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BOSS believes that with the right support, everyone can work. For lots of people, getting a job means working for someone. A good job coach will help to find the right job by matching you to the right employer.
For others, however, self employment may be the ideal route by matching your skills aspirations and interests to sell and product or service. There a lots of different ways to get a job but one of most effective is Supported Employment. |
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Supported Employment Providers in Bristol
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Sixteen is a co-operative of Job Coaches available for people interested in finding employment.
www.sixteencoop.co.uk Mencap have a supported employment services in Bristol called Employ Me
www.mencap.org.uk/our-services/personal-support-services/work/employ-me Each provider is funded in a different way so it is worth speaking to them to find out how they can help.
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Self employmentMore and more people with learning disabilities are starting to look at self employment and small business ownership as way to get a job.
It is important to link you skills and interests to a community need or opportunity and to think carefully about the business idea. It helps to get the right support from people who know about starting a business and wherever possible to talk to someone who has run a similar business to your idea. You will need to think about finances and tax but these are not really as complicated as they sound and there are many guides available. More supported employment agencies are able to support people to think about self employment. There has been a few projects looking supporting people to explore self-employment. The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities developed some guides about self employment to help with business planning. Our partners at Rapid Enterprise Development (RED) have also published a series of guides. These can be accessed through our partners, Mutually Inclusive Partnerships - click here - where you can also find information about their enterprise workshops |
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Research
There have been a lot of studies and guides to help us understand and find out what really works to help people into work.
Our own research is looking at self employment as a way to increase the numbers of people with learning disabilities in work
The government published this guides to help people to understand what to expect from good supported employment. Click here
The National Valuing Families Forum and Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities have published a guide for families. Click here
There is a review of Project Search published by the South West Employment Institute (SWEI). Click here
Our own research is looking at self employment as a way to increase the numbers of people with learning disabilities in work
The government published this guides to help people to understand what to expect from good supported employment. Click here
The National Valuing Families Forum and Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities have published a guide for families. Click here
There is a review of Project Search published by the South West Employment Institute (SWEI). Click here