Employment and Employability

ACTION PLANNING

OVERALL AIM: To take positive action to promote employability and employment opportunities for people with disability

Objective and Theme	Specific Actions	Who is Responsible	Milestones	Target Dates	Outcomes	Monitoring
Promote awareness of employers	Hold open day for employers to raise awareness of potential of DLC students and service users Survey/visit employers to raise awareness and develop opportunity Promote work experience/employment opportunities for staff and service users with disability at DLC	VP (College) Support Grp coordinator (Day Services) Work experience coordinator HR	National Epilepsy Week (May) Start April complete July	May 07 May 07 Oct 07 May 07 Oct 07	Public awareness raised Increased number of work experience opportunities	Principal Principal Exec Team
Continue to develop sheltered and employment opportunities on and off Centre Develop links with providers of sheltered and supported employmen Working group to identify range of opportunities required Define employability for DLC clients / students Identify links Establish contracts Develop working partnerships Identify service requirements Develop plans Research detail/location Seek funding	Working group to identify range of opportunities required Define employability for DLC clients / students Identify links Establish contracts Develop working partnerships Identify service requirements Develop plans Research detail/location Seek funding	Work experience coordinators – School, College, Day Services Day Services Mgr Vice Principal Principal & team	Research by Jan 2008 Service in place Sept 2008	Nov 07 Jan 09	Supported and cost effective employment created for service users and other clients	Principal Exec Team
Develop employability Skills	Link to training in Disability Awareness Include programme of employability skills in College and Day Services Continue to develop and use scheme of progressive work experiences to develop attitudes and skills Improve further range vocational training Establish VTU	VP College DS Mgr TC Mgr Work Exp Coords	New real work opportunities	Sept 07 Sept 07 Ongoing Sept 08	Director (College Principal)

Objective and Theme

Specific Actions

Who is Responsible

Milestones

Target Dates

Outcomes

Monitoring

Promote awareness of employers

Hold open day for employers to raise awareness of potential of DLC students and service users
Survey/visit employers to raise awareness and develop opportunity
Promote work experience/employment opportunities for staff and service users with disability at DLC

VP (College) Support Grp coordinator (Day Services)

Work experience coordinator HR

National Epilepsy Week (May)

Start April complete July

May 07

May 07
Oct 07

May 07

Oct 07

Public awareness raised

Increased number of work experience opportunities

Principal

Exec Team

Continue to develop sheltered and employment opportunities on and off Centre
Develop links with providers of sheltered and supported employmen
Working group to identify range of opportunities required
Define employability for DLC clients / students
Identify links
Establish contracts
Develop working partnerships
Identify service requirements
Develop plans
Research detail/location
Seek funding

Working group to identify range of opportunities required
Define employability for DLC clients / students
Identify links
Establish contracts
Develop working partnerships
Identify service requirements
Develop plans
Research detail/location
Seek funding

Work experience coordinators – School, College, Day Services Day Services Mgr Vice Principal

Principal & team

Research by Jan 2008

Service in place Sept 2008

Nov 07

Jan 09

Supported and cost effective employment created for service users and other clients

Principal

Exec Team

Develop employability Skills

Link to training in Disability Awareness
Include programme of employability skills in College and Day Services
Continue to develop and use scheme of progressive work experiences to develop attitudes and skills
Improve further range vocational training
Establish VTU

VP College

DS Mgr
TC Mgr

Work Exp Coords

New real work opportunities

Sept 07

Ongoing

Sept 08

Director
(College Principal)