the community

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Federal Student Work Experience Program Provided by: Government of Canada - Public Service Commission

Provides full-time students valuable, hands-on work experience related to their field of study and allows for a wealth of learning opportunities.

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Expanding Your Reach Provided by: Reach Foundation - AKA: Reach

Participants take part in an 8-week daytime program designed to support early recovery from mental health or addiction-related challenges as they prepare to transition back to work or school. The program is multifaceted. Includes:

Checking in with assigned supervisor
Weekly counselling sessions
Learning recovery, life and wellness skills through group classes
Gaining hands-on experience and developing real work skills through in-house businesses
Essential skills building in areas like literacy, computer use, problem solving, team work, and communication
Experience in practical areas like food safety, cooking techniques, household chores, personal finances, etc.
Meal planning and nutrition
Physical health and fitness

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Employment Insurance - Caregiving Benefits Provided by: Government of Canada - Service Canada - AKA: Employment and Social Development Canada; ESDC; Human Resources and Skills Development (former name)

Provides Caregiving Benefits through Employment Insurance. Eligible caregivers could receive financial assistance of up to 55% of their earnings, to a maximum of $638 a week. These benefits will help them take time away from work to provide care or support to a critically ill or injured person or someone needing end-of-life care.

Caregivers do not have to be related to or live with the person they are caring for but they must consider you to be like family. There are three types of caregiving benefits:

Family Caregiver Benefit for Children: Providing care to a critically ill or injured person under 18 years (maximum weeks payable up to 35 weeks)
Family Caregiver Benefit for Adults: Providing care to a critically ill or injured person 18 years or older(maximum weeks payable up to 15 weeks)
Compassionate Care Benefits: A person of any age who requires end-of-life care (maximum weeks payable up to 26 weeks)

Eligible caregivers can receive benefits during the 52 weeks following the date the person is certified by a medical doctor or nurse practitioner to be critically ill or injured or in need of end-of-life care. Eligible caregivers can take the weeks of benefits within this timeframe either all at once or in separate periods.

The weeks of benefits can be shared by eligible caregivers, either at the same time or one after another.

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Employment Development Agency - Online Information about Employment Resources and Job Programs Provided by: Government of Prince Edward Island - Department of Workforce and Advanced Learning - AKA: Workforce, Advanced Learning and Population (former name)

Provides a list of employment resources and information about specific provincial government job opportunity initiatives offered by the Employment Development Agency, including:

Seasonal Job Registry
Registering for Jobs at WorkPEI
Seasonal Hiring Centre
Student Summer Employment Programs

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Customer Assistance Service Training Provided by: Connection 2 Employment PEI - AKA: EPYDC; East Prince Youth Development Centre (former name)

Provides a five week course that focuses on customer service in the tourism industry. Students are paid to participate. Classroom teachings include:

Life skills
Employability and essential skills
Specialized training including First Aid and CPR, WHMIS, Service Excellence, Food Service Certification, Responsible Beverage Server

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Co-operative Education Provided by: University of Prince Edward Island - AKA: UPEI

Combines classroom studies with practical work experience outside the university environment. This enhances students' learning by applying, testing, and observing classroom concepts in meaningful work situations.

Offered in the Faculty of Business and Faculty of Science.

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