Employment Sub Employment Sub GroupGroup

September 05September 05

Who are we?Who are we?

Sue Graham – Learning CurveSue Graham – Learning Curve Sarah Mepham – MencapSarah Mepham – Mencap Kirsty Armitage – ConnexionsKirsty Armitage – Connexions Peter Lonergan – Disability WestPeter Lonergan – Disability West Jon Cooke – Learning CurveJon Cooke – Learning Curve Alison Turrell – Stirling Rd CentreAlison Turrell – Stirling Rd Centre Mayte Rodriguez – Social Inclusion Mayte Rodriguez – Social Inclusion

Project – PCTProject – PCT Alison Sawyer – Service UserAlison Sawyer – Service User

Involving other peopleInvolving other people

We also want to invite people We also want to invite people from other groups to some from other groups to some meetings to talk about how we meetings to talk about how we can help each othercan help each other

What are our aims?What are our aims?

More paid jobsMore paid jobs for for people with a learning people with a learning disabilitydisability

Work experience and Work experience and voluntary workvoluntary work to give to give people skills and help people skills and help them choose what them choose what sort of work they sort of work they would like to dowould like to do

Our Action PlanOur Action Plan4 Areas4 Areas

Training for staffTraining for staff

TransitionTransition

Finding more jobsFinding more jobs

Help to stay in workHelp to stay in work

What is happening?What is happening? Training For StaffTraining For StaffSupport group for staff is Support group for staff is

starting in Octoberstarting in OctoberWe have made links with We have made links with

staff working in other staff working in other boroughsboroughs

Some staff have had Some staff have had benefits trainingbenefits training

Staff will be able to do an Staff will be able to do an employment employment qualificationqualification

What is happening?What is happening? TransitionTransition Connexions are providing Connexions are providing

information and advice to help information and advice to help young people find workyoung people find work

Transition information dayTransition information day planned for Octoberplanned for October

Transition workshopsTransition workshops at St Anne’s at St Anne’s schoolschool

Information for carersInformation for carers will be will be available at the new carers centreavailable at the new carers centre

What is happening?What is happening? TransitionTransition

Connexions and the Job Connexions and the Job Opportunities Team are going to Opportunities Team are going to work together to get in touch with work together to get in touch with employers to find more jobsemployers to find more jobs

What is happening?What is happening? Finding more jobsFinding more jobs

Working with other agencies to Working with other agencies to contact employers contact employers

Learning Curve now have more Learning Curve now have more staff to support people into work staff to support people into work

Made links with other groups to Made links with other groups to make sure employment is make sure employment is included in their plansincluded in their plans

Economic

Development Plan

What is happening?What is happening? Finding more jobsFinding more jobs 4 4 people with a learning people with a learning

disability have recently disability have recently started working at the started working at the PCTPCT

Stirling Rd plan to Stirling Rd plan to create create 22 paid jobs for paid jobs for people with a learning people with a learning disability at Carlton Rddisability at Carlton Rd

People with a learning People with a learning disability will get paid disability will get paid for interviewing stafffor interviewing staff

What is happening?What is happening? Finding more jobsFinding more jobs Ealing ConsortiumEaling Consortium have have

recently employed 5 peoplerecently employed 5 people

They want to make the Door to They want to make the Door to Door project into a Social FirmDoor project into a Social Firm

They plan to offer more people They plan to offer more people paid work and they have paid work and they have created a supported created a supported employment pay scaleemployment pay scale

2 receptionists2 receptionists 3 3 travel travel buddiesbuddies

What is happening?What is happening? Finding more jobsFinding more jobs We want to identify 2 people We want to identify 2 people

with high support needs who with high support needs who want to workwant to work

This will be done through This will be done through person centred planningperson centred planning

We will apply for money from We will apply for money from the Independent Living Fund to the Independent Living Fund to pay for a worker to support pay for a worker to support them in the workplacethem in the workplace

ILF

Help to stay in workHelp to stay in workWhat is happening?What is happening?

We have started to find out We have started to find out who is already workingwho is already working

We are setting up a support We are setting up a support group for people in workgroup for people in work

Buddy scheme to support Buddy scheme to support people in work – Learning people in work – Learning Curve and Stirling RdCurve and Stirling Rd

What is going well?What is going well?

3737 people in people in paid employmentpaid employment

4545 people in people in unpaid unpaid employment or employment or work experiencework experience

What is not going well?What is not going well?

There are probably more There are probably more people who have jobs that people who have jobs that we don’t know aboutwe don’t know about

Nobody with high support Nobody with high support needs has paid or unpaid needs has paid or unpaid workwork

We need more staff or We need more staff or volunteers to support volunteers to support people while they are in people while they are in workwork

Recommendations for the Recommendations for the Partnership Board to Partnership Board to considerconsider More people need to More people need to

know about the know about the Independent Living Independent Living Fund and how to Fund and how to apply for itapply for it

Is there funding to Is there funding to employ a worker to employ a worker to find jobs in Ealing find jobs in Ealing Council and set up a Council and set up a buddy scheme?buddy scheme?

ILF

How can the How can the Partnership Board Partnership Board help?help? Put pressure on Put pressure on

managers and managers and directors working for directors working for Ealing to employ Ealing to employ people with a people with a learning disabilitylearning disability

Some members of Some members of the board might the board might know employers know employers who are willing to who are willing to offer jobs or work offer jobs or work experienceexperience