Applying for a High School Co-op Student Placement

• Please provide the reference form to two professional references. Employment and/or volunteer references are preferred. Should you not have employment or volunteer references, we will consider teachers, professors, coaches, aquatic leadership instructors, community leaders, or other professional references. 
• Your references should be able to answer questions about your ability to provide direct support to programs and services for children and youth with disabilities.

• If you are retired or have been outside of the work force for some time, it is acceptable to submit former professionally-related references or references from part-time work or volunteering that you have recently participated in, such as at-home child care for your neighbours or volunteering in community centre activities.
• Your references should return the completed forms to you. An electronic copy of the completed forms will need to be included in your application. Please ensure that if you receive any paper copies from your references, that they are converted to an electronic copy to attach with your application.

• Family members, friends, and/or friends of the family may not provide personal references. We may consider references from people in this group if you have been employed on a paid or volunteer basis, for example, if you have worked as a babysitter, tutor, or have had other employment with them. If you are asking a person in this category for a reference, please let them know that they:
  • Should complete the reference with the work that you have done for them in mind; and
  • Should not write the reference based on how they know you personally.

• Should your reference prefer, or be required, to submit their completed reference to us confidentially, please have them email the document to us at volunteers@hollandblooriew.ca.
• If this process is selected, please upload a blank document with the header Reference Submitted Confidentially.

New to Better Impact?

• If you are new to Better Impact and haven't used MyImpactPage.com before, please follow the instructions under the section titled "I am new to MyImpactPage.com."

Existing Better Impact User?

• For those who already have an existing account—whether you are a returning volunteer who has been away for over three years or a volunteer with another organization using Better Impact—please refer to the section titled "I have a username."

Submitting your Application and Confirmation

• Once you've completed the application form, ensure you click the "Submit Application" button at the end of the form. You will then receive an email confirmation acknowledging that your application has been successfully received.

Incomplete applications or stand alone references can only be held on file for a period of one (1) month. After this time, applications will be archived and stand alone references deleted.

• Our preferred method of communication is via email. Should you require assistance in completing an application in another format, please contact us at volunteers@hollandbloorview.ca or at (416) 422-7033.
• In the event that a suitable volunteer position is not available at the time your application is received, your application will be retained for a period of one (1) year and will be reviewed periodically as volunteer positions become available.