WorkBC Princeton Celebrates Winning Service! 

Edythe works as a Job Coach & Support Worker for Princeton & District Community Services Society and has been there for a little over a year. With a background in training & curriculum development, she assists clients to achieve goals for positive growth. 

She helps to create opportunities for her clients to be considered for employment; such as; assessing the workplace for client accommodations or using assistive technology, assisting clients to learn tasks, to provide consistent job coaching and ensure clear communication is made between the employer and employee.  She explains “Pro Moments” happen often and ensures fun and a having a blast is included in her “training” approach! 

Edythe credits Princeton & District Community Services Culture of “Teamwork” and acknowledges their “Innovation”. It encourages her to create a fun atmosphere for training, fosters trust and builds client relations.  Gloria Gagnon, Employment Program Director for PDCSS says “Edythe excels at her job because she lights up, in both her heart and eyes, which the clients can feel”. 

Edythe describes the “Why” in her work; “When clients have everyday growth, that my why”.  She also speaks to the special Dynamic that is cultivated between clients and staff.   

Edythe recalled a time when she and her client were in WorkBC and she saw a poster for a JOB FAIR in Penticton.  She quickly decided that her clients (3 of them) needed to be apart of this experience! 

In short order Edythe arranged the community bus and had her clients sign up for a WorkBC Job Fair Workshop to prepare for the Job Fair adventure. With Edythe’s focus and coaching skills, clients began practicing there new Job Fair Prep skills, WorkBC provided access to free interview clothing through Princeton Hospital Auxiliary.  At WorkBC they had resumes copied and then they were off to the Job Fair in Penticton.

Her clients were prepared to shine, sell their skills, and ask questions about the jobs available. They handed out their resumes, every last one of them!   Edythe truly is a gift to her clients and our community; helping to creating inclusive workplaces and equitable opportunities for all the clients she so passionately serves!!  Thank you Edythe, from the WorkBC team in Princeton!!