CANS Role in Building Futures for Youth
CANS acts as the community host for the Building Futures for Youth program. CANS’ responsibilities include:
- Provides program coordinator to supervise and coordinate all aspects of the program
- Creates pre-screening materials
- Delivers presentations on the program to teachers, administrators, guidance, students and their families
- Conducts interviews in partnership with local school boards and industry
- Creates ‘profiles’ for students and employers
- Identify placements within the industry, which includes pre-screening employers, liaising with relevant Union representatives and NS Construction Labour Relations Association, and facilitating effective matches between employer and student
- Delivers Risk Management/Orientation session to those students enrolled in the program and their families
- Develops and provides logbooks in order for students to document their training and work experience
- Creates and administers training and program evaluations to students and employers
- Administers safety benchmark to students during their training at NSCC and again at the end of their work placement
- Provides mentorship training for journeypersons from participating employers
- Acts as a liaison between the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and Industry to promote the Cooperative Education program
- Issues a Certificate of Participation to students who successfully complete the program
- Hosts an ‘end of summer’ celebration for employers, supervisors, mentors, pre-apprentices and teachers
- Participates in annual evaluation of program – feedback from all partners, follow-up with students
- Expansion and maintenance of ‘Building Futures’ website
- Distributes information/promotion packages to schools, students, parents and employers
- Develop a timeline/workplan, in consultation with BFY working group
Please visit www.buildingfutures.ca for a detailed program description.
For more information:
Adam Gilbert
Building Futures for Youth Program Lead
T: 902-468-2267
C: 902-809-2297
E: agilbert@cans.ns.ca
Tanya Reddick Clayton
Building Futures for Youth Program Lead
T: 902-468-2267
C: 902-456-6444
E: treddick@cans.ns.ca