Youth to Adult Healthcare Transition Resources
Employment Resources
Education, Training & Employment Services
Aboriginal Futures Career and Training Centre
Aboriginal Futures
Training, education, and employment services for urban Indigenous people.
403-253-5311
Calgary Youth Employment Centre
The City of Calgary Youth Employment Centre
Provides free career and employment services to youth ages 15-24.
403-268-2490
https://www.calgary.ca/csps/cns/children-and-youth/youth-employment-centre.html
MCG Careers
MCG Careers
Provides career consulting, employment support, occupational training, and professional development.
Prospect
Helps job seekers, including those who face barriers to employment, with everything from resources, to skill upgrading, to direct placement.
1-877-483-2562
Trade Winds to Success
Trade Winds to Success
Provides First Nation, Metis, and Inuit people an opportunity to receive pre-apprenticeship training and shop experience in construction trades.
1-877-362-4771
Workers' Resource Centre
Workers' Resource Centre
Provides casework support and legal education to workers in Alberta who have an employment-related issue (e.g. Employment Standards, Employment Insurance, Human Rights, Sexual Harassment, etc.)
1-844-435-7972
For People with Developmental Disabilities
Calgary Alternative Employment Services (CAES)
Calgary Alternative Support Services
CAES is a client directed employment placement and retention program for adults with disabilities or multiple barriers to employment.
403-283-0611
Columbia College - Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Columbia College Calgary
The Community Support Services Department at Columbia College provides Community Access and Employment Services for adults with developmental disabilities to facilitate their inclusion in the community as valued, participating and contributing members.
1-888-235-9370
Foothills Advocacy in Motion Society (FAIMS)
Foothills Advocacy In Motion Society
Offers support to adults with developmental disabilities who reside in the municipal districts of Foothills & Wheatland Country, with offices in High River, Okotoks and Strathmore.
Inclusion Alberta - Inclusive Employment
Inclusion Alberta
Inclusion Alberta works with the business community, Rotary clubs and all levels of government to create meaningful employment opportunities, real work for real pay.
403-717-0361
https://inclusionalberta.org/what-we-do/inclusive-employment/
New Age Services
New Age Services
Offers employment supports for adults who are eligible for funding through Persons with Developmental Disabilities.
403-242-6672
Progressive Alternative Society of Calgary (PASC)
Progressive Alternatives Society of Calgary
Supports adults with developmental disabilities to obtain and maintain employment.
403-262-8515
Prospect - PDD Services
Prospect Human Services
Offers work experiences, career exploration, job search design, employment placement and on-the-job support for adults with developmental disabilities.
1-877-483-2562
Rehoboth Christian Ministries - Vocational Service
Rehoboth Christian Ministries
Provides flexible & realistic work environments in which individuals with developmental disabilities can discover and develop their interests and aptitudes.
403-250-7333
Vecova
Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research
Provides supports required to assist persons with disabilities to live in the community.
403-284-1121
For People with Disabilities
Disability Related Employment Supports (DRES)
Government of Alberta
Provides assistance to Albertans in overcoming the barriers to employment created by their disability.
1-877-644-9992
https://www.alberta.ca/disability-related-employment-supports.aspx
Gateway Employment Resource Centre
Gateway Association
Connects job seekers with disabilities and workplaces to the resources they require to build performance and increase inclusion.
587-779-7888
INNoVA
Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work
An accessible and inclusive consulting firm, that also provides a place for Employers and Talent to connect, innovate and grow.
Prospect - The Worx
Prospect Human Services
Provides employment search services to Calgarians with all types of disabilities
1-877-483-2562
The Lime Network
The goal of the Lime Network is to break stereotypes and lead all companies to realize the importance, and value, of employing people with disabilities at every level of education, talent and ability.
1-416-323-5770
Government Resources & Supports
Government of Canada - Youth in Canada
Government of Canada
Links to information about education, training, jobs, volunteer, and other opportunities for young Canadians.
Social Insurance Number (SIN) application
Social Insurance Number (SIN) application
Information about applying for a Social Insurance Number, which is required to work or access to government programs and benefits in Canada.
1-866-274-6627
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/sin.html