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Recipes for Success
With the generous support of the Vancouver Foundation and the Vancity Community Foundation, Potluck launched a project aptly entitled "Potluck Recipes for Success". Our focus is to share the learning, practical strategies and best practices used by Potluck and others to successfully train and employ people with multiple barriers to employment. The project identifies those issues that affect employees with barriers and the employers who hire those employees, and seeks to share the lessons learned and educate others. In doing so, our goal is to increase both the numbers of employees with barriers who are hired and more importantly the number who retain successful employment. Similarly, by sharing practical tools and resources, we hope to increase the number of employers who are committed to hiring and retaining individuals with barriers.
Potluck is fortunate to partner with outstanding organizations that have also demonstrated success in training and employing people with barriers. Organizations that have shared their wisdom and practical insights with us include The Cleaning Solution, Starworks, Atira, and Mills Basics among many others. We are also grateful for the insights shared by the many employees who have benefited from the training and employment programs offered by these enlightened and progressive organizations.
We continue to pool practical insights and recipes for success into tools and resources for use by both Employees and Employers. We encourage you to browse and download information from our growing recipe box below:
Employer Tools
- Hiring Employees with Barriers
- Efficiency and Cost Considerations in Hiring
- Potluck Employment Support Model
- Employee Fears
- Employee Anger
- Methadone & Harm Reduction
- Substance Abuse
- Understanding the Addictions Process
- How Emotions Affect Employees
- How Emotions Affect Employees
- Mental Health Diagnosis
- Negative Employees
- Giving Feedback
- Power Imbalance
- Understanding the Change Process
- Alcohol Drug Use Checklist
Employee Tools
- Aggressive Communication
- Budgeting Your Money
- Housing
- Problem Solving for Yourself
- Receiving Feedback
- Dressing for Success
- Facing your Fears
- Managing Addictions Cravings
- Problem Solving with Others
Potluck Recipes for Success Outreach
Potluck is also committed to growing and expanding our Employee and Employer outreach for this ongoing project. We are pleased to be working with BOB (Building Opportunities for Business) in the delivery of practical workshops and events on the issues that affect employees with barriers and employers. We encourage you to join us at one of our upcoming Employer Breakfast Workshop Series.
For further information about Recipes for Success or if you are interested in additional Employment Support services for yourself or organization, please contact:
Heather O'Hara
Executive Director
Potluck Café Society
604.683.0073 ext. 379
heather@potluckcatering.com
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