BC Settlement and Integration Services

BC Settlement and Integration Services (BCSIS)

BCSIS assists eligible clients to pursue Pathways to Citizenship; Increase ability to enter or thrive in BC’s Labour market; Establish connections to workplace and community.

BCSIS Outcomes: Successful navigation of immigration process; Increase labour market attachment; Better integration into community and workplace.

Services offered in: English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Spanish

Services:

Employment

• Employment Counselling and Job Search Skills Training.
• Support to address workplace safety or Employment Standards issues.
• Customized Employment Support for Refugee Claimants.
• Educate and support clients ith respect to their rights and responsibilities as residnets, workers and citizens of BC.
• Workplace English Conversation Circles.
• Community connections, including social and professional mentoring, participation in cross-cultural events and job fairs.

Immigration

• Assistance to navigate immigration and work permit applications.
• Support to access the national open work permit program for vulnerable Temporary Foreign workers experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, abuse in the context of their employment in Canada.

Settlement

• Access to government, community and employment resources and services/programs.
• English Conversation Circles.
• Refugee claimants have access to onsite Employment Assistance Worker (EAW) support, in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovations (MSDSI).
• Information, referral and action planning that meet settlement, employment and integration needs.
• Refugee claimants support groups.

Customized Employment Support for Refugee Claimants

This customized short-term basic employment related supports will include:

• Applying for a social insurance number.
• Applying for a work permit.
• Connects to Volunteer experiences to provide Canadian experience in the workplace.
• Employment related English conversation circles.
• Income assistance application.
• Information about the labour market.
• Skill matching between refugee claimant and employer needs.