Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) Audit
EmployAbility – Surrey Choices EmployAbility service has received a GOOD rating from the prestigious Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) audit.
Building a Museum at Home
The people we support have been learning new skills at home whilst our colleagues continue to provide Zoom sessions and drop in visits in line with social distancing. Someone our EmployAbility Team supports began his own museum at home during lockdown to keep busy! It’s safe to say that during the pandemic, many people have…
Martin Woodward highly commended at BASE conference 2019
This year, the annual British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) Conference was held in Manchester from Tuesday 5 – Wednesday 6 November. Some of our colleagues attended and a very special award was highly commended by our colleague Martin Woodward, EmployAbility Team Administrator. Although Martin was not at the event, he was highly commended the…
Autism Awareness
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…
A week full of celebrations!
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…
Funmi is taking on the Guildford Cathedral Abseil!
On Saturday 15 June 2019, Surrey Choices colleague Funmi is taking part in the Guildford Cathedral Abseil in support of our Local Charity of The Year. We sat down with Funmi to find out why she wanted to do the Abseil and what this means to her. Read the interview below! Why are you taking…
Customer spotlight: Lucy
Our latest customer spotlight feature is on Lucy who attends Nexus Activity Centre. Read Lucy’s interview below to find out what her dream job would be, where her favourite place in the world is and more! What are your favourite hobbies or interests? I love painting and drawing, and I also enjoy baking and love…
Reflecting on Supported Internships
The young people who are currently on our EmployAbility Supported Internships Programme are just about to finish their year of work experience. Becky Grammel, an Employment Support Specialist asked one of the young men who has now been offered a paid job at his local pub how he is finding it… How have you felt…
V receives a Long Service Award Nomination!
Keeping jobs is as important a role for us as finding new jobs. This can take a lot of commitment, but can often make a big difference. Our latest good news story comes from EmployAbility, who tell us about V who has been at her place of work for 25 years now! Our Keep In Touch…