A voluntary program that helps Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability benefit recipients return to work.
Individuals receiving a CPP disability benefit may be eligible for vocational counseling, financial support for training, and job-search services.
Services offered
may include:
- Employment counselling and guidance: One-on-one guidance to identify needs, assess education and current job skills, discuss work goals and find out about the current local job market
- Planning a return to work: A vocational rehabilitation specialist will help develop an individualized return-to-work rehabilitation plan in consultation with the treating doctor or nurse practitioner
- Improving skills/retraining: CPP may cover the costs to improve skills, upgrade education or retrain to secure a job
- Developing job-search skills: After work-related rehabilitation is completed, the vocational rehabilitation specialist can help participants find work