Work placements offered through Kohai LIFE provide participants with on the job experience in a fun, social environment. We have partnered with local businesses and charities in our community, offering diverse placement experiences. Current placement partners include Cineplex, Salvation Army Thrift Store, The Bull, St. Louis Bar & Grill and The Sweet Potato.

What do Kohai LIFE work placements entail?

Cineplex

Job tasks at Cineplex include:

• Maintaining the theatre’s lobby area by identifying and tidying any messes

• Checking theatres for garbage left behind once a movie has finished and clean as required

• Performing washroom checks and ensuring washrooms meet hygiene standards set out by Cineplex management

• Maintaining and cleaning the arcade as requested by shift management

• Working at the podium checking tickets and guiding guests to their theatre
  
  *All tasks are currently performed as supervised by a job coach or Cineplex staff member

Salvation Army Thrift Store

Job tasks at the Salvation Army Thrift Store include:

• Organizing the inventory of books to look neat and tidy by placing titles in the correct sections

• Re-stocking an array of books onto shelves as assigned by the store manager

• Organizing shoes by colour and type

• Maintaining and cleaning the store floor as required

• Organizing clothing on racks by clothing type and size

*All tasks are currently performed as supervised by a Kohai LIFE job coach.

St. Louis Bar & Grill

Job tasks at St. Louis Bar & Grill include:

• Wiping down restaurant table and chairs using a wet cloth

• Organizing and setting the tables for the opening of the restaurant

• Wiping down menus

• Sweeping and mopping the floor

The Bull: A Firkin Restaurant

Job tasks at The Bull include:

• Switching on TVs and lamps in the restaurant

• Organizing and placing chairs at tables

• Filling ice tray at the bar

• Dusting the ledges and baseboards in the restaurant

THE SWEET POTATO

Job tasks at The Sweet Potato include:

• Front-facing products

• Organizing shopping carts and baskets

• Cleaning glass surfaces

Skills and Goals

Beyond teaching the job tasks involved in these work placements, we are also teaching vocational skills that will assist the participants in better coping in the work environment. It is the goal of the vocational skills to help the participants fit in and work more seamlessly in a work environment. The following vocational skills are being taught as informed by the Assessment Functional Living Skills (AFLS) tool;

• Follows verbal instructions 

• Follows written instructions

• Identifies supervisors and pays attention while they speak

• Repeats instructions given by a supervisor

• Focuses on job duties for a designated timeframe

• Performs all tasks assigned including non-preferred tasks

An important element of Kohai LIFE’s programming is setting achievable, realistic and meaningful goals for our participants to meet. We want our goals to really benefit our participants in their day-to-day lives and to give them a better chance to succeed in their own personal goals moving through their adult years. 

We have designed our job placement programme as informed by the AFLS assessment tool. Participants are assessed every 6 weeks via AFLS to track their progress and to allow for their goals to be adjusted according to their progress.

Here’s what one of our work placement partners has to say about Kohai LIFE: