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Individual Case Management


Overview: February 28, 2006

Effective: February 28, 2006

Front line staff translate BC Employment and Assistance legislation, regulations, and policy into practice.  Case management is primarily the responsibility of the Employment and Assistance Worker (EAW).

EAWs are responsible for overall management of individual clients’ cases, which includes initiating and reviewing employment plans, assistance reviews, file closure, notifying clients about changes in eligibility, conducting home visits, residency verifications, and measures to detect and prevent fraud.  Employment Consultants (ECs), Employment Program for Persons with Disabilities Service Coordinators (EPPD SCs), and contracted service providers may also have a role in managing the provision of employment-related supports.  Other EIA staff manage the provision of other ministry services, such as family maintenance.

EAWs are responsible for assisting clients to reach their full social and economic potential.  They must balance the two inter-related roles of determining eligibility and supporting clients to employment.

Contracted services support the efforts of the EIA case manager in helping clients become independent of assistance through sustainable employment.