Papworth Trust Employment Services

The Employment Team

Papworth Trust

Papworth Everard

Cambridge

CB3 8RG
01480 830341 (tel), 01480 831919 (fax)

http://www.papworth.org.uk/  email: info@papworth.org.uk  

• Employment Services at Papworth provide a range of work opportunities for disabled people through: 
• Supported Placement Schemes
• Job Coaching (training and advice in job search skills, assessment of skills and experience in relation to the labour market)
• Work preparation
• Work placements
• Job tasters
• Training and advice

They mainly provide services for people with physical and/or learning disabilities.  Based in Cambridge with centres in East Anglia, the Trust does take national referrals.

London N7 9PW

020 7619 7299 (voice), 0207 619 7187 (text), 0207 619 7399 or 0207 619 7360 (fax)

Leadership Recruitment is a career development programme for disabled people of graduate calibre providing the first step into a chosen career. Working with leading employers from across the private, public and voluntary sectors, Leadership Recruitment provides a pool of pre-screened graduate-level candidates selected on the basis of talent not disability.  Entry into the programme is highly competitive.  Partner firms take an active part in the selection process and will employ them directly or sponsor the successful candidates on either two six-month or a one-year placement

http://www.scope.org.uk/graduates/

Scope- Employment Services
6 Sterling House

10B Harding Way, St Ives

Cambridgeshire, PE17 4WR
Tel: 01480 309615 

http://www.scope.org.uk/work/employment/index.php

Scope's Employment Service supports people in gaining and sustaining meaningful employment in large corporations, public sector bodies and local employers. The service is available, throughout the country, to all disabled people, not just those with cerebral palsy

Shaw Trust Information Resource, Shaw House, Epson Square, White Horse Business Park, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 0XJ

01225 716 350 (voice), 0345 697 288 (text), 01225 716 334 (fax)

Free phone 0800 169 1790, minicom 08457 697 288

http://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/, email: stir@shaw-trust.org.uk

Shaw Trust is a national charity which supports people with disabilities and mental health problems  prepare for work, find jobs and live more independently.  It  works with thousands of employers to recruit and manage a diverse workforce

Crystal Gate, 3rd Floor,

28-30 Worship Street

London EC2A 2AH

020 7448 5437 (tel), 020 7374 4913 (fax)

http://www.opportunities.org.uk/

This organisation, which  is  part of the national employment charity The Shaw Trust, aims to help people with all types of disabilities break down the barriers to finding employment. It operates throughout the UK through a network of Regional Centres. Contact the head office to find your nearest centre.  Services include access to internships and how to apply to them; workshops on preparing CVs; job applications; interview skills; advice on obtaining aids and equipment.

Disabled Entrepreneurs Network (DEN)

Established by the Association of Disabled Professionals, BCM ADP, London,WC1N 3XX, the DEN providesnetworking opportunities and information services for self-employed people with disabilities.

DEN - Disabled Entrepreneurs Network

Group for Solicitors with Disabilities (GSD)

114 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL 020 7320 5793/5794 (tel), 020 7831 0170(fax)

 www.gsdnet.org.uk

The aim of this group is to achieve equal opportunities amongst disabled solicitors, would-be solicitors or clients. To provide a forum in which the views of such solicitors can be discussed and passed on to the Law Society and the profession at large. Membership of the group is open to law students.