Unlocking Opportunities: Supporting Justice-Involved Job Seekers

Course Description

This course will take users through various introductory components of helping individuals with criminal records find meaningful employment. It will provide an introduction on the justice system and justice system involvement, explain the different types of criminal records, different types of charges, what they can mean, and how they can appear on a criminal record check. The course will then cover working with clients who have criminal records, how to help them disclose a record to an employer, and how to assist someone who is looking to go through the record suspension process. Finally, users will learn advocacy techniques when trying to secure an employment opportunity for a client with a criminal record, and how employers who apply fair chance hiring principles to their recruitment and organization can increase the pools of talent from where they recruit and meet their labour needs on an ongoing basis by tapping into the talent of this population.

Learning Outcomes

• Understanding of the barriers faced by justice-involved job seekers
• Understanding of the myths and stereotypes associated with having a criminal record
• Best practices for providing effective employment support to justice-involved clients
• Information and resources to advocate on behalf of justice-involved clients with employers in your community

Certificate

To complete this training module, you will need to complete each lesson within it. To complete a lesson, first watch the assigned video and then complete the accompanying quiz. To pass the quiz, you must achieve at least 80%. Once you have passed all of the quizzes, you will earn your certificate of completion.