Join us this week as Dean Blewitt, NCFE's Senior Innovation and Investments Manager, chats to Charlotte Jones, Operations and Project Manager from the Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network (GMLPN) and Seamus Mannion, Chief Operating Officer of Digital Advantage.
In the episode, Charlotte and Seamus discuss their organisations' work on the Inclusive Pathways Autism Support Project, which provides tailored support to help autistic individuals navigate vocational pathways and secure employment.
Charlotte emphasises the project's approach of complementing existing services rather than duplicating them, collaborating with stakeholders like the DfE and National Autistic Society to bridge the gap between education and employment.
Seamus shares inspiring success stories, illustrating how their flexible learning environments and innovative approaches have overcome systemic challenges, providing meaningful career opportunities for the people that they work with.
We'll be back with a whole new episode on Wednesday 24 July.
Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
3:05 - Primary objectives of the project
5:35 - Seamus' role in the project
8:05 - Challenges/barriers encountered in the project
10:08 - What contributes to the challenges
13:20 - Ad break
14:20 - Overcoming obstacles, navigating different individuals' needs and success stories
21:30 - Highlights of the project and complementing existing services
24:25 - Best practice toolkits and how they were developed
27:37 - Ad break
28:35 - Best practice tips from Seamus
31:55 - Future plans for the project
32:55 - What needs to change in the system
35:23 - Follow up from discussion
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Find GMLPN's best practice toolkits on the 'inclusive Practice' pages of the CACHE Alumni website; Inclusive Practice - Autism Support
You can also find the Inclusive Practice CPD training course on the CACHE Alumni Plus member portal, free for everyone.
And, as mentioned by Seamus, the Get Autism campaign website has links to everything else that you might need.
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