Indigenous-Led Integrated Employment Services
In order to ensure that culturally-responsive employment services are offered across the Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent and Sarnia-Lambton, the Windsor Regional Employment Network (WREN) has been working with their Indigenous consultants, Faces to the Sun, in order to provide an opportunity for Indigenous-led organizations to offer Integrated Employment Services across the catchment.
The WREN would like to thank you for your interest in becoming an Integrated Employment Services provider for Indigenous clients within the Windsor-Sarnia Catchment and for your patience as this application process was developed, refined and finally introduced.
Service Innovation Planning (SIP)
The Service Innovation Planning (SIP) process has allowed the WREN to better understand the capacity and potential of organizations interested in offering Integrated Employment Services. This application process has been designed to capture questions about current, but mostly the future desired state of your programming, and should provide adequate opportunities for providers to express their commitments to client targets, service delivery models, and supports under the new model. The Service Innovation Planning application is comprised of two key documents:
- The SIP Questionnaire (Word Document)
- The SIP Workbook Template (Excel Document)
If you are interested in applying, please request these documents via email to ssm@citywindsor.ca.
These two documents should be submitted to ssm@citywindsor.ca no later than 4:00p.m. on Monday, September 23rd, 2024.
The Windsor Regional Employment Network will hold SIP data and will work with the consultant, Faces to the Sun, to review applications before commencing discussions or any contract negotiations with individual service providers.
Key Timeline
- SIP Launch – Friday, August 2nd
- SIP Information Sessions
- August 15th 9:30-12:00 (virtually) REGISTER HERE
- A recording of this session is available here: https://youtu.be/ikXKIiGZSX4
- September 4th 9:30-12:00 (virtually) REGISTER HERE
- August 15th 9:30-12:00 (virtually) REGISTER HERE
- SIP – Open Office Hours
- Have questions about your application? Join Faces to the Sun & the WREN for virtaul office hours:
- Thursday, August 22nd, 10:00am REGISTER HERE
- Thursday, August 29th, 10:00am REGISTER HERE
- Thursday, September 19th, 10:00am REGISTER HERE
- Have questions about your application? Join Faces to the Sun & the WREN for virtaul office hours:
- SIP Due Date – Monday, September 23rd, at 4:00pm
- SIP Negotiations and Contract Drafting – Ending September 27, 2024
- Anticipated Service Delivery Start Date – October 1, 2024
- Orientation Date – To be determined