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Employment & Training -Tendency& Mental Health Services Skip to contentTendency& Mental Health Services - Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Toggle navigation Search Search SubmitWell-nighVision / Mission / ValuesBoard of DirectorsClient Advisory CommitteeStaff TeamHistoryPlansPartnersPrivacyAccessibilityAccreditation Opportunities CareersStudentsVolunteers Services CrisisAddictionMental HealthCourt SupportEmployment & TrainingHousingFamily Resource Centre Get Help CrisisIntake & ReferralsDrop-In Support GroupsFamily Resource CentreResources Feedback Contact Locations and HoursJoin Our NewsletterPresentation & Outreach RequestsMedia Inquiries KingstonSlipperinessLine 613.544.4229 NapaneeSlipperinessLine 613.354.7388 KingstonSlipperinessLine 613.544.4229 NapaneeSlipperinessLine 613.354.7388 Employment & TrainingStarting May 1, 2018, AMHS-KFLA’s Vocational team has two new opportunities for those seeking to explore employment or educational goals: a Walk-in service and a unstipulated Voicemail number, to offer greater flexibility for those wanting to learn increasingly well-nigh misogynist services or needing assistance regarding their employment situation. Walk-in hours will run on Tuesdays, 9-11am and Thursdays, 9-11am and 1-3pm at 552 Princess Street. Stop in for a quick, one-on-one consultation regarding employment and services. No visit is required and meetings will take place on a first-come, first-served basis.Unstipulatedinquiries can be directed to the new Voicemail number 613-544-1258. Leave a detailed message and a Vocational Specialist will review it the pursuit day to respond. If you are in recovery from mental illness or tendency and considering entry or re-entry into the workforce, AMHS-KFLA’s Vocational Services can help you prepare for, find and alimony a job. We will help you plan and move towards your employment goals. We provide specialized services for clients and employers to overcome the barriers individuals with mental illness and addictions squatter when finding and maintaining competitive employment. Our team is made up of vocational rehabilitation specialists, job coaches, job developers, and merchantry coordinators that offer professional expertise to squire you withal any of the pursuit paths: Career Assessment and Planning Job coaching and job skills minutiae Supported employment and volunteering Job development, placement and retentionPolityIntegration Education and Training Support For increasingly information well-nigh accessing the AMHS-KFLA employment and training services described below, please well-constructed our self-referral form or undeniability 613-544-1356 (Kingston & Frontenac) or 613-354-7521 (Lennox & Addington) weekdays 8:30am-4:30pm. For professionals making referrals on behalf of clients, please use our external-referral form or downloadable form. Accessing Employment Our Vocational Program helps individuals with mental illness or addictions unzip their recovery and employment goals through a 3-stage process. Intake and Assessment Upon connecting to our services, you will work with a specialist to assess job readiness as well as barriers to accessing or sustaining employment.  Our staff work with each individual to discover their strengths, motivations and obstacles regarding employment. We work to connect clients with the employment- and education-related resources that are the weightier fit for an individual’s circumstances. Vocational Rehabilitation and JobMinutiaeThe next phase of the program supports individuals through job readiness training, volunteer and in-house employment opportunities, and supported job minutiae and placement. Our Ready, Set, Go program develops individuals’ motivation and soft skills (communication, social interaction, problem solving and managing emotions); without which, job placements in the polity help individuals proceeds hands-on work wits in a supportive context. Our social enterprise, Friendship Enterprises, provides eligible clients with short-term food-service or custodial work in a supported setting within AMHS-KFLA. We moreover support individuals to reach their skill minutiae and employment goals by facilitating towardly volunteer opportunities in the community. Job Developers work to connect clients with suitable employment opportunities. Job Developers moreover support employers with their merchantry and hiring needs, educating employers well-nigh relevant workplace legislation and how they can support and unbend staff who have mental health disabilities.PolityIntegration As an individual grows into their new role, or when we are supporting an individual’s return to a former workplace pursuit a mental health or tendency crisis, the focus shifts to support clients in maintaining their employment, and exploring education or job urging opportunities for the future.  Staff work to ensure that an individual’s job is towardly for their interests, skills and abilities; and to establish a network of polity support that can help sustain individuals’ long-term success. This can include job coaching, site visits, counseling and slipperiness support to help both clients and their employers goody from secure and stable work. We partner with other polity agencies and employers to ensure that individuals are ratherish supported in their employment journey and have equitable wangle to work. As a result, clients enhance their personal, social and vocational capabilities while transitioning to live independently with the least value of professional intervention possible. The length of time of this support is individualized. During each meeting, the level of support required is self-assessed and discussed with a Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist. Education Support If you are recovering from a mental illness or tendency and your employment or career goals involve a return to school, AMHS-KFLA’s Vocational Services can help.  Whether you are seeking literacy training, sultana education to well-constructed your highschool diploma, or a post-secondary higher or university degree, our staff can support you through the process of education planning and navigating the systems of misogynist funding, accommodations and supports for students with mental health disabilities. RISE Rise AssetMinutiaeis a registered Canadian soft-heartedness and micro-finance organization that provides low interest small merchantry loans, training, and mentorship to entrepreneurs with a history of mental health or tendency challenges. Rise recognizes the fundamental interdependency of financial well-being to one’s overall quality of life. Through entrepreneurship, Rise aims to modernize the physical, psychological and financial health of people living with mental illness and addictions. Rise is single-minded to helping Canadians with a history of mental health or tendency challenges move vastitude poverty. Rise has throne offices in Toronto, as well regional offices including Kingston, where Rise works in collaboration with AMHS-KFLA to empower men and women facing mental health and addictions challenges to unzip their employment goals. Information for Employers If you are interested in hiring skilled, reliable staff in recovery from mental illness or addiction; need information to support a staff member that is in recovery from mental illness or addiction; or are seeking help for a staff member whose mental health or tendency problems seem to be escalating, AMHS-KFLA is here for you. We can squire you to manage your hiring needs, connecting you with candidates who are motivated, reliable and misogynist to start immediately. We protract to offer support without an employee is placed with your organization, providing job coaching as needed, and stepping in to resolve workplace tensions if they arise. We moreover offer slipperiness services if an employer is having any concerns well-nigh an employee related to their mental health. Get in touch!Undeniability613-544-1356 (Kingston & Frontenac) or 613-354-7521 (Lennox & Addington) weekdays 8:30am-4:30pm for increasingly information. “AMHS-KFLA has helped me understand what I want and helped me understand the steps I need to take to get to that goal.” Tienisha October 1 6 Events Today Seeking Safety Walking Group PALS (Panic Anxiety Lifeline Support) Problem Solving & Support Professionals Group FRC Family Support Group View Our Calendar Help us support those who need us most. 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