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Wonder Of Working with people with a learning disability Rose Trustam and Kate Naden
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Background –Lancashire Workforce Development Partnership - LWDP Since 2003/4 Lancashire Social Services has worked in genuine partnership with the voluntary and independent sector The LWDP formed to administer the LCC government workforce & training grant (sector share approx. £2m) They’ve maintained the grant since, despite ring-fencing being removed.
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Lancashire Learning Disabilities Consortium (LLDC) The LLDC is 16 Lancashire voluntary organisations working in learning disability services who share values & the benefits of joint work LLDC represents L/D employers on the LWDP Board who fund an L/D networker/projects officer Its first LWDP-funded project researched recruitment difficulties, which led to the development of materials including the DVD
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The Project’s aim was to raise awareness thro’ developing better recruitment materials. LWDP gave a £10k grant 3 LLDC Organisations – Integrate, Linkability and Ormerod took it on: They formed a management group Scoped the project & developed the script and players Used previous experience of the group - Linkability had made their own DVD with Keystone Creative Integrate had used PresCap a Community Arts group with service users
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DEVELOPING THE MATERIALS? ARTS WORKSHOPS : PresCAP were commissioned to run workshops to develop the materials and the messages using participating service users and staff They produced the WOW motif (made from photos of the group), the leaflet, a banner & posters – all totally owned & led by participants. Materials were used for 3 recruitment events
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Making the DVD What helped? The trust between agencies and shared values – same messages A lead person who had worked with the film-makers before Setting up scenes as much as possible before and some contingency plans Getting permissions from participants – service users & staff & some venues Total commitment of all – LLDC agency management, participants s/users
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Lessons from our experience Pre-work: Spend time to work out the script & messages wanted – the film-maker can do it. Service users and staff developing the marketing in the workshops worked well – and was very empowering and creative for them Contingencies: one staff to be filmed left! Another staff after filming got cold feet! Be prepared to adapt: The DVD is too long for recruitment event stalls; made a short one It takes much more time than you think!
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Using the DVD & Distribution o All Lancashire providers got them to use o We’ve given them schools, Uni’s & colleges for their use o We’ve used the DVD at Job Fairs and Recruitment Events,stalls at conferences We sent it to Community Living – a learning disabilities magazine - who featured it Autumn 2009
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Lancashire Workforce Development Partnership (LWDP) The opportunity came from the REAL PARTNERSHIP of Lancashire Adult Services’ reps – their Head of Contracts and lead HR/Training manager – working strategically with the sector.
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Contact Details For further information see: www.lldc.org or www.lwdp.org.ukwww.lldc.org www.lwdp.org.uk Some copies of the DVD here today for sale £10 Or email us at admin.lldc.org but we’ll have to charge postage
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