Project SEARCH

1. Project SEARCH

2. Kelly Porcas Project SEARCH Leicester Andrew Plunkett Project SEARCH Norwich Remploy Specialist Services Employment Advisers

3. What is Project SEARCH ? • An “Education to Employment” Transition Programme • A Business Led Partnership between Employer, Education and Supported Employment • Based on a model originating in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

4. What is Project SEARCH ? • Began with Employer frustration at high turnover in key positions, negative marketing of disabled people and multiple agency contacts daily • Programme that supports people with a Learning Disability into real, paid jobs • Matches skills with the right job • Training is done on the job, through a series of 3, 12 week internships, or unpaid work experience rotations. These rotations / internships are real jobs based at the employers premises • Students spend the whole day in the business, not in an education environment

5. What is Project SEARCH ? • Business Led: Collaboration between business, rehabilitation and education • Braided funding: maximize resources • On site support staff (transparent) • Complex and systematic jobs • Meets the needs of the business and the candidate with a disability • Universal Design, or reasonable adjustments to remove barriers

6. Project SEARCH – The Partnership • Project SEARCH Norwich • A Community Film by Shelly Telly

7. Major Local Employer Job Broker Educational Establishment Project SEARCH – The Partnership Student/Candidate

8. Project SEARCH – Education Partner • Provide tutor • Develop curriculum • Support to other partners • Pastoral care • Base in host employer organisation • Tutor & Educational equipment

9. Project SEARCH – Job Broker • Provide job coach / Employment Adviser • Develop rotations • Base in host employers organisation • Develop Job opportunities • Negotiate Reasonable Adjustments • On going support in employment • Equipment for job coach

10. Project SEARCH – Host Employer • Provide Business liaison • Provide training room • Provide business lead in Project • Provide job rotations (Placements) • Provide HR support • Conduct necessary checks – OH, CRB • Provide accessible job descriptions • Actively encourage Job Applications

11. Project SEARCH - Partners • Sign up to Model Fidelity with USA • Joint Selection of Students for Project • Commit to Steering Group Meetings • Open up Training to Partners • Provide Management Support to Staff

12. Project SEARCH – Aims & Objectives • To meet Employer needs in recruiting and retaining staff for Complex & Systematic Tasks • To break the cycle of “Continuous Education” • To enable Adult Students to gain practical skills and experience in the workplace • To prevent dependency on Adult Social Services • To enable candidates to understand the employment cycle • To support candidates by providing opportunities to have a significant presence on their CV and with access to a range of potential referee’s

13. Project SEARCH – Student Perspective • Project SEARCH – Leicester • A Student’s Presentation

14. My Work Placement Adam Role: Admin Assistant Time Period :12 weeks

15. Project Search UK • Project Search UK is a project helping people with learning difficulties to get in to employment. • Project Search UK then sends the students to do three or four work placements depends how far the support worker from Remploy thinks you are progressing. • Remploy is sponsoring Project Search they are the ones that have come up with the idea of Project Search UK they also employ disable people to work for them. • Then after your work placement you then go to college for a tutorial for one hour.

16. My Placements So Far • Work placements last 12 weeks you start at about 9:00 am and finish at 2:00pm from Monday to Friday and all work placements are work experience. • My first work placement was at the Central Lending Library and Reference Library some of the duties that I did was straining the books, stacking the books, on the counter answering enquires and joining new people to the library. • My second work placement was at the Leicester Adult Education College duties included dialling out to tutors, filing away, putting letters in the registers and dealing with enquires.

17. LDICN – Leicester Disability Information and Communication Network • LDICN is a project that makes information and • communication easy to understand • www.ldicn.org.uk • Install computers • Create interactive DVDS • Makes written information easy and simple to read.

18. Things I Will Be Learning • Power Point Presentation • Web Pages • Installing Computers • Creating DVDS • Improving communication skills

19. What I Aim To Achieve At The End of My Work Placements • To learn new skills. • To get more confidence when talking to the public. • To get a paid job. • Get an inside of what the world of work is really like.

20. Project SEARCH – Student Skills • Project SEARCH – Norwich • Class of 2009

21. Sam Delivering Patient notes around the Hospital Confidentiality Awareness of Health & Safety Following Procedures Handing over Health Records to Secretaries Communication Skills Customer Service Departmental Knowledge Preparing Course forms for Education Department Accuracy Flexibility Computer Skills Photocopying Forms Numeracy Skills Office Skills Team Working Skills Attention to Detail

22. Leah Working on the Till in Restaurant Money Handling Skills Customer Service Skills Listening to Instructions Interpersonal Skills Using the utensil polishing machine Following Health & Safety Rules Following Procedures Replenishing in the Restaurant Team Working Using initiative Observational Skills Working on Dunston Ward Attention to Detail Caring for Others Supporting Colleagues

23. Ben Filing Documents in Education Centre Confidentiality Alphabetical Skills Organisational Skills Cleaning Dental Training Equipment Attention to Detail Following Hygiene procedures Following Instructions Photocopying Course Documents Learning to use equipment safely Team Working Accuracy & Attention to Detail Working in the HR Office Communication Skills IT Skills Working to deadlines

24. Jamie Photocopying Starter Packs for HR Organisational Skills Numeracy Skills Following Instructions Filing Personnel Records Confidentiality Alphabetical Skills Attention to Detail Sorting letters in Postroom Team Working Skills Initiative Problem Solving Skills Delivering letters around the Hospital Customer Service Skills Communication Skills Following Health & Safety Rules

25. Leanne Washing my hands in the Kitchens Following Hand Hygiene Procedures Health & Safety Policy Serving Customers in Restaurant Communication Skills Customer Service Skills Portion Control Preparing food in the Kitchens Knife Skills Following Instructions Preparing food in the Cold Room Health & Safety Rules Wearing PPE & Uniform Keeping workplace tidy

26. James Preparing NHS training Programmes Determination to succeed. Attention to detail Making Telephone calls on Reception Communication Skills Customer Service Telephone Skills Giving Information Photocopying Documents Numeracy Skills Organisational Skills Quality Control Processing application forms in Nurse Bank Computer Skills Data Input Following Procedures

27. Project SEARCH – Next Steps • Government Led Evaluation • Office for Disability Issues (ODI) • 12 site Evaluation • Apply now on-line (ODI website)

28. Project SEARCH Any Questions ?