West Dunbartonshire
Strategic Skills & Support Pipeline
Work Connect – Specialist Supported Employment Service
West Dunbartonshire HSCP
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.
Referral through West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership. People must have assessed and diagnosed conditions that meet the eligibility of the service
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
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
Stages 1-5
School Leavers 16+
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.