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SUMMER JOBS SERVICE 2010

Prepare now for Summer Jobs Service 2010!  Application forms for both employers and students are available here – just click on the appropriate link below.  Fill out your form online, print and drop off at the location nearest you.

Youth Employment Centre                 Dunnville Employment Centre
466 Colborne Street, Brantford          208 Broad Street East, Dunnville

Employers may mail their complete applications to:
St. Leonard’s Community Services, P.O. Box 638, Brantford, ON  N3T 5P9
                       
employer application                        student registration

Summer Jobs Service can offer a $2/hour hiring incentive to the employer as students gain work experience during the months of April to August.  We can help to match students to available positions – just call for information.

Employers

To be eligible, you

• Must operate and offer a job in Ontario
• Must be in compliance with Workplace Safety and Insurance coverage or alternative workplace safety insurance coverage
• Must have 3rd party liability insurance
• Must not be related to the student(s) you are hiring (ie. son, daughter, spouse, brother, sister)
• Will ensure that students are 15-30 years of age, eligible to work in Canada and planning to return to school in the fall
• Cannot hire students before applying for this program (students currently working for you are only eligible if you increase their part time hours to full time hours during the summer months)
• Will not displace other employees to hire a student under this program

(See Page 2 of Employer Application/Contract for full terms and conditions)

• Will not be receiving government funds from any other program for the same student.

Students
To be eligible, you

• Are between the ages of 15 and 30
• Are planning to return to school in the fall
• Are NOT related to the employer hiring you
• Are eligible to work in Canada
• Not currently working for the employer applying for the hiring incentive (unless your part time hours increase to full time hours while participating in SJS)

New Service

In partnership with the Brant Community Healthcare System, child psychiatric consultations are now available to Brant County children 18 and under. Dr. David Templeman offers a clinic one day per week which is located at the St. Leonard's Community Services' Addiction and Mental Health Centre, 133 Elgin Street.

Dr. Templeman provides an initial consultation and following the consultation a detailed report to the child's family doctor or paediatrician who will implement his recommendations. Referrals must come from a family doctor, paediatrician or psychiatrist.

For additional information, please call Jyoti or Pat at 519-754-0253.

Book Review

Group Work with Adolescents

By: Andrew Malekoff

This popular text is highly recommended for all of us who do – or plan to do – group work with adolescents.  It also provides essential knowledge and skills for conducting creative, strengths-based group work with adolescents.  A rich introduction into the field, enlivened by numerous illustrations from actual sessions, the book provides principles and guidelines for practice in a wide range of settings. Andrew Malekoff covers all phases of group work, from planning to leavetaking, and highlights the value of self-reflection for successfully handling even the most challenging group situations.

New Additions to the Resource Library

This weeks new addition to the Resource Library is Abnormal Child Psychology 3rd Edition, by Mash & Wolfe.

Lucky Horseshoes a tale from the Iris the Dragon Series (A children's book dealing with ADHD) by Gayle Grass. Ms. Grass is the mother of a child who has a mental health need. She has created the Iris the Dragon stories to help children and their families better understand and discuss mental health issues. Lucky Horseshoes is the second of her series and follows the life of a young girl named Skippy who is diagnosed with ADHD. All of her works are developed with input from child and youth mental health professionals at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

Ms. Grass has donated 10 copies of her new book to Member Centres of Children's Mental Health Ontario.

The Resource Library is located at the Addictions and Mental Health Centre, 133 Elgin Street.

To view a complete listing of books, movies, etc., click on Information Services and then follow the link for the Resource Listing.