Department of Social Development Learnership Programme 2004 2005

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Department of Social Development
Learnership Programme 2004 2005

• Presenter Deborah Calitz
• Contact Details Dcalitz_at_pgwc.gov.za
• Telephone [phone]

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Introduction

• 20th Century Modernity
• How did I get into the world?
• Why was I not asked about it, why was I not
  informed of the rules and regulations but just
  thrust into the ranks as if I had bought by a
  peddling shanghaier of human beings?
• How did I get involved in this big enterprise
  called actuality? Why should I be involved? Isnt
  it a matter of choice? And if I am compelled to
  be involved, where is the manager I have
  something to say about this. Is there no manager?
  To whom shall I make my complaint?

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Best Practice
Nothing about us
Without us

• Form a Partnership with a Service Provider that
  is in touch with every day realities of people
  living with a disability

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Broad Project Goals

• Provide Access to Work for People With
  Disabilities
• Putting People First
• Develop People with Disabilities
• Develop the Employer
• Develop Employees
• Making disability job access theory a practical
  reality
• Equitable access

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Broad Project Plan

• Establish a partnership to provide a range of
  individuals, including people living with
  disabilities with employment experience
• Enable the transfer of the necessary occupational
  attitude, knowledge and skills to do the job
  right
• Prepare learners adequately for the demands of a
  diversified South African workplace
• Provide practical assistance at work
• Activate Workplace readiness
• Improve employment prospects of learners through
  inclusion

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Delivery Model

• The Service Provider Responsibilities
• Arranged Learnership candidates
• Quantifiable assessment standards
• Learnership Process
• Specialist quality assurance
• Learner Placement in terms of placement option
  and feasibility
• Training of employee job coaches
• Disability sensitization workshop

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Delivery Model 2

• The Host Employer Responsibilities
• Identify appropriate placement centres
• Provide Job Coaches
• Orientation programme
• Communication strategy
• Programme launch
• Press release

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Key Role Players

• Department of Social Development
• Human Resource Development Coordinators
• Line Managers
• Heads of District Offices
• Heads of Facilities
• Line Supervisors
• Job Coaches
• Learners

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Key Role Players

• Service Partner
• Engage the learning institution
• Provide learnership planners and coordinators
• Provide assessment personnel
• Quality assurance personnel
• Site coordinators
• Mentors
• Transport Coordinator for learners to and from
  work

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Planning for Success

• Conduct learner profile analysis
• Determine current qualification and skills level
• Individual medium of instruction preference
• Determine future goals and aspirations
• Establish career path possibilities

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Transformation Initiatives

• Ensure people living with disability on your
  project team
• Supportive mechanisms to assist job coaches and
  managers to mentor learners
• Open direct communication lines to assist
  employees with adaptation difficulties
• Open direct communication lines to assist
  learners with adaptation difficulties
• Sensitize employees about workplace ethics in
  respect of people living with disabilities
• Ensure continued learner support by conducting
  monthly meetings with learners and job coaches
• Report monthly project progress to management
• Quarterly site visits

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Procedures

• Procedural differences from regular projects
• Enhanced Workplace sensitization
• Enhanced support and assistance
• More focused on individual needs
• Physical adoptions in the workplace
• Attitudinal correction interventions
• Consult with people living with disabilities at
  project team level

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Project Innovation Benefits

• Maximized workplace participation
• Project success guaranteed
• 3 year period of participation per individual
• Individual career pathing and progress
• People with disabilities become employable
  because of new skills and experience
• Transformed workplace opportunities
• Job Accessibility
• Multiple job sources and opportunities
• Freedom to choose where you want to work

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Schedule

• High-level schedule milestones

Recruit Learners and prepare the workplace
Learnership
Internship
Learnership 2004 - 2005
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Questions

• Alternatively
• Submit questions to
• Dcalitz_at_pgwc.gov.za

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The EndThank You for your participation