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Making the jump into employment
- Author:
- JACOBSEN Yola
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, February 2003, p.25.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
Many adults with learning difficulties want to work. Looks at the NIACE 'Making the Jump' project, funded by the Department of Health, which focused on the best way to support adults with learning difficulties moving from vocational education and training to employment
Making it work: embedding a supported employment approach in vocational education and training for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- JACOBSEN Yola
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 138p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
The purpose of this book is to provide information about the supported employment process and how this can be embedded in vocational training and courses for people with learning difficulties. It focuses on how people with learning difficulties who are learners in the post-16 education and training sector can be supported to develop the skills and gain the necessary experience to move into employment and have real jobs in ordinary settings. The book was developed in consultation with providers who are developing a supported employment approach in their courses, and case studies are provided throughout to illustrate how this work is being put into practice. The book focuses on: the voice of the learner; disability rights legislation and learning and skills policies; principles and processes of supported employment; person-centred approaches in vocational courses and training; supported employment in the learning and skills sector; collaborative working; curriculum development and supported employment; working with parents and carers; and working with employers. The book is aimed at practitioners and managers working with people with learning difficulties in further education colleges, adult and community learning services, work-based learning and voluntary sector organisations.