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NEEDS
ASSESSMENT
Adapted from
the JIST
Employability Development
Plan
Resources posted here
Updated 2005/08 |
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SUMMARY |
Challenge |
Return-to-Work
Action Plan includes: |
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PERSONAL |
Canadian
citizenship |
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Social
Insurance # |
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Income
Support Application |
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Benefit
Support |
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Health |
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Substance
Abuse/Misuse |
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Mental
Health |
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Criminal
Record |
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Anger
Management |
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Victims
Services |
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Victims
Assistance |
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Need
to change |
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Procrastination |
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Family |
New
to Abbotsford |
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Spousal
Abuse |
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Child
Abuse |
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Serious
family crises |
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Unplanned
pregnancy |
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Family
Justice |
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Family
Maintenance |
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Child
Care Resource & Referral |
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Husband
in prison |
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In
prison |
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Shelter |
Community
Housing needs |
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Eviction |
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Tenant/Landlord
Info |
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Hydro
disconnected |
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Food |
Food
& Nutrition |
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Food
Banks |
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Legal |
Legal
Aid Services Society |
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Family
Justice |
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Filing
taxes |
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PRE-WORK I |
Motivation |
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Hygiene |
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ESL |
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ESL
Caregivers |
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Learning
Disability |
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Budgeting |
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Wardrobe/Clothing |
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Setting
boundaries |
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Managing
Time |
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How
to Plan |
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Low
self-esteem |
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Assert
self to resolve conflicts |
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Too
much stress |
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Review
office protocol |
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Working
with others |
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Shyness |
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PRE-WORK
II |
Feel
souled out |
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Lack
work/career focus |
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Lack
basic computer skills |
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No
work experience |
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Lack
education |
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Work
values |
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Work
interests |
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Personality
strengths |
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Transferable
Skills |
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Age |
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Don't
know what employers want |
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Lack
formal job search training |
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Need
workplace-based training |
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Realistic
goal setting |
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Employment
trends |
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Need
training |
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Learning
styles |
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Lack
work focus |
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PRE-WORK
III
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Communication
Skills |
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Managing
Conflict |
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Thinking
Skills |
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Learning
Skills |
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Positive
Thinking |
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Basic
computer skills |
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Basic
internet skills |
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Office
etiquette |
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Develop
a calling card |
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Using
the telephone
Getting passed the secretary |
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Planning
a 35-hr/week work search schedule |
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Cover
letters need a facelift |
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Resume
S.O.S. |
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Need
employment portfolio |
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Meeting
employers |
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PRE-WORK
IV |
Lack
structure |
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WORK
- Retention |
Keeping
a job |
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Lifelong
Learning |
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