SUMMER JOBS SERVICE

The Summer Jobs Service Program offered through TRACKS Employment Services, provides students with job search support and jobs during the summer months. The program is available from April to September up to a maximum of 16 week. SJS assists students to find summer employment by providing relevant resources and information.

TRACKS Employment Services supports summer employment for students by providing:

Students with information, knowledge and skills to find a job on their own
Support for students to access jobs that provide a rewarding work experience
Job search workshops that inform students about the workplace and employers’ rules and expectations, including workplace health and safety
Employers with access to students who are ready and willing to work in the summer; and
Employers with a $2.00 per hour hiring incentive to hire youth in the summer

The Summer Jobs program connects employers to a coordinator to assist them with advertising open positions, applying for the program, and submitting required paperwork. The program also assists students who are looking for meaningful summer employment by connecting them to open job postings, help with resumes and applications, and other employment service needs.

ELIGIBILITY:

Student eligibility for a summer job placement with hiring incentive:

Students must be:

15 – 30 years of age
Planning to return to school in the fall
Eligible to work in Canada
Hired by a person who is not their immediate relative (for example, son, daughter, spouse, brother, sister); and
Not currently working for the employer applying for the hiring incentive

Students whose part-time jobs (24 hours per week or less) can be increased to full-time (35 hours per week or more) by participating in the Summer Jobs Service Program.

Employers must:

Provide employment in Ontario
Be in the private, non-profit or broader public sector (municipalities, schools, universities, colleges, hospitals)
Demonstrate the ability to provide the job placement with adequate supervision
Place participants on the company’s payroll and provide the same employment terms, conditions, and benefits as for all regular employees
Maintain appropriate WSIB or alternate workplace safety insurance coverage
Have adequate third party general liability insurance as advised by its insurance broker

The Employer must not:

Hire the student(s) before applying for the program
Hire immediate family members
Be receiving government funds from any other source for the same student
Replace staff who are on lay-off

For more information contact TRACKS Employment Services at (705) 444-1580.

Current Summer Jobs