REACH Presented by: Helena Collins Collane HR Solutions

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REACH Presented byHelena CollinsCollane HR
Solutions

• Welcome!

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Overview

• Project Outline
• Public Private Partnership
• Key Elements
• Outcomes
• Conclusions

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Public/Private Partnership

• This brought together the institutional strengths
  of
• The Cavan Partnership Company community ethos,
  methodologies and contacts
• Collane HR Solutions business approach, along
  with market knowledge and drive to find
  alternative solutions

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Key Elements

• Staff
• Training
• Mentoring
• Friendship Groups
• Employers

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Mediator/Employment Co-ordinator

• Recruitment of participants
• Establishing links
• Providing support at all stages of intervention
• Provide Social Welfare information
• Establish links with employers
• Actively link participants with opportunities

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Training

• Personal Professional and Career Development
  Programme
• Customer Service Programme
• Other Training Programmes

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Other Training
Information Technology from basic to ECDL Cavan
College of Further Studies - Childcare,
Information Systems, Business Studies, Office
Administration, Travel and Tourism FAS Back to
Work, Legal Secretarial Programme
Apprenticeship, Fresh Start Adult Education
Literacy, basic Maths and English, Junior and
Leaving certificate subjects Cavan Partnership
and Cavan County Enterprise Board programmes
Cait, Start your own Business, Computerised
Accounts VEC computer courses Jobs Club CERT
Bar Management

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Training Breakdown

• Total number of training places 343
• Personal, Professional Career 138
  Development
• Customer Service 44
• Accredited Training 48
• Apprenticeship
  1
• Other Training 112

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Mentoring

• It was identified that some
• participants required more direct
• mentoring specific to the training that
• they had received.
• Collane developed a flexible model to
• encourage and assist participants to
• identify a realistic career plan that
• they could give a commitment to
• Encourage participants to make
• decisions and representations for
• themselves

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• Friendship Groups

• The group was developed as a result of the
  training where the participants had developed a
  greater awareness and understanding of each other
  and wanted to continue to support each other.
• Opportunity to be kept informed of training and
  employment opportunities.

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• Transport and Childcare

• This was not an issue for the project as
  participants were encouraged to take
  responsibility to be independent
• The training was held at times and days to fit in
  with school and crèche hours
• The quality and value of the programme motivated
  participants to travel, in some cases 40 miles

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Employers

• Potential employers were
• contacted to identify their
• requirements
• Participants were promoted
• on their suitability for the
• position
• Reach for Business Training
• Back up and support after
• placements

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Case Study Ex Offender

• Referred from the local Jobs Club
• The Co-ordinator identified an employer and, with
  the clients permission, fully explained the
  situation concerning her lack of references.
  Following several meetings and on the foot of
  verbal commitments this service user was
  successfully placed in a retail position where
  she worked for eight months.

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Case Study Ex Offender

• Long hours / continuous week-end work forced a
  move to a position with a different company.
  Again REACH provided initial support and again
  she proved herself to hard working and reliable
  even in the face of late hours and long, hard
  shifts.
• This service user succeeded in proving to herself
  that she was of value and can now independently
  promote herself to employers without her past
  being an issue.
• Recently used her two excellent references to
  secure a new position where both she and her
  employer are happy.

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Placement Record

• Total placements 99
• Still in first placement 80
• No longer in placement 26

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Number of Placements by Position

• Administration, Clerical, Receptionist
  37
• Sales (retail)
  17
• Catering (catering assistants and Chef)
  8
• Housekeepers and carers
  8
• Community work, Tourist information
  6
• Other ( Hairdressing, Sub Teacher, Special Needs,
  Auctioneering, Interior Design and Art)
  6
• Mangers and supervisors
  5
• Class room assistants
  5
• Production operative and Quality control
  4
• Childcare
  3

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Reason for Leaving Employment

• Total placements 99
• Still in first placement 80
• No longer in placement 26

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Reason for Leaving Employment

• Reasons for Leaving 1st Employment after
  completing programme and entering into paid
  employment
• Moved to another job placement 7
• Completion of contract (Redundancy) 7
• Moved to another county or country 5
• Left due to ill health
  3
• Not-suited to the employment 3

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Notable Achievements

• Number of Clients
  242
• Number in new employment 99
• Number still in 1st/original
• placements
  80
• Total training attendance
• (all courses)
  343
• Number considering self employment 8
• Number in Apprenticeship 1
• (first female apprentice cabinet maker
• in the Midlands)

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Notable Achievements

• Overall Budget 197,500.00
• Cost Per Job 1,995.00
• Cost per client 816.00
• Cost per Training Participant
  
• 576.00

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Notable Achievements

• 17 Clients from Rehab Care
• 1 in Third Level Education
• 3 in Fresh Start
• 4 in Back to Education
• 1 starting her own business
• 1 now living independently

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Conclusions

• Reach was recognised as a single point of contact
• Focus to support the participants no matter what
  their background or issues were to identify
  opportunities and feel comfortable in following
  their goals, training, education, community
  development, employment and self employment

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Conclusions Continuied

• Participants became empowered as a result of
  active participation, where they took
  responsibility, saw results, had a clearer focus
  and were in control of their progress
• Mixing of target groups had a positive impact on
  the learning of the participants

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Collane HR Solutions89 Main Street, Cavan
www.collanehr.com