Pathways | Programs for Newcomers

Programs for Newcomers

Disability Services, Employment, Family / Parenting, Financial, Immigrant and Refugee Services, Legal, Social / Recreational, and Youth Services

Provided by Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS)

Provides a broad spectrum of programs and services to assist new and recent immigrants which includes Employment Programs, Settlement Services, Language Services and Social Programs

Programs and services Includes:

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VRS): This program provides specific employment-related services designed to help injured workers gain, maintain, and improve skills that allow them to return to the labour market. These services are intended to assist injured workers to return to suitable employment and to obtain the best possible return to work outcomes.

The Legal Advocacy Program: This program focuses on supporting seasonal farm workers in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley through legal education, advocacy, and resource access.

WorkBC: Program provides free comprehensive employment support services in British Columbia for unemployed individuals over 16. Offering resources such as job search assistance, workshops on various employment-related topics, and one-on-one counselling, this program is dedicated to helping residents legally able to work in Canada find suitable employment.

The Retail, Warehousing, Supply Chain, and Logistics Program: Program empowers eligible participants, especially Recent Immigrants, Refugees, and Visible Minorities with limited Canadian education, working experience and language proficiency. Participants will graduate with a postsecondary credential, equipped with foundational knowledge and skills for the Retail or Warehousing industry for sustainable employment.

The Foreign Credential Recognition (FCR) Loans Program: The program helps Internationally Trained Professionals to get back into their professional field or alternative related career field. The program also offers multiple loan amounts up to $30,000, depending on the process, to cover the cost of credentialing along with a flexible repayment schedule. Also provide career guidance such as job readiness workshops, resume building, wraparound services, and employment coaching.

Career Paths: The program assists permanent residents and refugees to find employment that fully utilizes their pre-arrival skills, experience, and education by providing customized action plans, Canadian work experience and networking opportunities, improving English proficiency and providing supports to navigate the process and financial cost of certification in British Columbia.

The IRCC Settlement & Integration Program: Program offers settlement and integration services to IRCC-eligible clients in the city of Surrey, North Delta and White Rock with the overall goal of ensuring that the settlement and integration needs of newcomers and refugees are met in order to enhance their social and economic integration.

The English for the Workplace program: Offers free classes for newcomers to improve English and learn job search skills.

Digital Connect: Free Basic computer and employment training for Newcomer Women Aged 19+.

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Program: Offers culturally sensitive training, which includes relevant information and orientation, as well as one-on-one advice in the process of starting your own business in Canada.

BC Newcomer Services Program (BCNSP): Offers settlement and integration services to eligible clients in the cities of Surrey, North Delta and White Rock to support the social and economic integration of newcomers to the province who are not eligible for federal settlement services and face unique barriers and challenges to integration that necessitate settlement supports.

The Employment & Settlement Support for People with Disabilities: provides customized and individualized job search-related support for immigrants with disabilities. It aims to assist eligible clients to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment by overcoming barriers and challenges when entering the Canadian labor market. The services are provided one-on-one and/or in group settings based on clients’ needs and preferences.

The Intercultural Skills for Success Training Project (ISST): A transformative initiative designed to empower Canadians who are looking for work or higher education. Formerly Essential Skills, the Skills for Success model is for all Canadians who need to improve their foundational and transferable skills. The model responds to the needs of the current and future labour market.

The FCR for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHP): FCR ensures that education and foreign work experience align with Canadian standards, creating a smooth transition for skilled professionals. The program’s objectives include increasing awareness, minimizing FCR process barriers, offering Canadian work experience, and supporting inter-provincial mobility in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.

The Intercultural Digital Hospitality Skills Accelerator Training Program: The program provides foundational and functional digital skills to individuals seeking employment opportunities or transitioning to employment in the digital hospitality industry. The project focuses on foundational and functional digital skills, which include basic digital literacy and proficiency in using computers, navigating digital tools, and understanding internet usage.

Financial Literacy workshops: Delivered by Vancity and PICS, focus on culturally relevant financial education.

Location finder: https://pics.bc.ca/about-us/contact-us/

604 596-7722

Website: https://pics.bc.ca/programs/

#205, 12725 80th Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia, V3W 3A6

Wheelchair accessible.

Service is available in Arabic, Dari, English, Farsi, Hindi, Pashto, Punjabi, and Urdu.

Cost: No cost