Commitment to Immigration and Community Support

Commitment:

Part A: Supported Referral Systems (For new hires during on-boarding)

Meet with Settlement Services in the Bow Valley to customize and embed a supported referral system for your organization, including on-boarding and transitioning to Permanent Residency. This will include creating a Standard Operating Procedure outlining the following:

• a. Upon hire, provide eligible foreign-born employees with a Newcomers to Canada information card and help them to complete a Newcomers to Canada Sign Up Form if needed.

• b. Within 30-days of employee start date, provide eligible employees with reminder Information Cards.

• c. (If applicable) Host an on-site 1-hour “Bow Valley Essentials” orientation facilitated by SSBV for new foreign-born employees with the same first language who require support with English communication, within 30 days of employee start date. These sessions are offered with interpretation at no cost to employers for a minimum of 8 employees meeting the above criteria. 

  • Example: An employer has hired 12 new refugee employees from the same country of origin/region with minimal English. SSBV will deliver an information session in their preferred language to ensure strong community connections and workplace integration as early as possible.

Evidence: Standard Operating Procedure, approved by SSBV.

Part B: Community Connections (For ongoing support and changing immigration statuses)

• a. Create a Standard Operating Procedure to facilitate supported referrals when employees transition from temporary resident to Permanent Resident of Canada (PR). For example, when employees provide new SIN numbers for payroll, employers automatically connect them to Settlement Services in the Bow Valley.

• b. Provide a link to the Newcomers to Canada Sign Up Form and QR code in regular employee communication (eg: newsletters, pay slips, internal social media). This should be at least once a month.

• c. Post the Settlement Services in the Bow Valley information card and/or sheet in a central employee space (eg: employee break rooms, Central Information Hubs, or other information space).