Employment Retention Strategies That WORK!

3 Innovative Programs to ensure long-term meaningful sustainable

• NOVA SCOTIA WORKS CENTRE

• CASE MANAGEMENT

• JOB DEVELOPMENT

• EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PRACTITIONERS

• SELF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

• DEAF COUNSELING SERVICES

• ABILITY EMPLOYERS

• PEER SUPPORT SERVICES

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Facilitate inclusive employment and workplace opportunities for people in Nova Scotia

About Us

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3 Retention Programs

Wage subsidy programs based on full support for the participant and employer

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2 year program

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Complex Needs

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Post-Secondary

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“Who here has been fired?”

“Who here has left or quit a job?”

“Who here has struggled in a

job and needed help?”

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Retention for employers is a major problem

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Retention Crisis?

Employers are concerned about keeping workers in a competitive job market

WHAT EMPLOYERS ARE SAYING

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”87% of employers said that improving retention is a critical priority for their organization.” workinstitute.com 2019

“Employers will pay $600 billion in turnover costs in 2018 and can expect that number to increase to $680 billion by 2020”. workinstitute.com 2019

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Employees leaving work is on the rise

2017 employee quits

38million

Employees are less likely to stay in one job

Quits have increased

8years

For the last 8 years the overall number of

employees quits have gone up

Were preventable

77%

3 out of 4 could have been preventable

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Source: US Bureau of Labour Statistics

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○ Career Link is a 60-week program funded by the department of Labour and Advanced Education

○ Participants are persons who identify as having a disability and have a post secondary education

○ Participants will attend 8 weeks of workshops

○ 52-week work placement in the field of their study will follow the workshops

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Wage subsidy program that provide warp around support for post secondary student with disabilities.

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○ Participants completed eight weeks of workshops on employability skills

○ Examples of the workshops were:

• ESAT

• Depression in the Workplace

• Strategies to Manage Anxiety

• Assertive Speaking

• Time and Priority Management

• Transferable Skills Portfolio Development

• Talking About Your Disability CAREER LINK

Wage subsidy program that provide warp around support for post secondary student with disabilities.

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Meet Alex

Career Link Profile

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EMPLOYMENT RIGHT

Emphasize your ABILITES!

○ Retention Starts at day one

○ Employer Lead

○ Job Carving

○ Follow-up Support

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Natural Supports

Establish onsite supports for clients

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Meet Adam

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Work Space Adjustment

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Adaptive Tools

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Accessible Information

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EMPLOYMENT NOW

Centered on helping people join the workforce. It increases employment participation of groups currently underrepresented in Nova Scotia’s workforce

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EMPLOYMENT NOW

Centered on helping people join the workforce. It increases employment participation of groups currently underrepresented in Nova Scotia’s workforce

Wrap Around

Continuous support for employer and participant

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• Greater employer engagement- able to work through things

• Enhanced workplace culture

• Great awareness- Deaf Cultural Awareness

• Helped us better inform us about our services- Cultural awareness/engineers

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EMPLOYMENT NOW

Centered on helping people join the workforce. It increases employment participation of groups currently underrepresented in Nova Scotia’s workforce

Flexibility

Customized person centered support

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• Allowed for a person-centered person approach

• Take RISKS!!

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EMPLOYMENT NOW

Centered on helping people join the workforce. It increases employment participation of groups currently underrepresented in Nova Scotia’s workforce

Collaboration

Open communication

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• Brought orgs together

• Shared Interested

• Open Communication

• Competitive to Collaboration

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EMPLOYMENT NOW

Centered on helping people join the workforce. It increases employment participation of groups currently underrepresented in Nova Scotia’s workforce

Learning

Being able to adapt and adjust

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• Community of Learning

• Change our ways of support- Cultural Learning

• Learning on Nitro!

• Reaffirmed post employment support: Yeri

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Meet Shelly

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Participant in the Employment NOW program

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Benefits for Employers

4 ways these programs helped employers hire and retain employees

BETTER FIT

Candidates are assessed for better fits

EDUCATE

Assist employer with education and

awareness

ONGOING

Continuous support and follow-up

ACCOMODATIONS

Being able to adapt and adjust

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Better Fit

○ Tap into wider talent pools

○ Provide support during training

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Educate

○ Address misconceptions

○ Disability confident-educate staff about disabilities

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Ongoing ○ Transition to work

○ Follow-up

○ Reengagement

Accomodations

○ Adaptive interview

○ Traveling interview

○ Onsite job task analysis

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Benefits for the people we support

Planning, Clarity, Normalization, Job Carving and Natural Supports

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POST EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS

PLANNING

Develop comprehensive plan that works for both

employer and client

CLARITY

Assist on developing clear and concise job

duties and communication.

NORMALIZATION

Normalize challenges for client and employer

JOB CARVING

Develop unique job opportunities

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NATURAL SUPPORTS

Establish onsite supports for clients.

Thank You

Judy Turner

902-422-8900

jturner@teamworkbridge.org

http://www.teamworkbridge.org