• Provincial contact, liaison, and resource for Nova Scotia Works, Employment Nova Scotia, and post-secondary institutions, with the purpose of improving the Nova Scotia Works system capacity for working with clients with disabilities.• Researched and wrote modules for the Nova Scotia Career Development Association in development of a case manager training module on working with clients with disabilities.• Assisted Case Managers with identification of client supports, in education and employment contexts.• Helped Case Managers with transition planning for individuals considering adult learning or post-secondary education(including the development of return-to-work action plans and academic planning).• Trained Nova Scotia Works Case Managers on Employment Nova Scotia specific processes for working with persons with disabilities.• Supported and coached Case Managers when they had questions about the Skills Development Accessibility Supports funding program and when they needed support submitting an application to Employment Nova Scotia. • Connected Case Managers and clients to other regional, government and community based disability supports / resources. • Collaborated with private career colleges to facilitate the development of an accommodation plan in situations where the institution did not have an individual designated to support students with disabilities, or if they are unfamiliar with the SDAS process.• Created provincial Skills Development Accessibility Supports (SDAS) Go To Guide, and the Skills Development Accessibility Supports Newsletter.Supplemental to my current role, I also was involved in the following:• Created the project management model and administrative infrastructure for the first formal marketing committee at TWC.• Designed and created logo, intro, outro, and design elements of TEAM Work Cooperative's Neighbourhood Conversations series.• Designed and created a wide variety of organizational marketing and branding collateral.

• Ongoing caseload of approximately 100 clients with a focus on clients with disabilities • Conduct employment advising, develop resumes, complete assessments, create and facilitate return to work action plans, refer to appropriate community and government resources and funding programs, facilitate employment related workshops, and complete applications• Completed a background paper for TEAM Work Cooperative that focused on Nova Scotia labour market information, TEAM Work Cooperative, diversity, disabilities, and millennials (08/2019)• Conducted a case study analysis and presented my report at the Nova Scotia Career Development Association Annual conference (06/2019) on the benefits and challenges of a community navigator / peer support service in a Nova Scotia Works centre

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• Head faculty and faculty advisor• Taught 10 different 4-month long courses in 2 academic years• Relaunched student-run business services office (The D.O.C.S.@NSCC), assisted with student fundraising, provided learner performance support, instruction, and evaluation, tutored and mentored students with individual instruction and guidance, facilitated student field placementsINSTRUCTION:• Document Processing I & II - Medical Office• Medical Office Procedures • Spreadsheets• Anatomy, Physiology and Med. Terminology I & II• Organizational Behaviour• Medical Office Transcription• Electronic Med. Office Systems• Work Experience