John Murphy (Managing Director, Speedpak Limited)

Speedpak LtdA Social Enterprise Making a Real Difference on Dublin’s Northside

Speedpak Story…………

• Social need

• Real commercial business

• Employ, Train, Support

“We don’t employ people to contract pack and make rosettes, we contract pack and make rosettes to employ people”

“We don’t employ people to contract pack and make rosettes, we contract pack and make rosettes to employ people”

Primary Objective

Employability

• Workplace skills and competencies

• Attitudes and behaviours

• Accreditation

Spin Off………….

Confidence and self esteem

Lifelong learning

Positive Citizenship

Barrier Cycle

Breaking the Cycle!• Work Routine; Team Work;

Problem Solving & Taking Instruction

• SOPs; Plant & Equipment; Quality Assurance & Health & Safety

• Reflective Practice; Formalising Learning & Qualification

Can do…..and know I can do!

Workplace Accreditation Model (WAM©)

Convert to FETAC

Capture existing workplacelearning

Using current systems

Training relevant to workplace

Deirdre’s Story………

• Rebelled!• Company Support • Local VEC College• Major FETAC Award • Transformed……(but

how do we know?)

Distance Travelled ….the journey to employability

• Measuring success

• Based on ‘Barrier Cycle’

• New Profiling & Rating system informs interventions

• Captures progress and milestones

This couldn’t happen without….

www.speedpak.ie www.shamrockrosettes.com