WorkAbility Cork: Inclusive Pathways to Employment
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WorkAbility Cork sets out to support people with disabilities, to explore what their next step will be. This can include one or more of the following:
- employment
- self-employment
- education and training
Who is the WorkAbility Cork programme for?
We support people who have experienced a setback due to a disability or mental health issue. Supports include:
- one to one coaching & mentoring
- personal profiling
- job searching support and training
- information and guidance about further education & training opportunities.
- personal development/confidence building
Other skills training available to participants:
- Manual Handling
- Safe Pass
- HACCP
- Introduction to Computers
- Entrepreneurship training and mentor supports
- Business planning support
How to find out more!
If you, or someone in your family has experienced a setback due to a disability or mental health issue, and you are looking for support, please get in touch with SECAD and enquire about the new WorkAbility programme.
- Phone SECAD on 021 4613432 and mention the WorkAbility programme; or
- Email info@secad.ie and put WorkAbility in the subject line.
About WorkAbility Cork
WorkAbility Cork sets out to support people with disabilities to access employment, including self-employment as well as education, training, personal development and confidence building.
Partnership with Cork Chamber
In partnership with Cork Chamber, SECAD will encourage employers to:
- adopt diversity and inclusion policies;
- facilitate partnerships between disability advocacy organisations and businesses;
- develop supported employment programmes through job coaches and tutors; and
- highlight the incentives available for employers who hire individuals with disabilities.
Locations
For WorkAbility Cork participants, Midleton will be a key hub for training and upskilling with other locations also used as outreach centres (depending on participant locations, accessibility, etc.).
We will work with employers, large and small, in key locations in towns and industrial areas throughout the county. These are likely to include employers in Little Island, Carrigtwohill and Ringaskiddy as well as smaller employers in towns such as Cobh, Midleton, Youghal.
How to find out more!
If you are interested in learning more about the WorkAbility Cork Programme, please contact:
Vicki Kelly
Employer Engagement with Workability
SECAD Partnership
vkelly@secad.ie
Naoimh Frawley
Director of People, Operations & Governance
Cork Chamber
naoimh@corkchamber.ie
Launch of WorkAbility Cork
WorkAblity Cork was launched on 12th September 2024 by SECAD Partnership and Cork Chamber.
Click here for a copy of the press release.
WorkAbility: Inclusive Pathways to Employment Programme
The WorkAbility: Inclusive Pathways to Employment Programme is co-financed by the EU Employment, Inclusion, Skills, and Training Programme (EIST) 2021-2027 and the Department of Social Protection (DSP).
The programme provides funding to support local projects that are focused on achieving improved employment outcomes for people with disabilities through a range of support measures.
The Objectives of the Programme are:
- To improve the employment prospects of people with disabilities who are currently distant from the labour market.
- To build the capacity of employers to recruit, retain and progress people with disabilities within their workforce.
- To facilitate new partnerships amongst stakeholders (people with disabilities, disability services, employment services and employers) and new approaches to providing employment supports to people with disabilities.
The WorkAbility Programme aims to ensure people with disabilities are fully supported to find and maintain employment and organisations that employ programme participants are supported to ensure their employment is successful.
