J has been a member of the Surrey Choices Growth Team. When he first joined the team, he had difficulty with wearing the required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) due to Sensory Overload. This meant J’s ability to take part in the practical work that the Growth Team do on a daily basis to preserve the…
In this month’s newsletter, we had the pleasure of speaking to our colleague Martin, about autism and his experience into the world of work. Martin works within our EmployAbilty team as an Employment Team Administrator, and is also on the Surrey Autism Partnership Board as well as being an Autism Champion not only for Surrey…
Today, Friday 28 June 2019, we are celebrating EmployAbility Day with the rest of the country. This year’s theme is ‘Closing the Gaps’, to highlight the tireless efforts of organisations across the UK who help to close employment gaps by supporting disabled people to enter, sustain or progress in work. On Tuesday 25 June, we…
The Surrey Choices EmployAbility team goes above and beyond to secure work placements for students they continue to support! David O’Connor, an Employment Support Specialist here at Surrey Choices tells us one of the latest good news stories from the EmployAbility team, working together to find the best job for a young individual with Autism…
Steven is a customer who enjoys attending one of our Office Projects which is a vocational project to enable customers to improve their confidence, gain independence and learn new skills to prepare for the world of work. We wanted to find out a bit more about Steven and and share his story whilst we celebrate…
Jack is a customer from the Surrey Choices Growth Team, who preserve the wonderful Surrey countryside and many public spaces, working with lots of people on different projects. Whilst we are celebrating #NationalAutismAwarenessWeek, we had a chat with Jack about Autism and his life to find out a little bit more about him: How has…
Employment support specialist, Carolyn Tucker is shortlisted after being recognised for helping people on the autistic spectrum to secure employment.
