Employment Sub Employment Sub GroupGroup

September 06September 06

Who are we?Who are we?

Sue Graham – Learning CurveSue Graham – Learning Curve Julian Hillman – MencapJulian Hillman – Mencap Laura Hanbury– ConnexionsLaura Hanbury– Connexions Jon Cooke – Learning CurveJon Cooke – Learning Curve Madeline Cooper Ueki – Ealing ConsortiumMadeline Cooper Ueki – Ealing Consortium Tazi Aktar – Service UserTazi Aktar – Service User Marcia Gordon – LBE Training and Marcia Gordon – LBE Training and

DevelopmentDevelopment Nick Walsh– Disability WestNick Walsh– Disability West

Employment- Employment- our aimsour aims

Finding more paid jobsFinding more paid jobs

More work experience and More work experience and voluntary workvoluntary work

Help to stay in workHelp to stay in work

Working with young people in Working with young people in transitiontransition

Training for staffTraining for staff

How are we doing?How are we doing?

More people now have More people now have jobsjobs

5454 people now in people now in paid paid employment employment Our aim this year is Our aim this year is 6060

7676 people in people in unpaidunpaid employment or employment or work experiencework experience

What is happening?What is happening? Training For StaffTraining For Staff

We have visited other We have visited other employment projectsemployment projects

Staff have had benefits Staff have had benefits trainingtraining

We have attended We have attended conferences and meetingsconferences and meetings

We have made links We have made links with staff working in with staff working in other London boroughsother London boroughs

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

Employment event Employment event was held in was held in MayMay

Transition workshopsTransition workshops at St Ann’s at St Ann’s school throughout the yearschool throughout the year

What is happening?What is happening? Finding more jobsFinding more jobs EMAPP will help us look at EMAPP will help us look at

ways of working with ways of working with employers from ethnic employers from ethnic minority communitiesminority communities

We are finding jobs for We are finding jobs for people in their own people in their own communities and near to communities and near to where they live where they live

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

Learning Curve have Learning Curve have got extra money to got extra money to employ a part time employ a part time outreach worker outreach worker

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

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

There will be some paid There will be some paid jobs for people with a jobs for people with a learning disability to learning disability to update the Partnership update the Partnership Boards websiteBoards website

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

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

Ealing Consortium have Ealing Consortium have created 4 part time paid created 4 part time paid work experience postswork experience posts

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

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

Ealing Mencap have Ealing Mencap have got funding to set up got funding to set up a volunteering Project.a volunteering Project.

3030 people will be people will be able to do voluntary able to do voluntary work in gardening and work in gardening and cleaningcleaning

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

We have suggested We have suggested some ways that the some ways that the PCT, Ealing Council and PCT, Ealing Council and the West London Mental the West London Mental Health Trust could Health Trust could employ more people employ more people with disabilitieswith disabilities

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

There are plans for Ealing to There are plans for Ealing to introduce a modern introduce a modern apprenticeship scheme. apprenticeship scheme.

We are working with Ealing’s We are working with Ealing’s training and development training and development department to increase the department to increase the number of work experience number of work experience opportunities for people with opportunities for people with disabilities. disabilities.

Work Experience Work Experience PolicyPolicy

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

We are getting better We are getting better information about the information about the number of people in worknumber of people in work

We have set up a support We have set 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?

More people in workMore people in work

More people in work More people in work experienceexperience

Employment plan in placeEmployment plan in place

Better links with other partners Better links with other partners

What can we do better?What can we do better?

More people want to find paid workMore people want to find paid work

Make sure that unpaid work Make sure that unpaid work placements lead to paid jobsplacements lead to paid jobs

Make sure that people from ethnic Make sure that people from ethnic minority communities have the minority communities have the same job opportunities as same job opportunities as everyone elseeveryone else

The benefits system prevents a lot The benefits system prevents a lot of people from working full time.of people from working full time.

One of our success One of our success storiesstories

AllisonAllison is going to talk about her is going to talk about her job with the Crown Prosecution job with the Crown Prosecution

ServiceService About the jobAbout the job Getting startedGetting started What’s going wellWhat’s going well The futureThe future