Training and Employment Support Services (TESS)

General Information

Institution:

Government of New Brunswick: Post-Secondary Training and Labour (PETL)

Country:

Canada

Contact person:

Nathalie D’Amours

Position:

Consultant

Email:

Nathalie.DAmours@gnb.ca

Phone:

(506) 444-3597

Website of the program:

http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.17056.Training_and_…

Which of the following topic(s) applies to the program?:

Topics:

EMPLOYMENT

Employment services

Labor inclusion of vulnerable groups

Employment policies and programs

Program Description

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Description:

The Training and Employment Support Services (TESS) component of Employment Services Program provides supports to individuals in the province who have a permanent physical, intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, or sensory disability to participate in training and/or employment opportunities.

Objectives:

The objectives of TESS are: to reduce and/or remove the impact of a person’s disability in order to assist the person with a disability to participate in training, and/or assist the person with a disability to obtain, maintain or to resume employment when it has been interrupted.

Year of Start:

Before 2010

Estimated duration:

Undefined

Geographic coverage:

Provincial or subnational

Target population:

Older adults

People with disabilities

Evaluation and Documentation

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