A Community Living Careers campaign is getting a provincial boost to help agencies in communities across British Columbia recruit staff.
Community Living BC (CLBC) is pleased to announce a $500,000 grant to the BC CEO Network, an organization that represents agencies delivering services to adults with developmental disabilities in B.C. The grant will help promote a campaign to build awareness about career opportunities in the community living sector over the next two years to March 2025.
“CLBC funds supports to more than 27,000 people,” said Ross Chilton, CEO. “Not enough people are aware about the rewarding opportunities that exist in their own communities to have a meaningful, long-term career with agencies that provide these services and build community inclusion.”
More than 500 CLBC funded agencies work in every community in B.C. and they are regularly looking for workers to support people in their homes and in their communities through skills development, learning and employment programs.
“There are agencies big and small in every community offering part-time and full-time, steady work,” said Brenda Gillette, CEO of the BC CEO Network. “They offer training, the opportunity to work in a team environment, as well as excellent career development options.”
The Community Living Careers web site was launched in 2021 as an effort to help agencies encountering staffing challenges impacting every sector in our province. It provides information about community living services and work opportunities. Research conducted by the BC CEO Network identified many groups of people would be interested in this work including young people who want to make a social difference, mothers who are returning to the workforce and immigrants who are looking to establish a career in their new communities.
The funding will support the BC CEO Network to extend and promote its current Community Living Careers campaign across the province over the next two years. It will fund work to develop a provincial campaign strategy and implement awareness activities across the province with goals of increasing interest and applications to all CLBC funded service providers.
Visit the Community Living Careers web site here: communitylivingcareers.ca
