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Project Name and Organisation
Main Contact

Work Connect – Specialist Supported Employment Service

West Dunbartonshire HSCP

 

Eligibility

People with , Mental Ill Health, in Recovery from Substance Misuse,  Learning Disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Disorder or Acquired Brain Injury, 

 

People need to be living in West Dunbartonshire and require support to assist them into employment, voluntary work, training, meaningful activity.

 

Name:  Ingram Wilson

Email:   Ingram.Wilson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

Tel:       01389 812 070

             07747 837 687

Referral Arrangements

Referral through West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership.  People must have assessed and diagnosed conditions that meet the eligibility of the service

 

Delivery Location

Various locations and employment sites:


 

Riverview Resource Centre
Dumbarton Joint Hospital, Cardross Road, Dumbarton
 
Dumbarton Day Centre, 3 Bruce Street 
Dumbarton
 

 

Levengrove Training Suite, Levengrove Park, Woodyard Road, Dumbarton, G82 4AF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pavillion Café, Levengrove Park, Clydeshore Road, Dumbarton

 

The Slipway, Balloch Country Park
 

 

Tea in the Park, Overtoun Road, Dalmuir
 

Programme Timetable


Flexible over seven days a week to meet individual need.
 
Administration base
Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00

Administration base

Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00

Variable for individuals between the following hours:
Monday 09:00-12:00
Tuesday 09:00-16:00
Wednesday 09:00-16:00
Thursday 09:00-16:00
Friday 09:00-12:00

 


Variable throughout Monday to Friday between 10:00-16:00
 

Currently being refurnished due to water supply issues


Under review in partnership with Greenspace
 

Pipeline Stages

Stages 1-5

Age Group

School Leavers 16+

Programme Outline

Work Connect delivers a suite of meaningful activity for people from engagement through to employment to encourage recovery and positive lifestyles. Work Connect delivers a person centred service within the Employability Pathway which includes vocational profiling, job development, task analysis, on the job training, better off calculations, psychological support and clinical solution focused interventions, co-ordination of people and services and promotion of non-discrimination and equality in the workplace and training to staff / co-workers on disability issues.  Work Connect currently offer a range of training, both accredited and non-accredited.
 

The Pavillion Cafe provides work experience, training in catering and customer service and recognised qualifications within the catering industry, as does The Slipway which is currently closed for refurbishment.  Tea in the Park provides a social hub for various group activities.
 

Levengrove Horticulture Service is a partnership between Work Connect (HSCP) and West Dunbartonshire Council Greenspace Services to establish training in horticulture and provision of community allotments.  Levengrove provides accessible acreage with green houses, poly tunnels, raised beds, ground-works and a training room. There is an emphasis on experiential learning with a monitoring/coaching approach.  
 

Levengrove Create offers a range of non-horticultural training and vocational programmes, which is flexible and adapts to service users needs.  This programme reflects the evidenced  employability pathway and offers clients opportunities to gain transferrable and recognised employability skills
 

Participants are allocated an Employment Support Worker to support them through their individualised employability pathway into paid employment.

 

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