Gastown Vocational Services (GVS)

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GVS specializes in working with people with mental health conditions, including survivors of violence and abuse and at-risk youth.

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Our employment services assist eligible clients in attaining meaningful employment, volunteerism and/ or access to educational/ skills training programs. Visit the Gastown Vocational Services website to learn more.

Gastown Vocational Services

Overview of services

Supported employment and education services are individualized for each client.  Services may include:

  • competitive job search support,
  • cognitive remediation,
  • computer skills assessment and instruction,
  • customized employment,
  • job coaching and job maintenance support,
  • mental health coping strategies for the workplace,
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy,
  • Occupational Therapy vocational assessments,
  • peer support,
  • pre-employment skill development,
  • Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP),
  • psychological vocational assessments,
  • supported education services,
  • vocational exploration,
  • work experience placements, and
  • wage subsidies.