The MSC Adult Employment Programs were implemented in November of 2000. There are presently four Adult Employment Consultants on staff. In addition to free employment counselling, the program offers employment search workshops. Vocational Assessment using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ® and the Jackson Vocational Interest Survey ® is available.
Adult Employment Program Consultants

It is a firm philosophy of the program to foster self-empowerment in our clients. The role of each Adult Employment Consultant is to provide guidance and support to each client, in a manner that addresses each individual's personal needs, and builds upon his or her abilities and goals. In partnership with an Adult Employment Consultant, it is hoped that you, as a client, will benefit from the specifiic services recommended or provided to you.

To access our employment counselling services please call 519-842-9008 Ext: 291 to book an appointment or for additional information email Charles McNeil, Program Coordinator, Adult Employment Services cmcneil@ocl.net

Job Connect:

Youth Employment Services offers free employment supports to youth and connects these youth to local employers seeking to fill vacancies within their businesses. The Job Connect program is provincially funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, and is delivered locally by the Multi-Service Centre (MSC).

Youth - we can help you with the following:

Completing job applications
Assessing your skills
Resume & cover letter preparation
Career planning & exploration
Job search techniques
Interview preparation
Local job leads
On-the-job training placements for those eligible
Job trials
Job maintenance support
Apprenticeships
Assistance with referrals to other community based agencies

The Apprenticeship Scholarship/Signing Bonus (AS/SB) is also a new apprenticeship initiative. Contact our office for more details.
The Apprenticeship Client Services Training Consultant for this area is available to provide apprenticeship information at no cost to you. The Training Consultant is available on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm at The Livingston Centre. Contact the Resource Centre to book a one-on-one appointment by calling 519-842-9008, extension 291, or by dropping in.

To qualify for Job Connect, youth must be:

16-24 years of age;
Eligible to work in Canada;
Out of school, and not registered to return to school;
Out of work and out of training; and
Defined as NOT an insured participant under the Employment Insurance (E.I.) Act.

Interested youth should contact the Program Coordinator (Susan Deroo) at 519-842-9008 Ext. 283 or sderoo@ocl.net

"If you want to work, we want to help"

Employers - we can help you with the following:

Training Wage Subsidies are available with bi-weekly reimbursements. Our program allows for wage subsidies to be paid to eligible businesses when training a youth. These subsidies assist with the cost related to new hires.
Job Trials can be negotiated. They allow participants to test out potential jobs, and the employers to evaluate the potential employees with little risk for either party. In many cases, these trials lead to employment.
We can post job vacancies with no charge to you.
Job Connect can assist your business with finding suitable candidates for interviewing.
We can gather and pre-screen applications for your business.
All program required paperwork is completed at your job-site.
We offer continued follow-up to ensure the success of the new employee.

To qualify for the program employers must:

Be licensed to operate in Ontario;
Demonstrate the ability to provide the trainee with adequate supervision, and the training described in the training plan;
Provide employment in Ontario;
Place trainees on the company's payroll and provide the same employment terms, conditions, and benefits as for all regular employees;
Comply with the Occcupational Health and Safety Act and the Employment Standards Act;
Maintain appropriate WSIB or alternate workplace safety insurance coverage;
Have adequate third party general liability insurance;
Comply with all applicable federal and provincial human rights legislation, regulations, and any other relevant standards; and
Comply with freedom of information and protection of privacy legislation.

The Employers Must Not:

Hire a spouse, sibling or child as a trainee;
Be receiving government funds from any other source for the same training placement;
Use trainees or students to displace existing staff or replace staff who are on lay-off.

Interested employers can contact the Program Coordinator (Susan Deroo) at 519-842-9008 Ext. 283 or sderoo@ocl.net

All services are provided to youth and employers at no charge.

Summer Jobs Service:

Summer Jobs Service (SJS) is a summer program providing employment supports to students and wage subsidies to employers who hire students. Summer Jobs Service is provincially funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and is delivered locally by the Multi-Service Centre (MSC).

Summer Jobs Service Student Application
You may fill out this form directly from your browser screen or you may print it and complete it. Application forms must be signed and can be delivered in person, mailed or faxed to:
Multi-Service Centre
Attention: Summer Jobs Service Program
96 Tillson Ave
Tillsonburg ON N4G 3A1
Fax: 519-842-4727

Students; we can help with the following:

Information on careers
Job search techniques
Writing resumes and cover letters
Local job vacancies

To qualify for the Summer Jobs Service program, students must be:

15-24 years of age or up to 29 years with a disability
must be planning on returning to school in the Fall

Students are welcome to register with the program as early as March 1st.

Employers; we can help you with the following:

A wage subsidy of $2/hr for each student you hire
Free advertising (job postings and prescreening)

To qualify for the program employers must:

Operate and offer the job(s) in Ontario;
Be in the Private, non-profit or broader public (municipalities, schools, universities, colleges and hospitals) or agricultural sectors;
Not be related to the student(s) they are hiring;
Have workplace safety and insurance coverage (WSIB) or equivalent (private insurance carrier);
Have third party liability isurance (to cover the costs of possible damages caused by clients while on the job);
Not hire the student(s) prior to applying for the program (an exception to this criterion is that any student whose part time position (24 hours a week or less) would increase to a full time position (35 hours a week or more) for the summer months, would be eligible for SJS);
Not displace existing staff with students hired through this program;
Not be receiving any other type of government funding for the same positions.

Employers can access SJS Employer Application forms as early as March 1st.

For further information on the Summer Jobs Service, please contact 519-842-9000

Resource Centre:

The MSC Resource Centre served 18,451 clients from September 2004 to August 2005, either providing direct service, information, or referring clients to other programs within The Livingston Centre. According to survey results, nearly 100% of these clients indicated high satisfaction with our services rating this service and its team as excellent or very good. Also, in nearly every case, clients stated that they found the information they were looking for and found the staff helpful, informative and courteous.

Some of the varied and free services offered in the Resource Centre include:

Information on obtaining Birth Certificates, Social Insurance Numbers, applying for Employment Insurance and access to many other Federal and Provincial services.
Personal assistance with accessing internet information and computer software
Workshop training and assistance using Winway to create resumes.
Booking appointments for employment counselling and training.
Access to internet for job search and career exploration.
Innumerable hands-on resources to assist in job search and career exploration such as a fax machine, photo-copier, telephones, ten computers, printers, directories, college and university information, books, magazines, newspapers, and job bank.

Changes will always take place, but one thing is constant in the Resource Centre, and that is the commitment to and delivery of quality service to our clients.