Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership through the Supported Employment Service are a key partner in developing and delivering Project Search in Glasgow, an intensive work experience programme for young people with learning disabilities and / or an autistic spectrum condition. The goal of Project Search is to support all participants into full time paid employment and this is the fifth year the programme has been delivered in Glasgow.

The two classes of 2017 graduated from Project Search in early June 2018.  Kate Binner, Supported Employment Service Job Coach said: “We are very proud of the twenty three young people who completed Project Search this year. Eleven of the group had already secured full time employment before the end of the programme. For those who have secured employment we wish them every success in their new careers. For those who are still looking for work the team will continue to provide support until they too secure their first job. We are optimistic with intensive employer engagement that most of this group of motivated, talented young people will be working soon.”

Angie Black, Service Manager explains that: “the summer months are the busiest months of the year for the team. We have clients who have started work and need  support to settle into new roles; others are still looking to secure their first job and we need to recruit two new classes of up to twenty four young people to start Project Search at the end of August 2018. This is alongside delivering our mainstream Supported Employment Service.”

Although recruitment for the new cohorts, starting late August 2018, is well under way there are still places available. Eligibility criteria for Project Search:
•    Have a learning disability and / or autistic spectrum condition
•    Live within the Glasgow City Council area boundary 
•    Be between 18 – 25 years
•    Want to work full time (over 16 hours / week)

Project Search is full time Monday – Friday, 9am until 4pm. Participants are expected to have excellent timekeeping and attendance. Darren, one of last years Project Search graduates is now working at Glasgow University and has this advice for other young people thinking about applying, “Project Search is a fantastic programme to do. It helps your confidence grow, getting you more experience and meeting new people. It helped me get my job and it’s the best thing I have ever done.”

Interested applicants can apply here and/or here.

Interviews will be held at the start of August