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ABLE
(Autism: Building Links to Employment)
The Idea, The Delivery, The Results.
Margaret Haddock – President EUSE,
Deputy Chief Executive, Orchardville
Society
Lydia Lynas - Head of Employment &
Skills Service, Orchardville Society
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Historical development of ASD Services
Project ABLE, The Idea
The Delivery
The Results
Development of ASD Services
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Voluntary Organisation
Specialising in training and employment
services to Learning Disability
Social Economy Agenda
Belfast Service Delivery
Values based on Supported Employment
Model
Equal Employment for Autism Project.
Services offered
Employment
 Careers Guidance
 Links to relevant Employment Programmes
 Transition Services
Training
 Essential Skills
 Vocational Training
 Employability
Social Economy
 Two coffee shops and outside catering in high street locations.
 Business Centre offering back office skill services
 Factory – sorting bottles for main drinks manufacturers e.g. CocaCola
Partnership Values
Key Partnerships across sectors:
 People with disability
 Parents
 Employers (public, private and voluntary)
 Other NGO’s to deliver more efficient services
 Government Departments
 Funders
 Politicians, regionally/nationally
 European Partnerships through Project Delivery and
memberships.
ASD & Employment
Attention to detail
 Accuracy
 Excellent memory for facts and details
 Special talents, interests, enjoy routine.
Employment opportunities within:
 ICT - data inputting, software design, gaming
 Administrative roles - accounting, monitoring info,
records.
 Retail – special interest areas (music, exotic animals,
art)
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The Idea
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Lack of specific ASD Adult Services
Increase in Referrals
Increase in demand from Special & Mainstream
schools
Review model of working to include support workers
Build on success of EFA
Used the Model of Supported Employment for value
base and process i.e.
Engage- Place-Train-Maintain-Progress.
Project ABLE
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Employment based service for young people and
adults with ASD that want to get into work.
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May 2009 – April 2013
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Financed through Big Lottery Fund.
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Belfast Wide Partnership between NOW &
Orchardville Society.
Profile of Participants
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Special Education 16 – 19 years
Mainstream education 16 – 18 years
Adults 18+
Referrals from:
 Special and mainstream education.
 BHSCT
 DEL
The Delivery
Individually Customised Programme including:
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Employment Profiling/ job matching (including
induction, assessment, vocational profiling, job
analysis)
Training Programmes – social & communication
skills, travel, Money management.
Voluntary work placements
Employment with external employers
On the job training and support
Peer (like person) support through User Forum
Case Study 1 - Steve
21 year old under-graduate at QUB studying Computer
Science.
 Required one year contract within ICT sector
 Secured F/t job with Northgate (ICT)
Duties include:
 Customer service role within faults dept (call centre)
 e-mail management (internal & External
 Restoring data
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Customer accounts creation.
Steve Support with:
 Initial Job searching/ Interview skills
 Time management & organisation.
Reasonable adjustments made including
 Supervision (daily)
 Private work station
 Communication via e-mail
 No shifts,
 Carved a role specifically for him.
Case Study 2 - Matthew
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17 year old attending
mainstream school.
Interested in ICT,
administration work.
Transition programme
including work placements
within Electoral Office, Include
Youth & Equality Commission.
Duties: data inputting, data
handling, reception.
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Increase confidence,
concentration and social skills.
Case Study 3 - Jamie
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Attends special
school.
Preparing to leave
2013.
Challenging
Behaviour 1:1 support
Successful work
placement.
Future?
Case Study 4 - Chris
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20 Years old
Attended Local Grammar school.
Studying at QUB – Computer Science.
Unable to source Year 3 placement without
support.
Required Job in ICT sector.
Commenced F/t employment July 2011 at
SAG (ICT)
Case Study - Chris
Duties:
 Programming
 De-bugging programmes
 Remove & Log glitches in systems.
Support :
Personal presentation skills, communication.
Outcome:
 Will successfully complete Year 3 industrial
placement and graduate in 2013
Feedback
“The support from Orchardville has been vital to the
success of the job, making reasonable adjustments
was more straight forward than we thought”
(Northgate)
“The disability training really helped raise awareness
among staff and the partnership has enabled us to
achieve part of our CSR strategy” (QUB)
“This was our first experience of working with a person
with ASD and we were amazed at their skills,
attention to detail and motivation” (SAG)
The Results & Learning
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Partnership Approach
Supported Employment Model Applicable to client group eg Job
Coach/natural supports essential to success of employment
Customisation eg. Vocational profile in particular environmental
factors
Resource Development eg. Assessment tools
Trained Staff in both Supported employment and ASD
knowledge
Job Analysis/Task Analysis with precise instructions
Offer short term tasters (especially to mainstream participants)
Disability Awareness training with co-workers essential.
Results Year 3
Project End Target
(Year 4)
Current
(Year 3)
Special Ed Referrals 25
26
Mainstream Ed
10
14
Adults 18+
25
30
No. Work
Placements
60
94
No. of Jobs
15
14
No. of Employers
50
75
People Impacted
140
200+
Employers
Evaluation of Project
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Methodolgy being used SROI (Social Return
on Investment)
Reasons for above methodology – Evidenced
Based with financial indicators for
Government Purchasing Departments
Midterm Results – Showing benefits to all key
stakeholder groups .
Contact Details
[email protected]
Tel: 028 90 732326
[email protected]
Tel: 028 90 732326
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