Logic Model for iJob Program (assignment #4)

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Inputs

The inputs category shows the resources that are required to conduct the program.  These are all the people, materials and supplies that are necessary to run the iJob program. For example: Nutana school community is a resource because this collegiate offers a wide variety of programs and services to students who attend the school and all participants of the iJob program.  Nutana is a part of a “School Plus” model which means that services that students would normally have to access outside of the school are brought to the school in order to eliminate barriers to attending class (and the iJob program).  For example, there is a nurse practitioner, a day care, a social worker, an addictions counsellor, etc.  The school community is important because many referrals come from the school community.

Outputs

The outputs section shows the activities and who is participating in these activities.  There are only three main groups of participation: the facilitators, the participants and the industry partners.  The first activity listed, interview program candidates, is done by the program facilitators in order to ensure that they are admitting candidates who will benefit from the program.  The following twelve items listed under activities are the workshops or lessons that the facilitators lead in the pre-employment time of the program.  All these activities are geared towards achieving a successful work placement, which is phase two of the

Outcomes

The short term outcomes indicate the expected results from the activities listed under outputs.  These outcomes represent the desired skills and knowledge that the participants will gain during the pre-employment training program.

The medium term outcomes indicate the expected results at the end of the whole program.

The long term outcomes indicate the expected “big picture” results that will occur if the short and medium term outcomes are achieved.  The long term outcomes are difficult to measure, but indicate in what way this program expects to impact society at large.

Assumptions:

This program will successful based on a few assumptions.  These are factors that are assumed to be stable or present in order for the program to carry through on its objectives.  For example, it is assumed that participants are able to attend the program in order to benefit from the trainings being offered and therefore reach positive outcomes.

External Factors:

This program may be influenced by several external factors over which the facilitators have no, or very little, control.  For example, life circumstances of the participants.  Given the “at risk” population who primarily attend the program, it is a somewhat common occurrence that participants have incidents in their lives that prevent them from completing the program.  These incidents could be related to addictions, involvement with criminal activity, intimate partner violence, or other challenges/barriers.