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REES Enhanced Internship Training Project (RINT)

OBJECTIVE:

The REES Internship Training Partnership Project provides people with physical disabilities with on-the-job training and experience to aide in the transition to appropriate and meaningful employment. Unlike many other programs, this project is very flexible and requires very little paperwork on the part of the employer. This project is funded by Human Resources Development Canada Opportunities Fund.

GOALS:

To Provide unemployed individuals with physical disabilities with either:

12 weeks of paid internship training at a partner companies which will, where possible lead to paid employment at their training sites or up to 12 weeks of targeted wage subsidy paid to businesses which would like to directly hire an individual, but require compensation for on-the-job training and accommodations.

* To assist employers in meeting their equity goals in the area of disability and to provide them with an opportunity to increase their comfort levels in interacting with people with disabilities in the workplace

* To identify best practices for integration of persons with disabilities into meaningful paid employment

* To encourage employers to assume a leadership role in developing and nuturing this innovative model

ELIGBLE EMPLOYEES

Individuals with physical disabilities who:

* Are not presently in receipt of Employment Insurance (E.I.) benefits; or
* have not established an E.I. claim in the last 36 months; or
* were not paid E.I. maternity or parental benefits within the last five years

DURATION AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Participants involved in the internship portion of the project will receive an internship wage for a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 hours per week for up to 12 weeks, paid for by the Opportunities Fund and administered by REES. Every effort will be made by the employers to facilitate the movement of the participant into paid employment following the successful completion of the participant and at that time take over the payment of wages (at the rate of pay designated for that position).

Participants involved in a Targeted Wage Subsidy will be employed and paid by the employer at the standard company rate for that position. REES, in turn, will reimburse the company for a mutually agreed upon percentage of the wage, for up to twelve weeks. Targeted Subsidies will only be arranged for positions that offer at least 20 hours of work per week and a minimum of six months in duration.

Please Contact:

Lara REES Enhanced Internship Training Project Ext 230 lcoombs@re-es.org

Project funded by The Government of Canada