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Education, Training & Employment

Employment

Supporting people with disabilities and health conditions in Northern Ireland and helping them get back into employment.

SES Supported Employment Solutions partnership is made up of seven disability organisations from across N Ireland who have come together to deliver the Work Connect and Workable (NI) Programmes across the Region. For more information please click on the link below:

www.sesni.org.uk/about us

Disability Action Supported Employment

Disability Action has a number of programmes that help people with disabilities find employment and support them in their place of work. We also provide advice and support for employers considering employing somebody with a disability or need advice to support an existing disabled employee.

http://www.disabilityaction.org/services-and-projects/employment/

Disability Action Employment Advocacy

What is the Employment Advocacy programme?

The Employment Advocacy programme aims to help disabled people who are experiencing difficulties or discrimination in the workplace. Support will be provided by peer advocates who are disabled people, who have undertaken advocacy training and who come from a variety of backgrounds.

The programme aims to help disabled people to look at disability related employment issues. It focuses on early action to maintain good relationships, to develop positive communication, and to enable people with disabilities to stay in employment. The programme also helps and encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled employees.

For more information please click on the following link:

http://www.disabilityaction.org/services-and-projects/advocacy-/employment-advocacy/

Find your local college of Further or Higher Education:

Other local training opportunities:

General information:

Southern Area Supported Employment Consortium	The Southern Area Supported Employment Consortium has hosted its second conference for people with disabilities on access to employment through appropriate ongoing support.
Cedar Foundation	The Cedar Foundation provides support, care, accommodation and training services to enable disabled adults and children participate in all aspects of community life.
Community Skills NI	Community Skills NI contains information about skills development in the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland.
Disability Action	Disability Action works with disabled people in areas such as information & policy, employment & training support, transport and mobility assessment. Click to view YouTube video.
SENAC	The Special Education Needs Advice Centre is an independent service for parents of children with special educational needs up to the age of 18.
Training for Success	Training for Success provides job-related training for young people aged 16 - 18 (up to 24 years for those requiring additional support).
WEA	The Workers Educational Association provides adult education in community and workplace settings. It works mainly with those over 18.
Directions to Employment	The Directions to Employment Website was commissioned by the Community Awareness Programme to provide information on services and programmes on education, training and employment available for people with disabilities living in the cross-border area.  The Northern Ireland Union of Supported Employment (NIUSE) in partnership with Avec Solutions were successful in their bid to develop, design and maintain (for three years) a website. NIUSE is an umbrella organisation representing individuals and organisations promoting opportunities for people with disabilities to access and maintain employment through Supported Employment.   Find your local college of Further or Higher Education: SRC The Southern Regional College operates in six campuses in Armagh, Banbridge, Lurgan, Portadown, Newry and Kilkeel. Disability information. Learning Support within the College Students Welfare. SWC The South West College operates in four campuses in Cookstown, Dungannon, Enniskillen and Omagh. SWC INFORMATION Other local training opportunities: Armagh   Out and About The Out and About Project offers educational courses, training programmes and international and cross border seminars and conferences. Dungannon   Willowbank Willowbank offers training, volunteering and work opportunities to persons with physical / sensory disabilities. Click on the link to e-mail ann@willowbankcommunity.org. Link to our website http://willowbankcommunity.org/ Direct Line 028 87 713053 Internal Number 028 87 722821 Ext 3053 STEP STEP provides community development and training services for individuals and groups and has particular expertise in providing support for migrant workers. Newry   ClanryeIT   ClanryeIT (formerly Newry Technology Centre) is a training facility set up to offer training to people with physical disabilities in the areas of information technology, administration and accounts. Heart & Home The opening of the gift shop `Heart & Home’ marked the first step  to create a social enterprise that supported and trained individuals with a physical disability, in retail related skills through offering `real’ work experience as well as accredited qualifications. Physical Activity Training Directory Find out the latest Physical Activity training opportunities from the Promoting Wellbeing Team of the Southern Trust.