Moving Intowork is an innovative project that provides employment consultancy and support services within the Edinburgh and Lothian area to:

• People with Acquired Brain Injury
• People with Asperger Syndrome (a high functioning form of autism)
• Employers
• Support organisations

Moving Intowork's goal is to support equality of opportunity to enhance the lives of our clients and to help them to progress towards employment and social and economic inclusion.

The project aims to:

• Support its clients to gain and sustain open employment
  
  
• Raise awareness of Acquired Brain Injury and Asperger Syndrome, in order to promote the positive employability of people with these disabilities
  
  
• Work in partnership with disabled people, employers and other organisations
  
  
• Provide specialised advice and guidance to employers to enable them to recruit or retain an individual with an Acquired Brain Injury or Asperger Syndrome.
  
  

Background

Moving Intowork was developed by a number of key local organisations who identified a gap in providing specialised employment service to people with an Acquired Brain Injury or Asperger Syndrome.

Local partners include:

Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust, Occupational Therapy Department
City of Edinburgh Councils Social Work Department
Jobcentre Plus's Disability Service Team
Stevenson College
Edinburgh Headway Group
Connections (Edinvar Housing Association)
The Scottish Society for Autism
Careers Scotland

Norton Park, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5QY, Scotland
Tel. 0131 475 2369
Fax 0131 475 2379
Contact: enquiries@intowork.org.uk

Intowork is a company Limited by Guarantee (Registered in Scotland No. SC181737), and is a recognised Scottish Charity (Scottish Charity No. SC028327)