New Supported Internship partner
Debra Burnett • Jun 29, 2021
Ways into Work form new partnership with Nurture Landscapes to deliver Supported Internships
We are really pleased to be kicking off our partnership working with Nurture Landscapes, an award winning national horticulture and landscape maintenance business, who are offering a wealth of opportunities to young people. You can read about their fantastic work here. It's clear Nurture are passionate in supporting young people through these difficult times. We are delighted to have partnered with them to set up two Supported Internships placements which will provide two young people with a disability the chance to upskill on a 9 month placement, enabling them ultimately to become an attractive hiring proposition to employers.
These interns will be two of over 20 interns starting on supported Internships with us in September, in a variety of jobs and locations across Berkshire and Hampshire. They will work alongside staff at Nurture Landscapes and one of our Employment Coaches who will provide support to both the young people and staff working with them. Supported internship programs achieve great employment outcomes for young people who face extra challenges and also the opportunity for line mangers to develop their management skills to adapt to individual staff needs, notwithstanding it can provide a reliable recruitment pipeline. You can read here
about how our Route to Recruit Supported Internship works.
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if you are interested to know more and many thanks to Nurture Landscapes - we can't wait to get started.
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When Rajpal first became a client at Ways into Work he had been struggling with looking for work and a good job match. Rajpal has a mild learning disability and mental health issues and had not worked for over ten years except to help now and then at his family’s supermarket. He had not worked for such a long time as he was not well enough to think about his career and life choices. When he joined Ways into Work as a Job Seeker and was assigned an Employment Coach who spent a long time getting to know him, doing a vocational profile and job matching. It was decided that the best first step was for Rajpal was to experience what different jobs and roles are like and what they would entail. Ways into Work then supported him in applying for various roles in retail and did mock interviews where he gained lots of practice. He secured a few interviews but was not offered any of the jobs. Rajpal had begun taking an interest in going to the gym and informed his Employment Coach that he would like a job at the gym. After approaching the employer, his Employment Coach secured an interview for him. He was so happy that at the interview when asked why he would like to work at the gym, he pulled out of his pocket a handwritten lengthy list of reasons why he liked the job and the skills he had to offer. This showed the employer his passion for the job and Rajpal was offered the job, working 3 days (24 hours) a week to begin with. As the leisure centre was 7 miles away, his Employment Coach supported him with applying for Access To Work transport to and from work. They also taught him and his parents how to claim his monthly ATW transport and supported him with the change of circumstances in his benefits. When Rajpal first started to work at the Leisure Centre he solely worked in the gym and his role included ensuring that all the equipment was working and clean, as well as dealing with lots of customer enquiries. This was quite a challenge for Rajpal to begin with, as it was a large premise and no two days were the same. With Job Coaching , Ways into Work was able to support Rajpal by helping to create a routine for him and also discussing with his supervisor a way of building new tasks into his days as the weeks progressed.
