Employment for Autism
The DP will bring together key stakeholders in the statutory and voluntary sector in the Greater Belfast Area to work alongside people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to develop a programme of support and training to enable people with ASD to tackle the specific barriers they face in accessing employment.
Although training and employment services for people with learning disabilities have been operating in N.I. for 10 years plus, none are prepared for the increasing number of adults with ASD being diagnosed or the number of children transitioning into adult services.
The Project will meet an identified need and will ensure the involvement of people with ASD at every stage of its planning and implementation.
Information will be gathered locally at EU level using existing and new transnational partnerships to develop a individualised support package based on a model of Supported Employment, which advocates the need for real work, for real pay, in an integrated environment with the appropriate ongoing support.
Development Partnership Members:
- The Orchardville Society
- Disablement Advisory Service – DEL
- South Eastern Belfast Health and Social Services Trust
- North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust
- PAPA (Parents Support Group)
- NOW Project
Employment for Autism is a member of the Koninklijke Effatha Guyot Groep Transnational Partnership which also includes partners in:
Contact:
Sara Corrigan
The Orchardville Society
144 – 152 Ravenhill Road
Belfast
BT6 8ED
Tel: +44.(0)28.9073 2326
Fax: +44.(0)28.9073 2328
E-mail: sara.corrigan@orchardville.com
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