The abuse, possession or sale of alcohol, drugs or medications by staff, volunteers or learners while on agency business will not be tolerated.
Students, staff or volunteers under the influence of alcohol or drugs while performing activities for the agency will be subject to disciplinary action.
Any staff, learner or volunteer under the influence of alcohol or drugs will immediately be denied participation in the program.Three incidents will result in that individual’s termination from any involvement with our agency.
We are an equal opportunity agency.
Our organization respects the need to maintain confidential medical and health information concerning all staff, learners and volunteers unless it is directly pertinent to individual’s ability to teach or learn. Persons with AIDS or other communicable diseases will not be identified unless they voluntarily offer the information.
This agency will ask for medical information from potential staff, learners and volunteers only if it is directly related to the performance of their duties for this organization.
Wherever possible, our agency seeks to offer service and opportunities to potential learners, staff and/or volunteers regardless of their physical abilities.Within our organizational resources, our agency will make every attempt to provide appropriate accommodations so that participation in our programs will not be restricted by physical limitations.
As a learner-centred agency, we recognize a wide variety of learning styles and learning disabilities. Wherever possible, we will work collaboratively with other community agencies to serve or refer individuals with special needs.
While our agency seeks to assist in the literacy development of adults in our community, we are limited in our mandate and resources.We reserve the right to refer certain individuals with special needs if we feel we do not have the equipment, resources or expertise to adequately serve that person.
We welcome volunteers with disabilities. All efforts, within our organizational resources, will be made to accommodate volunteers who have special needs, provided they meet the requirements for that position.