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If MSDSI considers a recipient of welfare benefits to be employable, the person will have “employment-related obligations” under s 13 of the EAA and s 29 of the EAR. This means that they must actively look for work and accept any job offer that the Ministry considers “suitable” (appropriate). They must also not refuse suitable employment. For more information, see “Failure to meet employment-related obligations” under section III below. | If MSDSI considers a recipient of welfare benefits to be employable, the person will have “employment-related obligations” under s 13 of the EAA and s 29 of the EAR. This means that they must actively look for work and accept any job offer that the Ministry considers “suitable” (appropriate). They must also not refuse suitable employment. For more information, see “Failure to meet employment-related obligations” under section III below. | ||
Certain persons are exempted from having employment-related obligations; see EAR s 29(4) for details. For example, people with PPMB status or the PWD designation, single parents of children under 3, and people 65 and over do not have employment-related obligations.Recipients of assistance who have employment-related obligations must also have an Employment Plan (EP) under s 9 of the EAA. Even recipients with certain barriers to employment, such as drug and alcohol problems or other medical conditions, may be required to follow an EP. However, the EP is meant to be tailored to the abilities and skills of the recipient. EPs for recipients under the age of 19 focus on completing high school. | |||
An EP outlines the conditions (activities and expectations) that MSDSI thinks a person must complete to become employed or more employable and includes a timeframe. The EP may include independent work search, referral to job placement programs, specific training for employment, or other services. Recipients must complete an activity report monthly while they are looking for work, and every second month once they obtain work, until they become independent of income assistance. | |||
People with the PPMB and PWD designation are not required to have an employment plan. MSDSI may encourage them to sign a “voluntary participation plan”, however this is not mandatory. Having a voluntary participation plan may however be required to get access to certain training programs. | |||
MSDSI has established various programs for employment, self-employment, and volunteering by people on income assistance, PPMB assistance, and disability assistance. These programs are optional if the person does not have employment related obligations | |||
== K. Single Parent Employment Initiative == | |||
MSDSI is introducing a new “single parent employment initiative” effective September 1, 2015. Under this initiative, if a single parent on income and disability assistance is assessed as needing training in order to gain employment in certain fields, they may be eligible for MSDSI to pay tuition of up to $7500 for their training, and to continue receiving income or disability assistance for up to 12 months while participating in an approved training program. Single parents may be eligible for additional child care and transportation supports while participating in the training program or paid work experience program. Single parents that are eligible for the child care subsidy may also have access to additional child care supports during their training period and their first year of their employment. | |||
For more details on the single parent training assistance program, as well others the client may be qualified for, see the Online Resource under “Employment Programs and Community Resources”: http://www.gov.bc.ca/meia/online_resource/employment_programs_and_community_services/ | |||
== L. Persons With Disabilities (PWD)/Persistent Multiple Barriers (PPMB) == | |||
To obtain disability assistance (PWD) a person must show that he or she qualifies under the s 2(2) EAPWDA definition of “person with disabilities”. This section defines a “person with disabilities” as a person over 18 with a severe mental or physical impairment that: | |||
*a. in the opinion of a medical practitioner is likely to continue for at least two years; and | |||
*b. in the opinion of a prescribed professional (a doctor, psychologist, physical or occupational therapist, social worker, nurse, nurse practitioner, or chiropractor): | |||
**(i) directly and significantly restricts the person’s ability to perform daily living activities either continuously; or | |||
**(ii) periodically for extended periods; and | |||