“ Improving Diversity through

Supported Employment ”

Vocational Profiling – A new

approachKirsty Spencer & Louise Macrory

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About Orchardville...

• Charity established in 1981• 280 service users per annum• Employ over 50 staff• Turnover 1.1 million per annum• Funded by ESF, Department of Health,

Employment and Education

Social Enterprises

• Orchardville Company

• Allotment

• Echo-Deco

•Orchardville Business

Centre

•The Orchard Café

•Espresso East

VIDEO CLIP

Profile of Service Users

• Young people with learning Disability and/or Autism

• Special Education• Limited experience or

knowledge of world of work• Limited decision making

skills• Independence

Why change was needed

• Growth of Social enterprise & increasing focus on transitions groups.

• Re-evaluate and review the fit of social enterprise within the supported employment model.

• Improvement to vocational profiling needed.• Young people indecisive• Taster/job sampling more effective

Our New Approach

• Extended period of vocational profiling available through social enterprises

• Development of 2 smaller social enterprises to meet demand

• Retraining of staff in social enterprise hubs• New resources developed-skills evaluation, Social Impact

Tracker, reflective diary• Improved internal communication with all stakeholders

Benefits/Outcomes

• Highlights Skills, Abilities and Talents• Identifies support needs• More time to make decisions• Job sampling opportunities with 1-1 support/guidance• Personal capability skills e.g independence, social skills,

confidence.• Realistic action plan • Relationship building with young person and family

Case Study - Connor

Case Study - Hayley

• Questions

• Thank you