Transcript Wednesday 19th June 2013  Your name  Your organisation  Your experience of supporting learners with additional needs  What you’re hoping to get out of this workshop.

Wednesday 19th June 2013
 Your
name
 Your
organisation
 Your
experience of supporting learners with
additional needs
 What
you’re hoping to get out of this
workshop
 Background
to the Knowledge Transfer
Network
 The Hertfordshire picture
 Supporting learners in the workplace
 Approaches with learners with additional
needs
 Next steps
 Question & Answer
Families / Parents
Young
People
Schools /
Colleges
Staff / organisation
Supported
Employment
Advisers
Training
Providers
Employers
8
3
School
Training
Provider
College
Training in Systematic Instruction (TSI)
EFA
SEND P
Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)
PFA
SE
SFA
JCP
Leading to
Supported Employment
Leading to
Apprenticeships
Project work supported by SEND Pathfinder Supported
Employment Advisers (SEAs)
Outcomes:
 Work Experience
 Supported Employment for 40 young people
 25 LDD young people accessing Apprenticeships
NAS
 Based
on 11/12 data to period 10 (May 2012)
 Analysis of Hertfordshire learners
 Mirrored the Peter Little National Report
published in May 2012
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 Providers
& HCC experts
Initial Assessment
Language
 Created
 Created
Funding
Understanding of LDD
a booklet for employers
an employer survey to find out what
other levels of support are needed
 In
groups – 10 minutes
 Decide
which statements
link with which additional
need
 Autistic
Spectrum Condition
 Physical Disability
 Mental Health
 Social Need
 Autistic
Spectrum Condition
 Physical Disability
 Learning Difficulty
 Mental Health
 Social Need
 Utilising
Apprenticeship Vacancies
 Understanding competition for jobs
 Managing expectations
 Importance of work experience
 Selling yourself in applications & at interview
 Presenting negative records/history in a
positive way
 General employability skills
 Home life distractions
 Build
a rapport over a number of weeks
 Break tasks down into 10-15 minutes max.
 Lots of colour, lots of images, not too much text
 Variety of tasks e.g. Computer based, desk,
writing, thinking, ticking, discussion
 Write down username and password
 Seek feedback for each activity
 Involve teachers in the activities
 Bring in speakers...or even better – go out and
visit the workplace!
 Head
Chef
 Real-life expectations
 Real work environment
 What
would you like to be? (vocational profile)
 It’s all about you
 What are your hobbies and interests?
 It’s all in the title (game about job titles)
 Employment Quiz
 Questions to ask an Apprentice
 Interactive
feedback tools for Providers and
Employers to support unsuccessful applicants
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Apprenticeship Application
CV
Interview
Work experience / Traineeships
 Traineeships
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Currently 16-19 (or up to 25 with LDA)
6 weeks – 5 months
High quality work placement, employability skills
and English & Maths