Ways into Work support the push for diversity at Highways England’s Supplier Diversity Forum

March 15, 2021

On 3rd March, we were extremely pleased to partner with our friends and colleagues at Kier Construction to share good practice and talk about their successful employment programme – one which has been rolled out to Ways into Work clients over the last couple of years.

Over 260 delegates from a whole range of suppliers to Highways England registered for the event to listen to companies who are paving the way with innovative programmes, aimed at removing barriers to employment for the disadvantaged and/or driving accessibility for customers with diverse needs in the communities they serve. 


Several Ways into Work clients have been through the programme, which aims to give an insight into jobs in the construction sector and build confidence and skills.  Our Employment Coaches supported clients through the programme and worked with Kier to evolve and adapt the programme to meet our clients’ needs.  The programme created paid opportunities for a number of Ways into Work’s clients.  


Attendees at the diversity forum commented that the presentation demystified the process of making reasonable adjustments through the recruitment process and ‘demonstrated how easy it actually could be’.  Our thanks go to Kier for their hard work in changing lives, one job at a time. 


Watch the presentation here to learn about why supported employment is needed - especially in these difficult times - what the process is, how Kier built and adapted their programme to meet the needs of our clients, one of those being Mathew.  Hear from him talking about his experience and his resultant job at Kier.

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