Just 4.7% of people with a learning disability are employed across the UK according to the NHS.
We can support your business to be more inclusive to people with a learning disability and enable you to explore supported employment within your organisation.
Some of the things we can support with include:
- Matching people’s skills with a suitable employer
- On-going peer support to the workforce for as long as it is required
- Training
- Support during the recruitment process
- On-the-job support
- Advice on reasonable adjustments.
We will tailor the support you need to make supported employment placements a success, both for you and your employee.
There are many benefits to our supported employment programme:
- Employees have an improved sense of self-worth and can contribute to their local community
- A more inclusive, diverse workforce
- Reduced pressure on support provisions, including health, by promoting unpaid circles of support
- An increasingly inclusive business community