Alberta Community Disability Services

Innovative Practices

Supporting people with disabilities to be part of communities is thoughtful, skilled work. It is important that people working in the sector continue to strive for leading edge in quality supports and organizations create an internal environment which fosters creativity. Innovative Practices highlights some of the exciting ideas and practices being implement in our field.

Best Practices in Recruitment and Retention

The challenges we need your help to overcome

Like many other industries, many service providers in the field of community disability services are also facing human resource challenges, especially labour shortages. These struggles are forcing service providers to be creative and adaptive in recruiting and retaining their staff.

There is good news though! There are many strategies that can help you and others like you plan for the sustainability of your workforce and overcome these shortages. On this website we are highlighting recruitment and retention strategies that organizations are using.

Employer of Choice in Calgary

On July 31, 2008 the HUB Team for the Employer of Choice officially began our "Framework for Collaboration" for the Employer of Choice Initiative. The six agencies involved are very excited with this initiative and would like to share our learning's and progress within the Community Disability Service sector.

Attached is the introduction to the Employer of Choice Initiative and the Employer of Choice "Framework for Collaboration". We believe this would be a great opportunity for all service providers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the Employer of Choice Initiative. Click here for more information.

View the complete article in our IN THE LOOP newsletter - ISS 02 Summer 2007