Supported Employment
By supporting businesses with their recruitment, retention and diversity needs, we enable people with a disability or disadvantage to gain and maintain employment.
Changing Lives, One Job at a Time.
WHAT IT INVOLVES
Essentially Supported Employment involves matching the needs of a business to an individual’s skills and aspirations. We support all parties on an ongoing time unlimited basis. The process includes:
- Getting to know the job seeker.
- Identifying job aspiration and agreeing the steps to take, to up skill if necessary.
- Understanding employers’ needs and identifying vacancies.
- Getting to know the job, working environment and team.
- Matching job opportunities to suitable applicants.
- Supporting the recruitment process.
- Supporting employers and employees in the workplace.
- Promoting personal development and career progression.
At the core of Supported Employment is the concept of “Place, Train and Maintain”. This means we
place people in work at the earliest opportunity,
train them to do the job in the way the employer wants it done, and provide ongoing support to
maintain them in the job.
Supported Employment also acknowledges that for many people the main barrier to work is the
recruitment process. We work with employers to look at reasonable adjustments and
creative ways of recruiting, to ensure we get the
right person for the
right job.
To read more about the Supported Employment model you can look at the BASE website. If you want to find out more about accessing our services click here
if you are a: job seeker, employee, employer
or commissioner.
