Ruth Armstrong
Vision Management Services


 

    

Misson:
Ontario Rehabilitation, Work and Community (ORWC) is a professional association representing organizations which provide innovative training to assist individuals with significant barriers to make the transition to employment and community based alternatives.

Vision:
ORWC works to promote, develop and implement services that are reflective of integration and community interaction.

Benefits of being an ORWC Member

  1. Provides a forum for many organizations and agencies to share their successes and learn from one another

  2. Quarterly newsletters: The Community Forum

  3. Provincial body that advocates to the government on policy impacting people with barriers to community inclusion

  4. Provincial voice on the development of government policy and directions

  5. Timely info faxes on recent and upcoming activities across the province

  6. Provides professional training in areas identified by members through a variety of forums including a Provincial Conference

  7. Annual Members Information Day

Our Mission will be accomplished by:

  • ORWC providing current and professional training, to our members, through annual conferences and timely workshops across the province.

  • ORWC lobbying and advocating for our members as we comment on public policy and promote excellence in service provision.

  • ORWC promoting and supporting the essential services our membership provides to individuals facing significant barriers to full community participation.

  • ORWC providing timely communication as a forum for the exchange of ideas and the identification of issues that are relevant to the field of vocational rehabilitation.

  • ORWC assisting member agencies in their pursuit to develop and implement innovative solutions to employment and community-based alternatives.

  • ORWC continuing to support and promote the strong collective experience and expertise of our membership.

  • ORWC providing a network where national and international practitioners can share and exchange strategies in the research and development of the vocational rehabilitation profession.