Federation of Black Canadians (FBC) Youth Employment Skills Program 2025

Deadline: December 6, 2024

Applications are open for the Federation of Black Canadians (FBC) Youth Employment Skills Program 2025. The program is designed to equip Black and marginalized youth throughout Canada with the talents, help, and expertise wanted to thrive in immediately’s workforce.

Over the following 3.5 years, this program goals to immediately help 161 youth, Black youth particularly, NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) youth, newcomers, and youth with disabilities, in overcoming limitations to employment via a mixture of complete coaching, mentorship, and high quality job alternatives.

The program focuses on offering youth with:

• Employment Skills Training: A 9-week program to develop job readiness, technical abilities, and delicate abilities.
• Quality Employment Opportunities: A 6-week placement with significant, supportive employers.
• Paid Training and Development: During the 15 week program college students will likely be paid for 30 hours/week of their time

Benefits

• Skill Development: Enhance your employability with in-depth abilities coaching.
• Real Work Experience: Gain hands-on expertise with high quality employment alternatives.
• Individualized Support: Receive personalised teaching, case administration, and entry to psychological well being help, transportation, and extra.
• Paid OPPORTUNITY: Earn when you be taught! Participants will likely be paid all through all the length of this system.
• Time Commitment: 30 hours per week for the total 9-week coaching and 6-week employment OPPORTUNITY.

Eligibility

• Open to Black youth, newcomers, youth with disabilities, and NEET youth (Not in Education, Employment or Training) in addition to different marginalized teams;
• Aged 15-30 and who’re going through limitations to employment.

Application

The program is accessible in a number of cities, together with Brampton, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver. With the primary cohort out there throughout Canada in a digital format.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Federation of Black Canadians.