Helping People With Learning Disability
Gain Work Experience
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About


Our aim is to offer training by promoting opportunities for young people and adults with learning disability
to learn how to perform tasks and develop skills required in a working environment.

Working world has been running since September 2008

The staff

The main staff are experienced and qualified having worked with people with learning
difficulties and/or disabilities for a number of years.

There are two full time members of staff - Helen Hurdman and Pauline O’Hagan.

Helen Hurdman is an experienced teacher/ lecturer. She has specialised in specific learning difficulties at
Evesham College for the previous 15 years as a lecturer and a Programme Manager. Helen has pioneered several
programmes for people with learning difficulties, mental health, acquired brain injuries and more recently
teaching year 10 and 11 transition pupils from local high school.

There is a bank of volunteers who support Helen and full time member of staff Pauline O’Hagan.
Every member of staff has been involved with teaching young adults with learning difficulties/ disabilities.
Working World has a vast amount of experienced staff that supports the progression of the clients in their training area.

Programme Aims and Objectives

Short term objectives – have been to start the service within the Evesham area. Offering initial places to
clients that are unable to attend FE Colleges and/or day care, or have limited access to these organizations,
or who have limited work placement opportunities. We have gained an initial customer portfolio
for clients to be able to have the training experience at the centre.

Medium term objectives - to increase the amount of clients that are able to access this service.
Build up a larger customer portfolio in all skill areas.

Long term objectives - to increase the amount of services and opportunities provided at the centre
(by encouraging and educating local employers) and increase the number of staff employed and clients
accessing the centre and to be able to open the service up to people in surrounding areas as well as Evesham