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WorkAbility Cork

WorkAbility Cork: Inclusive Pathways to Employment!

WorkAbility Cork sets out to support people with disabilities, to explore what their next step will be. This can include one or more of the following:

  • employment
  • self-employment
  • education and training

Who is the programme for?

We support people who have experienced a setback due to a disability or mental health issue.  Supports include:

  • one to one coaching & mentoring
  • personal profiling
  • job searching support and training
  • information and guidance about further education & training opportunities.
  • personal development/confidence building

Other skills training available to participants:

  • Manual Handling
  • Safe Pass
  • HACCP
  • Introduction to Computers
  • Entrepreneurship training and mentor supports
  • Business planning support

How to find out more!

If you, or someone in your family has experienced a setback due to a disability or mental health issue, and you are looking for support, please get in touch with SECAD and enquire about the new WorkAbility programme.

  • Phone SECAD on 021 4613432 and mention the WorkAbility programme; or
  • Email info@secad.ie and put WorkAbility in the subject line.

About WorkAbility

WorkAbility Cork sets out to support people with disabilities to access employment, including self-employment as well as education, training, personal development and confidence building.

Partnership with Cork Chamber

In partnership with Cork Chamber, SECAD will encourage employers to:

  • adopt diversity and inclusion policies;
  • facilitate partnerships between disability advocacy organisations and businesses;
  • develop supported employment programmes through job coaches and tutors; and
  • highlight the incentives available for employers who hire individuals with disabilities.

Locations

For WorkAbility Cork participants, Midleton will be a key hub for training and upskilling with other locations also used as outreach centres (depending on participant locations, accessibility, etc.).

We will work with employers, large and small, in key locations in towns and industrial areas throughout the county. These are likely to include employers in Little Island, Carrigtwohill and Ringaskiddy as well as smaller employers in towns such as Cobh, Midleton, Youghal.