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May By BARB JOY Oakville Beaver Sadr Jean Mull thinks she has the answer to putting psy- chiatric survivors Cclients" to her) back to work. As director of the Bronte Labour Exchange since it began six years ago. Mull has had 204 clients come through her doors. Of those. 86 weren't appropriate for the program but the rest went through training. Fifty of those trained are now out in the workplace and the rest have returned for further training. Among several places. clients have found jobs irrwarehouses, bak- eries, florists shops and retail stores. Mull gets her clients from Career Probe in Oakville, Employment and Immigration Canada and the Halton Work Programme. Clients are assessed to determine their work habits, abilities and task levels and then trained to work in the community. Two job developers dig up potential job sites for them. For the first four months on the job, employers pay nothing since their employees are government subsidized through the Exchange. However, Mull said this isn't exactly free labor. In fact, she's in there within the first month trying to get a commitment for permanent employment from the employer. "Within one month, I know how I feel about the employer and whether he is going to make a commit- ment or not," she said. "No months after the person has been working at the job, I must have a commit- ment." Learning to work again major challenge Employment commitments demanded for clients' jobs Once the client is out working, Mull and her two job developers are in constant contact with employer and client, working out any difficulties that arise and mak- ing sure the employment scene runs as smoothly as possible. She said she was amazed by the response of industries in Oakville. They have been "wonderful," she said. Last year, a new job preparation program began at the Exchange. For three full days a week, clients learn (Continued from page 14) Capponi said 3.5 million of them are attending survivor-run projects. thus lowering the rate of hospital admissions. Many are working for a decent living wage in places other than sheltered workshops where they might earn 50 cents an hour, she said. (Some from the Halton Work Programme didn't agree with her estimation of this type of work- shop, noting that this work "taught you to work again.") However, Capponi said she believed people who work should be properly paid for it. . "If they keep you three years in a sheltered workshop, they're not Sale in effect May 19-Jyl. 1/93. Most items a some locations some items may be sold at a Special P COTTON SOLIDS1 99 Ends 115cm wnde m Emma! Selection' HINTZ Ends 135cm wide, 100% cotton. Our Reg. 8.98 n s ma! SelectK)nl iirilfifi?i smmmc StERsotytEtt Solids 115cm wide, 100% cotton Our Reg, 5.98 m EILegigl _Spleplipo 150cm wo/ - - it' 100% cotton 6604: Our Reg 9 98 T Our Reg Pnce Emmi Select) HAMBRAY FANCIES BEMBERG LINING Ends 115cm wrde 1 99 m [hiiti Selection' L HEN-LOOK SMTLNG 115cm wide, 100% cotton, Our Reg. 7.98 Ke!iijil_Sitlegt Ts'b'cF'wnEe' --- '500/0 Our Reg 10 98 T OFF this 'competitive pricing' occurs. the advert 9 00 140 Rebecca St. Oakville 844-7728 urchase ;i)iifilliiiig WEB. w. 665t CANADA'S URGES! 499* Cotton ',itt,etiiiijiiiiiii"iiiime m “nu. I"yn"rIyn 150cmw'oe - 25.9 'i,b,lil,iT7,,ni,,ag,,,i, tty doing their job," countered Capponi. "Hey, I was told that working with people was too stress- ful and I needed to learn to uphol- ster furniture." For those who are afraid to work because they might lose the security of their provincial pensions, Capponi noted that a new program. Fresh Start, is addressing this issue. In the process of being set up by the Welfare Consumer Advisory Committee, it will not penalize sur- vivors for working. Currently. she said, too many of them try to work, fail at it, and then have to go back on welfare. "Most of them are scared already l Every! Cotton 5 0m log. Plies (rCrr,i,)),,,1,,jsRtrg,,y,T,ti,,ls,i,i,r,p, J, DE] rlable in all stores. Look for the red sale tags. Please Note: in Ice lower than Fabnclandfs regular chain-store price. Where d savrngs will be off Fabriclanif's regular chaIn-store price. FASHIOI FABRIC DISTRIBUTOR to write resumes in a non-stressful environment. update or learn basic computer skills and have any work-relat- ed problems addressed and remedied. Why hire psychiatric survivors? Mull believes employers get more by hiring her clients than other employees. "What do they get? They get somebody who's gone through a training system, somebody reliable, someone who is supported at the job site by people like myself and, besides that, the employer gets an initial subsidy," she said. "Even in this recession, that's a lot." For more information, call Jean Mull at 338-l Ill 90cm wide, Our Reg. 3.98 m KNIT Ends Entire Stock! Entre Stock Polyester/cotton Our Reg. 7.98 m Jean Mull H H