EMPLOY
Resilience & Confidence
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Develop Employability Skills
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Overcome barriers
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Clarify goals and purpose
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Resilience & Confidence 🥇 Develop Employability Skills 🥇 Overcome barriers 🥇 Clarify goals and purpose 🥇
Empowering meaningful participation for jobseekers facing homelessness or housing instability.
E – Empowerment and Trauma-Informed Foundations
M – Motivation for Change
P – Preparing the Mindset
L – Linking Personal Values to Employment Goals
O – Overcoming Barriers and Building Resilience
Y – Your Journey Continues: Sustained Growth and Support
Program Elements
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Build Resilience & Confidence
Participants learn evidence-based techniques to manage stress, regulate emotions, and overcome setbacks on the path to employment. The program will introduce a growth mindset framework, encouraging persistence and incremental progress.
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Develop Employability Skills
Strengthen communication, self-awareness, and problem-solving skills that are essential for success in the workplace.
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Overcome Barriers
Facilitators will guide participants in identifying personal barriers (e.g., mental health, addiction, housing) and exploring strategies to address them, including connection to local support services. The program explores how anxiety, trauma, or low confidence can affect engagement and consistency.
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Clarify Goals & Purpose
Participants will explore personal values and set SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) to create a realistic roadmap toward sustainable employment. They will develop assertive communication and boundary-setting skills for use in personal and workplace settings.
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Continue the Journey
Discuss navigating homelessness while seeking work, including practical tips for managing housing, hygiene, and transportation. Facilitators will provide access to local mental health and addiction support services, continuity of care. Participants engage in problem-solving and scenario-based exercises to strengthen adaptability and resourcefulness.
Across our programs
Participants report lasting gains in confidence, driving them to overcome mental health and social skills barriers associated with employment.
Guided by skilled facilitators experienced in both trauma-informed care and employment readiness.
EMPLOY blends psychosocial education, values-based goal setting, and practical mental health tools to strengthen self-efficacy, resilience, and confidence.
The program supports consultants through clear referral tools, trauma-informed training, and actionable post-program reporting. It offers measurable outcomes, with pre- and post-program assessments tracking mental health, resilience, and employment readiness.
Course information
Delivery format:
In person
Duration:
7 hours through 2 days
Our Athletes.
Our trained athletes and mental health professionals facilitate interactive and engaging content for jobseekers that support participants in overcoming the significant psychological and social barriers they face in securing and maintaining employment. Our program addresses challenges such as:
Emotional regulation
Mental health
Addiction
Housing instability
By equipping clients with the inner tools they need to engage meaningfully with those supports and move toward sustainable employment.
Why athletes make the difference
Our team of tried and true athletes know first-hand what it takes to perform, and how important mental wellbeing is as a key ingredient to performance and resilience. They understand pressure, setbacks, and the mental skills required to stay the course — the same skills jobseekers need when navigating complex life circumstances. Their presence makes the learning real, relatable, and highly engaging. Participants connect with their stories, trust their guidance, and feel motivated to apply the tools in their own lives.
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