Counselling the Released Young Offender

By Brigid Murphy

  • Lack of normal life experiences
  • Inadequate role modelling
  • Discrimination
  • Employer attitude’s
  • Inadequate education
  • Illiteracy
  • Poor social skills
  • Cultural differences
  • Perceived reality
  • Negative self concept
  • Poor work attitude
  • Marginalization
  • Identity confusion
  • Values clash
  • Low self esteem
  • No support systems/no family
  • Language barrier
  • Alcohol or substance abuse
  • History of emotional, physical, sexual abuse
  • Developmental disabilities
  • Gender confusion
  • History of failures
  • Emotional instability
  • Young dependants
  • Lack of vocational skills
  • Depression
  • Involved with child and family services
  • Physical appearance
  • Learning difficulties
  • Stereotyping
  • Medical problems
  • Economically and socially disadvantaged

The top three critical barriers noted by NYIC are: lack of education due to early independent living and the need to focus on meeting basic survival needs; no personal support networks – family or otherwise; and no financial resources. For others it is: court ordered client resistance; lack of work experience; confusion about vocational choice; health issues; poor adaptation skills; lack of problem solving skills; low self esteem; lack of trust; and, an unstable home life.

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Upcoming Events

Building Tomorrow Today – Alberta Regional Consultation for Career Development – Alberta Career Development Action Group, Edmonton, AB, April 28 – 30, 1999

Opportunities – ONESTEP Events Management, Toronto, ON., May 6 – 8, 1999

CALSCA National Meeting – Canadian Alliance of Life Skills Coaches and Associations, Prince George, BC., May 21 – 24, 1999

Careers Exploration Showcase – Skills Canada, Kitchener, ON., June 1 & 3 – 4, 1999

The Second Spirituality in the Workplace Conference – Centre for Spirituality at Work, Toronto, ON., June 2 – 4, 1999

1999 CACEE Recruitment and Career Services Conference – Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers (CACEE), Thunder Bay, ON., June 6 – 9, 1999

Enneagram 99: Making Connections – International Enneagram Association, Toronto, ON., August 5 – 8, 1999

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Job Ads

Career Development Officer

The University of Toronto at Mississauga is looking for a Career Development Officer. For more information on this position, please visit the Job Board at Contact Point

Apply as soon as possible.

Job Developer

Woodgreen Community Centre of Toronto is looking for a Job Developer responsible for the implementation of the Targeted Wage Subsidy Program, self marketing and job training for unemployed individuals in the community. For more information on this position, please visit the Job Board at Contact Point.

Applications must be received by April 28, 1999

Instructor(s) – Native Community Worker / Early Childhood Education (NECE)

The Anishinabek Educational Institute is seeking Instructor(s) for the delivery Native Community Worker / Early Childhood Education (NECE) at the Munsee-Delaware Nation. For more information on this position, please visit the Job Board at Contact Point.

While applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis, placements start as early as May 26, 1999

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Academic and Career Choice For Lesbian and Gay Young Adults

By Margaret Schneider and Joan McCurdy-Myers

Over the past few decades, gay and lesbian people have become increasingly visible. This has resulted in a growing awareness, particularly among counselling professionals, of the impact of being lesbian or gay on an individual’s life. The influence of sexual orientation on academic and career choices is an area which has only recently received notice.

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Publications + Products

Basic Counseling Responses: A Multimedia Learning System for the Helping Professions (CD-ROM, Video, and workbook) by Hutch Haney and Jacqueline Leibsohn, Brooks/Cole-Wadsworth Publishing, 1999.

Canada’s Best Careers Guide, Frank Feather, Warwick Publishing Inc., 1999. ISBN -1-894020-42-1

Developing a Career Information Centre, Canadian Career Information Association, 1999.

The Guide to Internet Job Searching, Margaret Riley Dikel, Frances Roehm and Steve Oserman, VGM Career Horizons, 1999. ISBN – 0844281999

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Snapshot

By Heather Sterling

CAETO – An overview

The Canadian Alliance of Education and Training Organizations (CAETO)/Alliance canadienne des organismes d’éducation et de formation (ACOEF) is an incorporated, not-for-profit, “umbrella” association of national education and training organizations, that provides its members with opportunities to identify and build partnerships related to education and training policies and programs.

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From the Discussion Forum…

Recently, the following request appeared in the “Access to Trades and Professions” discussion:

“good morning to any one may read this message, i just want to inquire about something that i found so confusing, we are applying for immigration to canada, and my husband is the dependent immigrant, but his job is a regulated one, (he is an anesthesia & inhalation technician) the canadian terminology for his job is respiratory technician, any way it is so difficult to find out the address of the regulatory body, concerning his job, who to contact, we went to the embassy to get information, they gave us so many addresses, from the almanac & directory, it is really confusing, so till now one year has passed and we are still asking, do have any address that we can contact, by the way we are from lebanon, but we are living and working both me & my husband in kuwait, sorry for sending this message here but i thought that may be someone out there would advice me of what should i do, thank you any way.”

 

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Upcoming Events

Careers Conference – Center on Education and Work, Madison, Wisconsin, Feb. 1 – 3, 1999

HR Renaissance: New Rules, New Roles – Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario (HRPAO), Toronto, Ontario, February 17 – 19, 1999

Advocacy: A Voice for Our Clients and Communities – 1999 ACA World Conference, San Diego, CA, April 13 – 17, 1999

Careers Exploration Showcase – Skills Canada, Kitchener, Ontario, June 1 & 3 – 4, 1999

Researching Vocational Education and Training – The Journal of Vocational Education and Training Third International Conference, Bolton Institute, Bolton, UK, July 14 – 16, 1999

 

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Job Ads

Job Developer

Parteners pour l’emploi (College des Grands Lacs) is looking for a Job Developer. for more information on this position, please visit the Job Board at Contact Point

Apply as soon as possible — start date is February 1999.

Career Counsellor

The University of Toronto Career Centre is looking for a Career Counsellor. For more information on this position, please visit the Job Board at Contact Point.

Applications must be received by January 22, 1999

 

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