Family Registration

The purpose of the Worker Bank is to make the process of recruiting and contracting Special Needs Workers easier for families. Once your registration is received, a Worker Bank Coordinator will contact you to confirm your request for in-home support. The Worker Bank will then be a resource to you for selecting your own Special Needs Worker. The names of suitable workers will be provided to you as they become available.

The Worker Bank will not make referrals of workers but will facilitate connecting families with various Special Needs Workers based on the families' needs and the workers' availability and skills. You independently hire the worker.

It is important to understand that a worker is not an employee of the Worker Bank, they are your employee!  It is up to you to select, interview and hire your worker(s).

It is important to contact the Worker Bank Coordinator as soon as:

• you have hired a worker
• if your needs have changed
• if you no longer wish to receive names but would like to remain registered with the Worker Bank 
• if you would like to be removed from the Worker Bank.

This will ensure that your information remains current and worker profiles provided are those that match your current need.

The following are two versions of our Family Registration:

• Online Family Registration

  If you have previously registered with respiteservices.com, and have a received a username and password, please login to access your registration information.

  If you are interested in accessing respite information and services in Ottawa, (including TheWorker Bank) and do not have a username and password, please complete the family online registration form.

  NOTE: You must submit the Family Registration, Consent and the Family Agreement and Release form (which follows the submission of the application form) in order for your application to be processed.

• If you would prefer to submit the forms by mail or Fax, please print the following package:

• Family Registration Package

Mail to:
Worker Bank
200-150 Montreal Road
Ottawa ON
K1L 8H2

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