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Certificate of Professional and Leadership Studies in Career Development
Dalhousie University Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development offers a brand new Certificate...
The NSCDA Diversity and Inclusion Committee
In 2021, several NSCDA staff members came together to create the NSCDA Diversity and Inclusion Committee (NDIC)
Ubuntu Giving Fund and Helping Hands Community Fund
The NDIC developed two funds to support marginalized communities in Nova Scotia...
Nova Scotia Works Online Digital Training
With the launch of the Nova Scotia Works Online Digital Platform in 2020, the NSCDA was given the opportunity to create quality training...
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) learning plan
There is much to learn and a huge gap in today’s workplaces regarding understanding DEIB...
Youth Employability Skills learning plan
The Youth Employability Skills project supports the NS Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration’s Youth Initiatives program.
2021
- 2021
- All Projects
- Autism
- Building Working Alliance
- Canadian Immigration Learning Plan
- Cannexus20
- Career Pathways to Certification
- Case Management
- Case Management - NSW
- CDP Certification
- Certificate of Professional and Leadership Studies
- Client-Practitioner Relationship Training
- Communication Skills
- Design for Enhanced Services for Older Workers
- Design for Enhanced Services: Older Workers
- Employer Engagement Specialists
- Facilitation Skills
- Growing the Profession
- Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) learning plan
- Industry Specific
- Job Search
- Labour Market Information
- Labour Market Information Guides
- Labour Market Information Training
- Let’s Talk Careers
- Level 1 Assessment Review
- Mental Health Champions
- Microcredentialing
- Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency Training Project
- Nova Scotia Works Online Services Platform
- NS Department of Community Services
- Recovery Oriented Practice for Career Service Workers
- Summer Students Interns Project
- Support for Employers Learning Plan
- The Diversity and Inclusion Program
- The NSCDA Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Training Evaluation
- Transferable Skills Portfolio Pilot
- Ubuntu Giving Fund and Helping Hands Community Fund
- Wellness Wednesday
- Working with Employers
- Works Online Digital Training
- Youth Employability Skills learning plan
- Youth Employability Skills Project
Working with Employers
All organizations have a human component, frequently the most complex system to navigate. The human dynamics component of every business runs through every department, every boardroom, and every production floor.
Social Media for Career Practitioners
This course explains the important role social media has in career development, recommends best practices when coaching clients in social media, and outlines the most effective social media platforms.
Navigating Challenging Working Relationships with Clients
In this course, we will explore the various types of challenging relationships you may encounter with clients or may already have encountered in your role and how to work with these clients to achieve a successful employment outcome.
Labour Market Information
Over the past years, practitioners have consistently identified gaps in training and education in the area of Labour Market Information (LMI) for Career Development Practitioners. This guide and training materials have been created to address some of those gaps.
Job Search and Labour Market Information
Build your knowledge of preparing and enabling your clients to utilize effective job search skills and strategies. Equip yourself with Labour Market Information to support your clients’ positive career and employment outcomes.
Introduction to Career Development Theory
This learning plan is designed to be the go-to resource for accessing information about the available programs...
How to Build a Working Alliance
Research shows that a positive relationship is most consistently associated with positive outcomes in the human services field. To build a strong working alliance, it is imperative to develop rapport. Rapport suggests that people connect in a positive and healthy way. This course provides an overview of building a working alliance and its elements.
Case Management
As career and employment services evolve, the case manager's role is emerging as a distinct specialization. Case Management Training has been developed by the Nova Scotia Career Development Association in response to this emerging need.
Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency Training
The NSCDA has partnered with the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency (NSAA) to provide two distinct online learning plans...
Microcredentialing
The NSCDA is excited to be partnering with Dalhousie University, as part of their microcredentialing pilot...
Wellness Wednesday
The NSCDA teamed up with Flo Meditation + Wellness to provide a weekly Flo Mediation session...
The Diversity and Inclusion Program
The Centre for Employment Innovation (CEI) is working with the Employment Nova Scotia Division of Labour and Advanced Education...
Level 1 Assessment Review
The NSCDA has partnered with Labour and Advanced Education to provide context for the evaluation, revision and training of the Level 1 and Level 2 Assessment Tools.
Employer Engagement Specialists
The NSCDA has partnered with Employment Nova Scotia and Workplace Initiatives in the development of the Employer Engagement Specialist’s role in the Nova Scotia Works system of services.
Support for Employers Learning Plan
In partnership with Placemaking 4G (P4G), NSCDA is developing two Employer Engagement modules...
Summer Students Interns Project
The NSCDA prepared a learning plan and training implementation guide for the project...
Mental Health Champions
In 2017, the Nova Scotia Career Development Association embarked on an initiative...
Recovery Oriented Practice for Career Service Workers
As a complement to the Career Services Guide: Supporting People Affected by Mental Health Issues...
Growing the Profession
The NSCDA is developing a strategy to raise awareness, standardize and grow the career development profession in Nova Scotia...
Training Evaluation
The NSCDA partnered with Insight Consulting to develop a comprehensive evaluation plan...
NS Department of Community Services
The NSCDA partnered with the Department of Community Services...
Autism
The NSCDA has partnered with Autism Nova Scotia to deliver an extensive training program...
Let’s Talk Careers
The NSCDA partnered with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development...
2020
Cannexus20
In January, several NSCDA staff members attended the 2020 Cannexus conference in Ottawa...
Nova Scotia Works Online Services Platform
With the emergence of the COVID-19 global pandemic in early 2020, digital service delivery in employment services became essential.
Labour Market Information Training
The NSCDA partnered with Labour and Advanced Education...
Labour Market Information Guides
The NSCDA partnered with Labour and Advanced Education, to revise the content of the current publications...
2019
Transferable Skills Portfolio Pilot
The NSCDA is partnering with Labour and Advanced Education...
Youth Employability Skills Project
This initiative was developed in response to feedback from employers involved in the Summer Student Employability Skills Program...
Design for Enhanced Services for Older Workers in Nova Scotia Works Centres
The NSCDA undertook a project to examine existing models for enhanced service delivery to older adult clients...