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YWCA Mindset

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YWCA Mindset is a specialized employment program for job seekers who are seeking support with stress management, anxiety and/or depression.

Through a partnership between YWCA Metro Vancouver and Coast Mental Health, this new program offers a safe, stigma-free environment to empower participants to achieve balance and gain motivation to pursue their goals.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Group workshops and one-to-one support in a safe and supportive environment
Career exploration based on interests, values and strengths
Participants receive individualized support to set goals and make an action plan to obtain employment, volunteer experience or pursue further education
Health and wellness components, including expressive arts, gardening, and meditation
Completion bonus available*
Connections to WorkBC to access:
- Free counselling*
- Job development services, employer contacts and work experience*
- Funding for short- and long-term training opportunities*
- Financial supports (food, transit, work clothing)*

* Subject to funding and participant eligibility.

PARTICIPANTS MUST BE

Seeking support for managing stress, anxiety and/or depression
A Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or protected person legally entitled to work in Canada
Living in Metro Vancouver
Unemployed or precariously employed (working under 20 hours a week)
Able to commit to a 12-week program

Next start date: January 16, 2023

Registrations are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Participants' Quotes

Barbara

The program helped me by providing tools that taught me how to improve my mental health and, especially, by offering a non-judgmental and supportive environment which allowed to feel confident again.

Melody

The YWCA Mindset program helped by providing a safe, inclusive and supportive environment to explore values, personality and well-being in a work context.

T.A.

The workshops were well-structured and easy to understand, and the focus on mental health early on created a great foundation.

After two and a half years of online program delivery, we are happy to introduce a new hybrid model, which will continue to provide participants with the flexibility of taking some of the workshops from home, but will add the much-needed face-to-face interactions between participants and facilitators.

For more information on the program schedule, please attend an information session or contact us.

YWCA Mindset
mindset@ywcavan.org
604 209 5796