Peel Career Assessment Services - Settlement and Employment Services

Settlement services -- orientation to Canadian culture and society

• information and referral
• assistance with forms filling for social assistance applications, health cards, other benefits
• interpretation and translation services
• commissioner of oaths services for verifying documents

Pre-employment services -- labour market information

• planning and goal setting
• job search techniques
• resumes and cover letters
• interview skills
• overcoming barriers to employment
• career exploration workshops

Work assessment and return to work programs -- by referral from Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, other insurers or self-referral

• individual assessment and counselling
• psycho-vocational assessment
• skills development
• work hardening program
• overcoming barriers to employment
• simulated work environments in light industrial and office clerical settings

Other programs

• Ability Works - employment program for persons with disabilities through Skills development and vocational assessment
• Seniors Programs -- arts and crafts,fitness, skills development and networking activities
• Youth LEAP -- community engagement and employment preparation through practical training, mentorship, micro-grants to support youth-led community development projects
• Enhanced Language Training (ELT) -- 8-week training (virtual) followed by a 6-week co-op placement within your professionally trained field
• International English Language Testing System test preparation (IELTS)
• CSRL (Customer Service, Retail, and Logistics) Work Readiness Program -- 2-week training initiative designed to equip individuals with the essential skills

Programs and services may be accessed by phone, via email or video conferencing

Call for appointment ; program referral forms available on website

Settlement services -- permanent residents, landed immigrants, Convention refugees, live-in caregivers
Employment services -- anyone looking for help to find employment or to return to work
Enhanced Language Training -- permanent residents, convention refugees, CUAET; Canadian Language Benchmark of 6 or above; basic computer skills; Internationally skilled professional

Wheelchair accessible automatic main entrance -- with ramp ; wheelchair accessible washrooms ; ZoomText magnifier/reader for clients with low vision ; sit/stand computer station for clients with limited standing/sitting tolerances

Settlement services -- none ; Employment services -- call for details