Wake up Shake up Pre-employment

The Wake up Shake up Program

is intended to empower those seeking work and to provide a holistic approach to those who want to return to work however have hurdles to employment. Wake Up Shake up is an intensive one-week pre-employment program for participants designed specifically to address personal hurdles which impact jobseekers’ ability to participate and maintain work.

The topics include personal hurdles (identifying and addressing), self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-worth, mindset and motivation (identifying and tracking), goal setting (SMART goals and SMARTER goals) as well as workplace rights and responsibilities and financial management. The purpose of the program is to empower participants to be the best that they can be and provide access to services which can benefit them in their goals.

Following the program there is three months mentoring for participants in their training and transition to employment.