Core Competencies reflect the needs of our workforce by recognizing the professional nature of Developmental Services, recruiting the right people, building leadership capacity and ultimately enhancing the lives of the people we support.
Developmental Services Workforce Initiative
The Developmental Services Workforce Initiative was formed with the focus to address one aspect of Journey to Belonging: Choice and Inclusion, namely, Planning for a Skilled Workforce. This part of the plan is about supporting a skilled, diverse and professional workforce that will help people participate meaningfully in their communities and live good lives.
Modernizing the Core Competencies is one component to support this outcome.
Core Competencies are available in English and French.
Visit the Developmental Services Workforce Initiative Page to learn more.
Monthly Core Competency Café
The Core Competency Café is a limited series of events taking place virtually.
Please Note: The Core Competency Café is open to and geared toward those who are leading the implementation of the new Core Competencies within their agency, families who hire their own staff , and members of colleges.
Join us for a 1-hour interactive session to discuss and share information or ideas on how people are implementing Core Competencies across the province. This is a time to come together, hear more about the intentions of the work and learn from each other about emerging practices to roll out this work.
Core Competency Café Presentations
| Session Topic | Date | Video Recording | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Competencies and the Emerging Leaders Program at Karis Disability Services | May 14, 2026 | Click Here for Recording | N/A |
| Lancement de la version française du site des compétences de base en services de développement ! (Launching the French Core Competencies Website) | March 5, 2026 | Click Here for Recording | N/A |
| Spotlighting Core Competency Website Resources | February 19, 2026 | Click Here for Recording | N/A |
| Spotlighting the Strategic Thinking Competency | May 20, 2025 | Click Here for Recording | N/A |
| Spotlighting the Resource Management Competency | April 16, 2025 | Click Here for Recording | N/A |
| Spotlighting the Valuing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Competency | March 12, 2025 | Click Here for Recording | Click here for PowerPoint Presentation |
| Spotlighting the Resilience Competency | February 12, 2025 | Click Here for Recording | Click here for PowerPoint Presentation |
| Spotlighting the Problem Solving & Decision Making Competency | January 15, 2025 | Click Here for Recording | Click Here for The Martian Video Clip |
| Spotlighting the Inclusive Leadership Competency | November 13, 2024 | Click Here for Recording | Click Here for Inclusive Leadership Definition Video Click Here for Ted Lasso Video Clip |
| Spotlighting the Facilitating Growth and Development Competency | October 16, 2024 | Click Here for Recording | Click Here for Facilitating Growth and Development Definition Video Click Here for Karate Kid 2 Basic of Life Video |
| Spotlighting the Championing Change and Innovation Competency | September 18, 2024 | Click Here for Recording | Click Here for Championing Change and Innovation Definition Video Click Here for Ted Lasso Edited Change Video |
| Spotlighting the Building Relationships Competency | July 8, 2024 | Click here for Recording | N/A |
| Spotlighting the Advocacy Competency | May 29, 2024 | Click here for Recording | Click here for Advocacy Definition Video Click here for Erin Brockovich Video |
| Streamlining Implementation: Core Competency Templates for Busy Professionals | April 29, 2024 | Click here for Recording | Click here for PowerPoint presentation |
| Meet Corey Competency! | March 27, 2024 | Click here for Recording | N/A |
| Mentorship & Coaching | January 17, 2024 | Click here for recording | Click here for PowerPoint presentation |
| How to Get Buy-In | December 4, 2023 | Click here for recording | Click here for PowerPoint presentation |
| Sharing Your Core Competency Implementation Journey | October 18, 2023 | Click here for recording | N/A |
| Self-Assessments | June 7, 2023 | Click here for recording | N/A |
| Behavioural-Based Interviewing | May 3, 2023 | Click here for recording | N/A |
| Ideas on How to Create a Core Competencies Implementation Plan for your Workplace | April 5, 2023 | Click here for recording | Click here for documents Click here for infographic documents |
| Examining the Core Competencies' Growth Stages | March 1, 2023 | Click here for recording | Click here for documents |
| Introduction | February 1, 2023 | Click here for recording | Click here for documents |
Share the resources and tools you’re using to implement Core Competencies with other agencies across the DS Sector.