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BC Employment Program (BCEP)
Definitions
Bridging Employment Programs (BEP)
Community Assistance Program (CAP)
Employment Insurance (EI) Eligible
Employment Insurance (EI) Reachback
Expected to Work - Medical Condition (ETW-MC)
Individualized Services and Supports (ISS)
BCEP Employment
An individual is working a minimum of 70 hours per month at minimum wage, or receiving employment income totalling at least $560 per month.
Bridging Employment Programs (BEP)
Provides services to assist survivors of violence and abuse to overcome employment barriers that prevent them from making successful transitions to sustainable employment.
Client Intake
Client Intake is one of two categories of Client Services in the BCEP Job Club and Modified Original, and is one of the three categories in original BCEP.
Client Services
Client Intake and Individualized Services and Supports (ISS) are the two categories of services in the BCEP Job Club, and Modified Original. In the original BCEP, the three categories of services are Client Intake, Directed Work Search (DWS), and Individualized Services and Supports (ISS). BC Employment Program (BCEP) client services are the direct responsibility of the contractor.
Cohort
A group of clients accepted into the BC Employment Program within a specified three month period.
Community Assistance Program (CAP)
Employment elements of this ministry program have been replaced by the BC Employment Program.
Contractor (Prime Contractor)
The organization contracted to deliver BC Employment Program services within a Service Delivery Bundle.
Directed Work Search (DWS)
Directed Work Search (DWS) is one of three categories of Client Services in the original BC Employment Program.
Note: DWS is no longer a Client Service in the BCEP Job Club or Modified Original.
Employment Continuum
The continuum from barriered clients through to clients Independent of income assistance.
Employment Insurance (EI) Eligible
Refers to:
- EI claimants being topped up by Income assistance (IA), or
- Employment Insurance (EI) Reachback
Employment Insurance (EI) Reachback
An unemployed person who has had an Employment Insurance (EI) claim in the three years before he or she applied for income assistance or has received maternity or parental benefits in a period that began no more than five years before he or she applied for income assistance.
Note: EI Reachback refers to clients that have exhausted their EI Part l financial benefits.
Employment Plan (EP)
A legal document outlining the activities and expectations which income assistance applicants and recipients are required to follow in becoming employed or more employable, including the timeframe. When required by the ministry, entering into and complying with an Employment Plan is a condition of eligibility for assistance.
[see Resources for Staff: Employment Plan Standards]
Expected to Work (ETW)
Expected to Work - Medical Condition (ETW-MC)
A client with a temporary medical, drug or alcohol, or mental health condition that interferes with the client’s ability to gain employment.
Governance Framework
The structure and process implemented to manage the relationship between the contractor and the ministry, as well as identified contract performance, changes or issues.
[see Resources for Staff: Governance Framework]
Independence or Independent
The point in time when a person is no longer in receipt of income assistance.
Individualized Services and Supports (ISS)
Individualized Services and Supports (ISS) is one of two categories of client services in the BCEP Job Club and Modified Original and is one of three categories in the original BC Employment Program.
Intensive Employment Services
An array of employment services, including but not limited to Job Search Club, short term certificate training and life skills (limited in scope) provided within the first thirty days of Individualized Services and Supports (ISS).
Participant Plan
A plan within the BC Employment Program (BCEP), developed by the contractor in consultation with a client in Individualized Services and Supports (ISS), the purpose of which is to assist each client to develop their employment goals, to identify expectation for the client’s participation in ISS, and to document the services and Supports that will be provided in order to achieve increased employability and employment objectives. It also documents the client’s skills, strengths and barriers to BCEP Employment.
[see Resources for Staff: ISS Participant Plan Standards]
Pause
A ministry-approved postponement of a client’s services in the BC Employment Program for a period of between 14 days and three months.
Referral
The ministry will determine eligibility for referral to the BC Employment Program (BCEP) based on BCEP Referral Guidelines, for those likely to proceed along the employment continuum to find sustainable employment. Once eligibility is determined, the file is transferred to a BCEP contractor.
Service Delivery Bundle
There are nine geographic areas of British Columbia established for the purposes of contracting with the ministry to deliver the BC Employment Program.
Service Provider
An organization that provides direct client services. A contractor is also a Service Provider if they deliver client services themselves, and they may also engage subcontractors as service providers.
Strengths and Barriers
Information collected by contractors regarding a BC Employment Program (BCEP) client’s employability strengths and barriers upon their completion of BCEP and return to the ministry. Strengths and Barriers information contains fourteen characteristics with 4 levels of intensity ranging from no barriers to significant barriers.
[see Resources for Staff: Strengths and Barriers Chart]
Subcontractor
The organization sub-contracted to a prime contractor to deliver BC Employment Program (BCEP) services within a Service Delivery Bundle.
Supports
Financial assistance for supports, such as transportation and childcare assistance, may be provided to a client to enable them to participate in receiving BC Employment Program (BCEP) services.
