by Kieron McCarthy | Jan 7, 2025
Join Us at Work’n’Diversity
Welcome to Work’n’Diversity! Founded by neurodivergent individuals, we are dedicated to bridging the gap between employers and autistic employees. Our mission is to spread awareness, provide essential support to both employers and autistic employees, and prepare the next generation of autistic individuals, including care leavers, to confidently enter the job market. Together, we can create inclusive workplaces where everyone can thrive.
Who We Are
Work’n’Diversity is committed to empowering neurodivergent individuals and creating inclusive workplaces. Our tailored support equips care leavers with the tools and confidence they need to succeed in their careers.
We focus on:
- Providing essential workplace skills through tailored workshops.
- Supporting care leavers with mentorship and career guidance.
- Advocating for inclusive workplace adjustments to ensure success.
Our Mission
To create a bridge between neurodivergent employees and inclusive employers, helping care leavers access meaningful opportunities and thrive in their careers.
Our Vision
To empower care leavers and neurodivergent individuals by fostering inclusive workplaces that celebrate diversity.
Our Values
- Inclusion: Embracing and valuing diversity in all its forms.
- Support: Providing tailored resources to empower individuals.
- Collaboration: Working together with employers and care leavers to achieve shared goals.
Current Opportunities
- Employment Workshops
Tailored sessions designed to equip care leavers with:
- CV development skills.
- Interview preparation.
- Guidance on navigating neurodivergent-friendly environments.
- Mentorship and Career Guidance
Access to experienced professionals who provide:
- Career advice tailored to care leavers and neurodivergent individuals.
- Ongoing mentorship to support personal and professional development.
- Assistance in discussing, creating and implementing learning support plans to help neurodivergent students succeed academically and transition smoothly into employment.
- Employment Advocacy
Support with:
- Disclosing neurodivergence at work or University.
- Navigating reasonable adjustments with employers.
Future Opportunities
- Work Experience and Internships: Flexible, neurodivergent-friendly placements within Work’n’Diversity to provide hands-on experience and build confidence.
Our Fees
At Work’n’Diversity, we are committed to making our services accessible while maintaining the quality and sustainability of our work. For care leavers, we are pleased to offer a 20% discount on all our products and consultancy services.
For tailored training sessions, we are happy to discuss and agree on a discounted rate based on the specific training requirements. This ensures the support we provide is customised to meet your needs while remaining cost-effective.
Additionally, care leavers can join our subscription service for just £10 per month, which includes access to our newsletter, a range of online resources designed to support their journey into employment and beyond, and priority booking on consultancy and training sessions.
If you have any questions or need further details, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re here to help!
by Identity | Jan 1, 2025
Savers will assist young people into job vacancies across stores as well as dedicated support with job seeking, writing applications, developing skills for life, and general career guidance.
We will promote opportunities via the Care Leaver Covenant channels and provide in-work support to all successful candidates through our dedicated work-buddy scheme, designed to help individuals achieve their potential and progress through the business.
In addition, we will offer:
- pre-employability career support
- access to our bespoke life skills programme.
- personalised ‘welcome bundle’.
- expenses to cover travel costs until your paycheck.
- the full range of benefits available to all staff.
Typical roles at Superdrug and Savers:
Sales Assistant
- Hours: Various contract sizes available – with opportunity to work more hours
- Salary: Up to £10.70 per hour
About the role
- Serving customers – you will deliver excellent service and make sure customers don’t miss out on any of our great offers.
- Keeping the store is well stocked. Maintain store presentation and ensure we have the best availability for our happy customers!
- We will support your development – want to progress? We have excellent in-house training and development programs to steer your career in the path you want to take it.
The ideal candidate will
- A positive can-do mindset – shows a good attitude to work and loves getting stuck in
- A passion for working in retail and love the products we sell.
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment.
It is a great experience working in a fast-paced and fun environment that will prepare you for even bigger challenges. Savers Sales Assistants are extremely important to us, we recognise that you could be our supervisors of tomorrow.
by Kieron McCarthy | Dec 23, 2024
Opportunity Take Up
To support its local care leavers the Parish Council intends to extend its Breakfast Club Support, Coach Trip and Grass Cutting Service to care leavers resident in the Parish.
This new Breakfast Club offers a free meal on a Wednesday between 9-11am and care leavers can attend to take advantage of this support and/or get involved in volunteering activities i.e. meeting and greeting visitors, offering guidance and taking food orders. There is also an opportunity to participate in regular litter pick activities.
Coach trips are organised free of charge throughout the year to Barmouth, Chester and Llandudno. Care leavers are able to register for these trips.
There is also a free of charge Grass Cutting Service which is offered on a fortnightly basis and care leaver homes will be included.
by Kieron McCarthy | Dec 20, 2024
Locations: Working at site locations covered by offices in Brierley Hill West Midlands and Deddington Oxfordshire
MG Scaffolding’s vision is to be the UK’s most trusted provider of sustainable scaffolding solutions. The company was established in 2002 and has now grown to be one of the largest independent suppliers of scaffolding services in the regions in which it operates. Experience, skills and technical knowledge, in addition to a flawless health and safety record, enable our team of professional scaffolders to deliver great results without ever compromising on safety. In 2022, we became part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business.
To support care leavers MG Scaffolding will offer:
- Scaffolding Apprenticeships with a starting salary of £15,600 (£60 per day) with progression payments and other benefits that include GP Service, Health Checks, Online fitness programme, Mental Health support, Nutrition consultants and expert case management. Apprenticeships are 36 months in duration with on site and colllege based learning and will lead to a fully recognised Level 2 Scaffold NVQ qualification. For full details of role and training see linked job description; And
- Non Apprenticeship Employment Opportunities on the ‘Starting from Scratch Programme’ which for a 19–20-year-old pays £70.00 per day and for care leavers aged 21 and over pays £95.00 per day – rising to £80.00 per day and £105.00 per day respectively when Part 1 Qualifications are achieved. This is based on an 8-hour day with 31 days per year paid holidays inc. of Bank Holidays. In addition a range of in work benefits are provided.
The Starting from Scratch Programme starts with individuals working in the yard for 3 months and during that time, we will assess and when we think individuals are ready, we will book them on to a touch screen Health & Safety Test. This will be followed by a 1-day COTS course at the nearest available training centre. When this test is passed a CISRS green card – or labourer card can be issued and this card is the passport required to progress onto a live building/construction site.
Labourers will always work with a qualified scaffold supervisor/chargehand, who will mentor them until they are ready to take their Part 1 training. The chargehand scaffolder will usually pick up the labourer from their place of residence, where they will be transported to sites and dropped off back at their place of residence at the end of the working day.
There is no set timescale for labourers to progress and they can work at their own pace with the incentive for continuous improvement based on the pay scale. The better you are, the more you earn!
Additional: Able Futures FAQs PDF
by Kieron McCarthy | Dec 20, 2024
We supply water to 500,000 homes and businesses across Bristol City, North Somerset and areas of Bath, North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire. That’s about 1.2m people who have access to our water every day.
To support care leavers aged up to 21 we will offer a 90% reduction on their water bill. To be eligible for this support you must meet the following criteria:
To access this discount scheme, you must complete a consent to share form that authorises the local authority who support you to send confirmation of your care leaver status to Bristol Water.
