The Skills for Life and Work Program

Back in Motion Skills for Life and Work Program is a 6 week cohort-based program designed to assist individuals with multiple barriers to employment by providing individuals with training in soft skills, essential skills and job readiness skills.

By participating in this program, you will gain the skills needed to find, secure, and maintain meaningful employment. 

This 6-week cohort-based training is designed to support you to employment, and will provide you with:

✔ Employment Counselling

✔ Job Readiness Skills

✔ Essential Skills Training

✔  Occupational Skills Training

✔  Technology support (for participants who qualify)

✔  *NEW* $100 Training Completion Bonus, for participants who complete all 6 weeks of training with us

✔  Job Coaching & Job Placement support for up to three months after the training

This program is funded by the Government of Canada through the Canada-British Columbia Workforce Development Agreement; through the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training.

Currently, due to Covid-19 pandemic, our cohorts have transitioned to virtual classes and one-on-one video-conferencing meetings. When pandemic is over, and it is safe for participants and staff, our cohorts will return to in-person classroom delivery.

Our Back in Motion Skills for Life and Work team is ethnically diverse, and includes multi-lingual professionals from around the world. Services are delivered in English only, but we have staff members that speak Portuguese, Spanish, Farsi/Persian, Arabic and Japanese, in addition to English.

Back in Motion Employment provides industry-leading, professional employment solutions, to assist people in overcoming barriers and reaching their full employment potential.

Guided by our motivation to transform lives and build vibrant communities, our services address both sides of employment-related challenges: the job seeker’s need for meaningful and sustainable employment, and the labour shortage experienced by BC employers.

Recognized as leaders in customer service and satisfaction, our personable and professional staff have extensive experience supporting individuals with diverse needs to achieve employment. We are proud to serve vulnerable populations (immigrants and refugees, persons with disabilities (physical, mental, developmental, intellectual), older workers (55+), youth at risk (15-30), individuals at risk for homelessness and/or recovering from addictions.