Practical Solutions?<\/span><\/h3>\nPractical Solutions<\/span> provides objective, well-researched and impartial assessments. Our results never depend on who has retained us, but on fair, thorough and unbiased evaluations.<\/p>\nOur Vocational Services<\/h2>\nVocational Profiling<\/span><\/h3>\nWhen someone refuses to consider the possibility of entering the workforce, claiming inability due to various employment barriers (lengthy absence, lack of updated skills, age, or psychological barriers), and a vocational profile can be completed to determine the highest level of occupational capacity and imputed income a party can achieve.<\/p>\n
Conducted through a client interview utilizing standardized testing or paper evaluation process, the vocational profile will provide evidence about a spouse\u2019s ability to secure employment, a sincere and appropriate effort to search for a position that matches his or her abilities and earnings. The Vocational profile provides workable recommendations to maximize vocational potential which assists the practitioner and the court to determine appropriate maintenance.<\/p>\n
Psycho-Vocational Evaluation<\/h3>\n
Particularly effective when a clients self perception of emotional scarring prevents them from attempting to re-enter the workforce. This assessment adds a psycho-diagnostic component to the vocational evaluation (standardized testing) by evaluating a client\u2019s general personality, cognitive ability, emotional stability and intellectual functioning to better determine whether a client is psychologically fit to work or retrain in any given capacity.<\/p>\n
Labour Market Surveys (LMS)<\/h3>\n
Substantiates recommendations outlined in the Vocational Profile or Psycho-Vocational Evaluation reports by providing data on actual labour market conditions, the existence and availability of employment and skill requirements for more accurate determination of vocational options in a party\u2019s geographical region. Information is obtained through direct contact with employers as well as documented empirical statistical data.<\/p>\n
The Evaluation Process<\/h3>\n\n- Client interview where possible, although, a vocational profile can be conducted without the benefit of a personal interview.<\/li>\n
- Examination prior experiences; all employment, job performance, education, training, volunteer roles, hobbies, interests, family and community responsibilities.<\/li>\n
- Vocational standardized testing.<\/li>\n
- Determine if additional training or education or re-orientation (on the job training) is required and how it can be obtained.<\/li>\n
- Labour market surveys.<\/li>\n
- Preparation of a detailed objective report summarizing the evaluation of that person\u2019s potential including earning capacity. The report will include recommended occupational options, training or educational requirements and career assistance if indicated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Use a Vocational Specialist When: <\/p>\n
Questions arise about a spouse\u2019s ability to obtain the highest level of employment and earning capacity. A spouse refuses to find equivalent employment claiming inability due to various employment barriers. A spouse is employed in a family business or in a volunteer position and there is uncertainty how his\/her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":98,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalsolutions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalsolutions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalsolutions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalsolutions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalsolutions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/practicalsolutions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/practicalsolutions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions\/137"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalsolutions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalsolutions.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}