Union and Peer Counselling
Workers Helping Workers: Join our Network of Peer Counsellors.
The partnership between United Way of Peterborough & District and the Labour Movement has been active since 1995.
As a part of this partnership, United Way of Peterborough & District provides a customized training program for
local workers who would like to serve as a union or peer counsellor in their workplace.
Counsellors act as a link between the Labour Movement and local social service agencies.
Who Benefits?
You! Become both a leader and a resource in your workplace.
Your union! Union counsellors provide a new value-added service to members.
Your company! Counsellors will be an important component in making the workplace a healthier, happier place to be.
Your labour movement! Counsellors know first-hand what new services are available and can help identify gaps in the community.
Your community! As a counsellor, you help have the opportunity to increase the awareness of the need to provide fair,
affordable, sensitive and easy-to-reach community services for people from all walks of life.
What You Learn
Participants will learn about the following subjects:
Unions & Communities Working Together
Community Services
Principles of Communication
Interviewing & Listening Skills
Dealing with Diversity
Violence
Addictions
Implementing the Program
Employment Insurance
Stress
The Basic Course*
This program runs for eight weeks (one session per week) at a cost of $120.00. If you are interested or would like more information,
contact Bill Astell, Director, Labour Community Services and Development, at (705) 742-8839 or
* Advanced workshops are periodically offered by the Peterborough and District Labour Council
and deal with a specific topic for the entire course.
To download the Union and Peer Counselling Course Registration Package,
click here. To download tHe Union and Peer Counselling Poster,
click here.
To download tHe Union and Peer Counselling Poster,
