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Health & Social Care

Signpost - Employment

Finding a job can be hard at the best of times, but so much harder if you have a disability. This section lists organisations helping people in the Swindon area who are facing the challenge of seeking work.

Connect - Supported Employment Service (Swindon Borough Council)
Enables people with learning disabilities to train for work in work experience placements.

Disability Employment Advisors
A service to employers, employees and jobseekers.

Disabled Workers Co-operative
Bringing together the skills of disabled individuals and employers.

Enterprise Works
Offers work assessment, experience, training, and full-time paid employment.

Jobcentre Plus (DWP)
Information about employment from the Government.

Living Options
Services provided by and for people with physical disabilities.

New Dimensions
Provide a therapeutic environment for individuals to actively engage in their own recovery from mental health problems.

Phoenix Mailing
Employ people with enduring mental health problems.

QEST (Richmond Fellowship)
Employment service helping people with enduring mental health problems.

Shaw Trust
Specialist centres around the UK, which offer a variety of pre-employment activities, work related learning and support.

SKILL-National Bureau for Students With Disabilities
Promotes opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of disability in post-16 education, training and employment.

Swindon Volunteers
Provide information about voluntary work.

United Response
Encouraging individuals with learning disabilities or mental health problems to plan employment and training.

Upham Road Resource Centre
A day service available to adults, including those with a learning disability.

Upham Road Resource Centre
A day service available to adults, including those with a learning disability.

Workable Wiltshire
Website helping people with disabilities and carers with employment in Swindon and Wiltshire.

Working for Opportunities
A charity helping people with disabilities find employment.

Working Hands (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership)
An occupational service providing a creative and therapeutic environment for mental health users in Swindon.

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