Employability at The Percy Hedley Foundation

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Employability at The Percy Hedley Foundation

• David Barker MBE
• Director of Adult Services

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Aims of the Presentation

• Explore Employability and Social Enterprise in
  the broad context of our service users
• Show a few film clips
• Answer any questions

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The Percy Hedley Foundation

• Established 1953
• Aims to promote the needs, rights and aspirations
  of disabled people through the provision of high
  quality, specialist services
• Nursery, 2 schools, Post 16 facility, FE College,
  day service, residential service, sports academy
• 450 staff

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The Percy Hedley Foundation

• Works with profoundly impaired disabled people
• Increased importance of advocacy and
  employability
• Karten support at Able 2 day service and Karten
  Media Suite

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Example Policy Drivers

• Valuing People
• Supporting People
• Improving the life chances of disabled people
• Independence, well being and choice
• Learning for living and work

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Messages from policy drivers

• More choice of activities and more service
  flexibility
• Individualised budgets as part of a range of
  funding mechanisms
• Greater ownership and control of services -
  Advocacy
• Progression towards independence
• More community based services
• Flexibility learning towards outcomes
• Person centred plans
• Moves towards employability

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Ex PHF School pupil research

• September 2007
• Questionnaires sent to all students leaving PHF
  schools between 1995 and 2005
• Age range approx 18-28
• 41 replies from 137 questionnaires (30)

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Housing
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Employment
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Relationships
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Service expectations

• More choice, flexibility and control
• More community based services
• Social enterprise opportunities
• Mixed package of services across a number of
  locations
• Person centred services
• Advocacy
• Housing options
• Employability Opportunities

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Advocacy
Advocacy
Representational Advocacy
Person Centred Planning
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Advocacy definitions

• Advocacy Speaking up for yourself or having
  someone speak on your behalf
• Representational advocacy Electing
  representatives to service steering group,
  Management committee and Executive committee
• Person centred plans services build around the
  individual not individuals fitting into services

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Social Model
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Employability

• Delivered via two mechanisms
• Employability Project (Demand side)
• Projects (Supply side)
• (Print, Catering, Music Studio, Karten Media
  Suite)

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Employability Project
Disabled People
Employers
Labour Market Intermediaries
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Employability Project

• Partnership

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Employer Engagement Tools

• Events
• Megaquiz
• Business breakfasts
• Fashion shows
• Awards ceremony
• Publications
• Employability Centre

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Employability Centre
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Projects

• Print
• Catering
• Music Studio
• Karten Media Suite

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Idea Karten media suite

• Everything in one place
• Real work experience
• Cheap but commercial rates
• Emerging social firm or social enterprise

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Real work experience

• Working conditions
• Real work to do
• Business park location
• Open to the public for business
• Training opportunities
• Some paid employment opportunities

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Social Enterprise

• Social purpose is central to what we do
• Social enterprise is a model linked to social
  justice
• Social enterprises growing in number and
  importance
• The right business model for us

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Social Enterprise opportunities

• Move from day service user to Project Worker
• Training in social enterprise undertaken with a
  group of people already operating a social
  enterprise
• Business plan completed
• Development of ceramics business

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Karten support CTEC centre
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Thank you

• A few film clips then any questions
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