Career Navigation: Ready, Willing & Able (RWA)
For Autistic job seekers (16+) in the Lower Mainland.
Are you an employer looking for support with inclusive hiring? Visit RWA: Employer Engagement to learn more!
Reach your career goals!
Are you looking for employment or need extra support in your post-secondary studies? We can help.
Our Navigators can connect you with community agencies and services that:
- provide pre-employment and on-the-job supports
- have connections to employment opportunities in a variety of industries
- provide mental health, life skills, and housing service referrals
- help with post-secondary studies (e.g. coursework and accommodations needed to complete an internship or field placement)
Let's get started!
The first step is to complete The Compass questionnaire.
Tell us about your employment, education, and experience with community services. It only takes 10 minutes to complete!
- Review the Terms of Use for The Compass.
- Fill out the Compass Questionnaire.
- Maegan will follow up with you by phone or email to arrange a time to meet (either in-person or virtually).
In your meeting, we will learn more about your support needs and connect you to supports and/or employment opportunities in your community.
Or contact Maegan directly:
Maegan O’Neill
Navigator, Youth & Adult Services
maegan.oneill@canucksautism.ca
At this moment, we are no longer offering navigation services in the Kelowna region.
You can still kickstart you career journey by using the employment resources provided below:
Kelowna
Kelowna Community Resources | 250-763-8008 • info@kcr.ca
Open Door Group – Jobs in Demand | 236-427-5932 • jobsindemandkelowna@opendoorgroup.org
Foundry Kelowna | 236-420-2803 • foundry@cmhakelowna.org
MentorAbility | 604-777-9100 • info@inclusionbc.org
ARC Programs | 250-763-2977 • arcprograms@arcprograms.ca
Community Futures Central Okanagan | 250-868-2132 • info@cfdcco.bc.ca
Pathways Kelowna | 250-763-4837 • info@pathwayskelowna.ca
Piers Partners – Kelowna | 250-762-3494 • info@pierspartners.ca
Thompson Community Services – Kelowna | 778-753-6718 • reception@tcsinfo.ca
WorkBC Kelowna | 778-738-0225 • centre-kelown@workbc.ca
Penticton
Foundry Penticton | 778-646-2292 • foundrypenticton@oneskycommunity.com
Okanagan Inclusion | 236-422-0056
Piers Partners | 250-490-8696 • info@pierspartners.ca
Thompson Community Services – Penticton | 250-490-0288
WorkBC Penticton | 1-833-313-0547 • info-penticton@workbc.ca
Vernon
Community Futures North Okanagan | 250-545-2215
Kindale Developmental Association | 250-546-3005
Thompson Community Services- Vernon | 778-753-6718 • reception@tcsinfo.ca
Piers Partners – Vernon | 236-426-3838 • info@pierspartners.ca
Note that access for certain resources requires eligibility for Community Living BC funding
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Frequently Asked Questions
We connect job seekers with employment services that can support you in your job search!
Our career navigation services cannot directly help you to search for employment.
Ready, Willing & Able (RWA) career navigation is an individualized service that is offered by appointment.
Job seekers typically meet with the Navigator between one to three times — either in-person, over the phone, or on a video call.
In this way, it is a unique service that is distinctly different from Canucks Autism Network (CAN)’s typical weekly programs.
An intake meeting is usually the first meeting that takes place between the Navigator and job seeker.
During this meeting, the goals are for the job seeker to learn more about Navigation and that the Navigator can learn more about the job seeker’s goals and support needs.
The intake meeting takes place either online using Zoom or in-person at the Canucks Autism Network (CAN) office in Vancouver.
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Employment Resources
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