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Mental Health Forum

Register now to join us for our Virtual Mental Health Forum on October 21-22. Our two-day program focuses on building resilience and supporting clients' complex needs through difficult and uncertain times.

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Virtual Training

Register now for upcoming virtual training opportunities to build your skills in areas like managing through change, handling and resolving difficult conversations, managing depression and anxiety, building resiliency and more.

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Annual Report

In 2019, OMSSA laid the building blocks to be nimble, flexible and responsive for our members in 2020. Read our Annual Report for highlights and key accomplishments from 2019.

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Job Board

Find your next great candidate or your next opportunity on OMSSA's Human Services Job Board, with new postings from across Ontario added every week.

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News

OMSSA Shares Updates at 2020 Annual General Meeting

OMSSA's hosted its 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually on Friday, September 25, 2020. Learn more about the key highlights.

New Virtual Training

Register now for fall/winter virtual training opportunities, with courses on resolving difficult conversations, managing through change, building resiliency, understanding depression and anxiety and more.

Customized SAMS Training

Struggling with SAMS? OMSSA can work with to develop, customize and deliver a SAMS training plan for you and your team, in virtual or in-person formats.

OMSSA's 2019 Annual Report

OMSSA’s 2019 Annual Report is now available. Have a look to learn about key milestones and accomplishments from 2019.

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Coming Up

Oct

5-9

OW Directives and SAMS Training: Living with Parents / Co-Residency

This virtual training series will examine Directives, OW Regulations, Clearinghouses and SAMS technology on living with parent circumstances where eligibility exists...

Oct

14-16

Resolving Difficult Conversations (Advanced)

This advanced workshop picks up where our foundational "Making Difficult Conversations Easier" left off, exploring advanced techniques and conversations tools,...

Oct

21-22

2020 Virtual Mental Health Forum

OMSSA’s 2020 Virtual Mental Health Forum will focus on building the skills and understanding to bolster resiliency and self-care for those working in...

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Policy Updates

Federal Throne Speech Promises Investments in Child Care, Housing, Expanded EI Eligibility and More

Prime Minister Trudeau delivered the federal Speech from the Throne today, promising new investments in child care, housing and more. Read more in OMSSA's summary.

Province Tightens Limits on Social Gathering Sizes

In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Province is reducing limits on the number of people permitted to attend social gatherings across the entire province, to a limit of 10 people at an indoor event and 25 people at an outdoor event. Read more in the Province's news release.

Ontario Introduces Legislation to Freeze Residential Rent in 2021

The Province introduced the Helping Tenants and Small Businesses Act in Ontario's legislature. If passed, the act would freeze rent in 2021 for most rent-controlled and non-rent-controlled residential units, as well as extend the province's ban on commercial evictions. Learn more in their news release.

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