• Pooling Together: An Action Research report scoping the capacity of Edinburgh, Mid and East Lothian’s Disability and Employment Support Sector.
  
  
• Disability Status Review
  
  
• Intowork Supported Employment Services Evaluation 2006
  
  
• Asperger Syndrome - A guide for further education staff
  
  

• Review where their organisation stands in respect of employing people with disabilities and encouraging them as customers.
  
  
• Identify areas of priority, forming the basis for future action plans relevant to their particular business.
  

• Equal Opportunities Policy and Procedures
• Staff Training and Disability Awareness
• The Working Environment
• Recruitment
• Employee Development
• Retention, Retraining and Redeployment
• raining and Work Experience People with Disabilities in the Wider Community
• Disability Legislation
• Involvement of Disabled People
• Monitoring Performance
• Attitude Questionnaire & accompanying letter to staff
• List of local and nation organisations who can provide advice and assistance.
  (Please note, there is an updated version of these organisations on the Joined Up for Jobs Website

Intowork Supported Employment Evaluation 2006

Download the Evaluation report in PDF here (308kb)

Asperger Syndrome - A guide for further education staff
by Susan Thomson and Anne Chirnside

As part of the implementation of the Beattie Report, the Scottish Executive funded a series of inclusiveness projects throughout Scotland. In Edinburgh and the Lothians, 20 organisations were involved in a three year project called 15-24, an Inclusiveness Project managed by Careers Scotland.

The focus of these projects was on support for vulnerable young people in transition. Stevenson Inclusiveness Project (SIP) was one of these projects and in order to meet the objective of sharing good practice, this guide has been compiled focusing on the work with students from Stevenson College Edinburgh who have Asperger Syndrome.

The Stevenson project aimed to consider the needs of two specific groups of young people: those with Asperger Syndrome, and those with communication difficulties who used augmentative and alternative communication devices. The overall aims of the Stevenson Inclusiveness Project were to develop and promote effective support strategies for these young people, provide related staff training and share good practice.

The project has provided the opportunity to gain expertise, to upskill staff, to reflect on practice, and most importantly - to enhance the college experience for the students involved. Furthermore, the formal and informal staff development means that future students will benefit from the increased awareness and embedding of inclusive practices throughout the college.

Click here for a pdf version of the report (439kb)

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