Training and Employment Support Services for Persons with Disabilities
Fredericton Region
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Print Version (New Window)| Record #: HDC3251 | Last Modified: 14 Jul 2020 | Last Full Update: 14 Jul 2020 |
| Contact Information | |
|---|---|
| Office Phone | 506-453-2377 |
| Fax | 506-444-5189 |
| dpetlinfo@gnb.ca | |
| Website | www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.5097.html#serviceDescription |
| Mailing Address | PO Box 6000 Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 |
| Description & Services | |
| Description of service(s) | The Training and Employment Support Services (TESS) component of Employment Services Program provides supports to case managed New-Brunswickers who have a permanent physical, intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, or sensory disability to participate in training and/or employment opportunities. The objectives of TESS are as follows: To reduce and/or remove the impact of a person’s disability in order to: - Assist the person with a disability to participate in training; and/or - Assist the person with a disability to obtain, to resume employment when it has been interrupted, and/or to maintain employment. |
| Areas Served | New Brunswick |
| Eligibility | Ages: 16 year(s) and up |
| Application | A participant must: The person must have an active employment action plan. The employment action plan must: - Have been developed with a PETL Employment Counselor or a Referral Agent recognized by PETL prior to the start of the training or employment; and - Have an attainable goal with identified interventions; - Identify the person’s ability. The person must be able to legally work in Canada. The person must be a resident of New Brunswick or a resident of a First Nation Community in New Brunswick. The person must be: - A high school graduate; or - A high school student during part time or summer employment |
| Languages | English |
| Location information | |
| Located In Community | Fredericton |
| Address & Map | |
| Accessibility | Fully Accessible ; ***Note that accessibility is self-reported. Please contact the organization before arrival*** |
| Subjects | |
| Service Categories | Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs |
