Yukon Disability Employment
Strategy
Community Futures Treaty 7: Disability Employment Symposium May 2012
Challenges, solutions and successes....
A made in Yukon approach
...the important part is to recognize the humanness of the workplace...then the business
case follows. (Presenter, Six Steps to Success Conference 2011)
The challenge
•Employers experiencing shortages of employees across sectors and skill levels.
•People with disabilities under represented in labour market.
The solution
The Yukon Disability Employment Strategy
Phase one: Six Steps to Success
Information and Education Stakeholder Engagement Employment Strategy
1 Communications Protocol
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Define Disability for Business
Consult Business Directly
Dispel Stereotypes
Coordinate Agencies
Education Campaign
Increase Public Profile
1 Employer-side Focus
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Establish Trust in Business
Align Medical Services
Target Small Business
1 Accommodation Financials
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Self-evaluation Rubric
Pro-forma HR Policies
Accommodations Toolkit
Job-seekers Toolkit
Recruitment consultancy
Coordinate Support Services
8 Case Studies of Excellence
5 Links with Larger Employers
Birds-eye view of strategic objectives
Phase Two: Stakeholder Engagement and Strategy Development
http://ydes.tumblr.com/ http://ydesprojecttrail.tumblr.com/.
Phase Three: Implementation and Evolution
The success
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
1. The strategy will take into consideration the fact that all citizens need to have their basic needs met (food, shelter, health, fairness and safety) in order for their employment goals to be properly identified and met. To this end we will build strong partnerships with the Department of Health and Social Services and agencies such as Challenge, Salvation Army and the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition.
2. The strategy will be developed and implemented to meet the needs of employers and employees throughout the whole of the Yukon Territory.
3. The strategy will respect, and attempt where ever possible, to support and enhance the work of existing disability serving agencies.
4. Future funding criteria for all disability employment projects/programs to include the need for disability employment services to be consistent with the goals of the YDES.
5. The strategy will endeavour to have all partners/stakeholders agree on a single definition for “disability’ and a common glossary of terms and definitions relevant to our collective services.
To sum it up
“the greatest acts of success were not born of a single brilliant idea, but from the collective wisdom of a group of committed people” www.wheredisabilityworks.ca