Lillooet Employment Centre

The Lillooet Employment Centre offers a Resource Library with computer work stations that clients accessed for the following reasons:

• Internet
• Labour Market research
• Job Search Activities
• Self help materials and information
• Resume writing programs and software
• Self assessments that assisted clients to determine their personal interest, barriers to employment, skills, abilities, employability skills, aptitudes
• Employment trends
• Clients are encouraged to research their occupational choices through the use of the Internet and other resource tools from our library to come up with a realistic and suitable career plan.
• Appli web and reporting for Employment Insurance on line
• Hard copy library books
• Referral

Employment Counsellors will refer clients to Community Coordinators who are responsible for the following programs if it has been identified as a part of a clients return to work action plan:

• Targeted Wage Subsidy program
• Skills Development Employment Benefits program
• Self-employment program
  Referrals can also be made to the following services throughout the community depending on the client’s individual scenario and needs.
• Drug and Alcohol programs
• Counselling and rehabilitation programs
• Victims Assistance program - counselling
• Food Bank program
• Social Advocacy program
• Men’s Counselling program
• Youth Centre – counselling and healthy activities:
• Lillooet Mental Health program
• Lillooet Medical Clinic / Hospital – doctor referral
• Lillooet Learns – FASD – Learning disabilities
• Drug and Alcohol programs at community and band levels
• Community Health Nurse at community and band level
• Rehab Group in Kamloops area
  Education Related Disabilities:
• Lillooet Adult Education Centre – School District # 74
• Lillooet Learns
• Band Social Workers and Education Coordinators