Employment & Education
Coast’s key employment and employment-based training programs focus on building clients’ skills and supporting them in transitioning into meaningful work. Through the Coast Social Enterprise Foundation, Coast also operates three social enterprises: Social Crust Cafe & Catering , Transitional Employment Program and Landscaping with Heart. Supporting these businesses is another way to help reduce stigma and support those recovering from mental illness.
Social Crust Café & Catering
Social Crust Café & Catering is a social enterprise, operated through Coast Mental Health. The café and catering services are located in Pacific Coast Apartment’s commercial space.
There are many ways you can support us:
Come grab coffee, breakfast, or lunch at the café. Order drop and go catering for your next gathering. We also have gift cards for purchase. Your support directly impacts the lives of young adults living with mental health challenges and other barriers to employment. Visit the Social Crust Cafe & Catering website to view our menu.
Contact Information:
Email us at info@socialcrustcafe.com.
Landscaping with Heart
The Landscaping with Heart social enterprise offers clients professional landscaping training and employment. The landscape team takes pride in their work and has excellent relationships with their customers who are social housing, private residents and community agency properties. Landscaping with Heart offers professional pruning, power raking, leaf raking and removal, seeding, weeding, edge trimming, fertilizing, mowing and lawn aeration, and spring and fall clean-up.
Contact Information:
For a free estimate call 604 675 2348 or email landscapes@coastmentalhealth.com.
Transitional Employment Program (TEP) & Coast On-Site Solutions
The Clubhouse is home to Coast’s Transitional Employment Program. Once clients gain experience in one of the Clubhouse employment units, they may join this program, which gives them the opportunity to take on temporary, paid work contracts in entry-level positions and includes a work reference based on their contributions to the Clubhouse. It also allows individuals to try various jobs in a supportive environment without the stress of interviews, being trained by strangers or losing a job because of health-related absenteeism.
Clients re-enter the workforce with support from Clubhouse staff who are certified employment counselors. Once members have completed their TEP contracts, they may start another TEP placement or seek independent employment or training equipped with a recent work reference.
Coast Clubhouse Employment
The Clubhouse employment training program is integral to the Clubhouse’s smooth daily operations. When members join, they must choose to participate in one of three employment units that help them gain meaningful vocational skills and experience while becoming part of the community. At the same time, these units are a springboard to further employment and education opportunities within Coast and with Coast partners. The employment units include:
- The Environmental Unit, which teaches janitorial and gardening skills. Workers in this unit are responsible for keeping the Coast administration building clean and surrounding gardens beautiful.
- The Food Service Unit, which teaches members how to plan, prepare and serve daily lunches while learning cooking, cleaning and cashier skills.
- The Communications and Reception Units, which assist with Managing reception and member communications. Members learn computer skills and reception duties and publish a newsletter.
Contact Information:
The Clubhouse is located at 293 East 11th Avenue in Vancouver, and is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Individuals wishing to become members are welcome to drop in and speak to staff about membership and to learn more about our employment programs.
Coast Young Adult Program
Based out of the Coast Clubhouse, the Young Adult Program is designed for young adults (ages 19 to 32) and incorporates creating a supportive community based on learning life skills, exploring recreation and building a peer platform.
With guidance, members work towards their mental, physical and emotional well-being through support and recovery in mental illness. The program prepares participants in discovering appropriate and enjoyable future work/volunteer opportunities in their communities. They create their own participation goal plan based on their individual situation at time of intake. Intake and program is ongoing and flexible working with members where they are at; absences and change are expected throughout program.
Participants of this program are also members of the Coast Clubhouse and are encouraged to participate in regular Clubhouse activities including meals, volunteer work and our Transitional Employment Program (TEP).
For more information, referrals, or to schedule an intake, please contact the YA PROGRAM at Coast Mental Health Clubhouse.
Contact Information:
Email: youngadults@coastmentalhealth.com
Phone: 236-982-7921
Information sessions are available by request.
Click on the calendar below to find out what activities are happening with the Young Adult Program for March 2026.
DOWNLOAD: YOUNG ADULT CALENDAR FOR MARCH 2026
