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Employment Sub Group

Employment Sub Group. September 06. Who are we?. Sue Graham – Learning Curve Julian Hillman – Mencap Laura Hanbury– Connexions Jon Cooke – Learning Curve Madeline Cooper Ueki – Ealing Consortium Tazi Aktar – Service User Marcia Gordon – LBE Training and Development

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Employment Sub Group

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  1. Employment Sub Group September 06

  2. Who are we? • Sue Graham – Learning Curve • Julian Hillman – Mencap • Laura Hanbury– Connexions • Jon Cooke – Learning Curve • Madeline Cooper Ueki – Ealing Consortium • Tazi Aktar – Service User • Marcia Gordon – LBE Training and Development • Nick Walsh– Disability West

  3. Employment- our aims • Finding more paid jobs • More work experience and voluntary work • Help to stay in work • Working with young people in transition • Training for staff

  4. How are we doing? More people now have jobs • 54 people now in paid employment Our aim this year is 60 • 76 people in unpaid employment or work experience

  5. What is happening?Training For Staff We have visited other employment projects Staff have had benefits training We have attended conferences and meetings We have made links with staff working in other London boroughs

  6. What is happening?Transition • Connexions are providing information and advice to help young people find work • Employment event was held in May • Transition workshops at St Ann’s school throughout the year

  7. What is happening?Finding more jobs • EMAPP will help us look at ways of working with employers from ethnic minority communities • We are finding jobs for people in their own communities and near to where they live EMAPP

  8. Learning Curve have got extra money to employ a part time outreach worker Made links with other groups in the council to make sure employment is included in their plans What is happening?Finding more jobs

  9. There will be some paid jobs for people with a learning disability to update the Partnership Boards website People with a learning disability will get paid for interviewing staff What is happening?Finding more jobs

  10. Ealing Consortium have created 4 part time paid work experience posts They plan to offer more people paid work and they have created a supported employment pay scale What is happening?Finding more jobs

  11. Ealing Mencap have got funding to set up a volunteering Project. 30 people will be able to do voluntary work in gardening and cleaning What is happening?Finding more jobs

  12. We have suggested some ways that the PCT, Ealing Council and the West London Mental Health Trust could employ more people with disabilities What is happening?Finding more jobs

  13. What is happening?Finding more jobs • There are plans for Ealing to introduce a modern apprenticeship scheme. • We are working with Ealing’s training and development department to increase the number of work experience opportunities for people with disabilities. Work Experience Policy

  14. We are getting better information about the number of people in work We have set up a support group for people in work Buddy scheme to support people in work – Learning Curve and Stirling Rd Help to stay in workWhat is happening?

  15. What is going well? • More people in work • More people in work experience • Employment plan in place • Better links with other partners

  16. What can we do better? • More people want to find paid work • Make sure that unpaid work placements lead to paid jobs • Make sure that people from ethnic minority communities have the same job opportunities as everyone else • The benefits system prevents a lot of people from working full time.

  17. One of our success stories Allison is going to talk about her job with the Crown Prosecution Service • About the job • Getting started • What’s going well • The future

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