Mentee information meeting on 25 April 2023 at 1 pm
Diagnosed or self-identify as autistic?
Struggling to find employment or progress in your current role?
Take a step towards a fulfilling career and join our Tool Up mentoring programme.
Register at https://ndsa.uk/tool-up/
Email: toolup@ndsa.uk
The programme starts in April, enrollment is still open.
We are helping autistic people to find and progress in fulfilling employment through our new Tool Up Mentoring programme. It includes weekly one hour one to one mentoring sessions, an online employment readiness course and an online support group. Our Tool Up Mentoring programme will help you to formulate and progress towards your employment goal. It is suitable for vocational, admin and professional careers.
Employment provides a sense fulfilment, recognition and belonging. Research has shown that employment is central to autistic sense of wellbeing and quality of life, yet 77% of autistic people are unemployed and want to work, 58% among them want and need some help getting into employment.
There is little evidence that various employment initiatives work for autistic people with a notable exception of mentoring. A prominent autistic autism researcher Dr Damian Milton and his colleagues have piloted a mentoring programme that shown progress into employment and an improvement to the wellbeing of autistic participants.
Our programme is based on Dr Milton’s study and designed with his participation and valuable contribution from Dr Susy Ridout, the expert on mentoring of neurodivergent people. It is developed by autistic people for autistic people who are looking to get into meaningful employment or to change careers.
We are aiming to help autistic people to realise their potential and lead fulfilling lives, including achieving employment that meets their skills and aspirations, be it a vocational, admin or a professional career.
Our Tool Up Mentoring programme has three elements:
The support group will provide peer support, advice and a sense of community and help to build positive autism identity that is also key for autistic wellbeing.
The Tool Up course will provide helpful resources and a timeline to underpin the mentoring and progression towards the personal goal. It will take you through various steps involved in preparing and applying for work and managing your career once in work. It provides a wealth of tips and resources tailored to autistic people.
This programme helps both mentors and mentees to realise their potential, achieve personal growth and connect to employment and to an online autistic community.
Enrol into the Tool Up mentoring programme:
Contact us at: toolup@ndsa.uk
Information Zoom webinar for prospective mentees on 25 April at 6 pm.
Zoom link:
Become a mentor!
Looking for meaningful ways to volunteer?
Wanting to help to make life changing difference?
Become a mentor! Register at
Mentoring can provide a great sense of fulfilment and recognition. You could be helping an autistic adult to achieve life changing step into employment and develop your own mentoring skills. Our Tool Up programme will train and support mentors throughout the programme.
What is involved?
You will receive a comprehensive free online and Zoom training developed and delivered by Dr Damian Milton and Dr Susy Ridout. You will also join a mentors’ online support group and receive individual support and supervision from experienced mentors throughout the programme. You will mentor one or if you prefer two autistic individuals to the rate of one hour per week for a duration of 20 weeks.
You would need to complete enrolment, mid-term and post programme questionnaires, attend the online training, consent to a DBS check and commit to 20 weeks of mentoring. You will receive payment of £296 for the entire programme (or £13.2 per session inclusive of tax, plus holiday pay).
Register:
Contact us at: toolup@ndsa.uk
The mentor training will start online on the week of April with the live session delivered via Zoom webinars:
Diagnosed or self-identify as autistic?
Struggling to find employment or progress in your current role?
Take a step towards a fulfilling career and join our Tool Up mentoring programme.
Register at https://ndsa.uk/tool-up/
Email: toolup@ndsa.uk
The programme starts in April, enrollment is still open.
We are helping autistic people to find and progress in fulfilling employment through our new Tool Up Mentoring programme. It includes weekly one hour one to one mentoring sessions, an online employment readiness course and an online support group. Our Tool Up Mentoring programme will help you to formulate and progress towards your employment goal. It is suitable for vocational, admin and professional careers.
Employment provides a sense fulfilment, recognition and belonging. Research has shown that employment is central to autistic sense of wellbeing and quality of life, yet 77% of autistic people are unemployed and want to work, 58% among them want and need some help getting into employment.
There is little evidence that various employment initiatives work for autistic people with a notable exception of mentoring. A prominent autistic autism researcher Dr Damian Milton and his colleagues have piloted a mentoring programme that shown progress into employment and an improvement to the wellbeing of autistic participants.
Our programme is based on Dr Milton’s study and designed with his participation and valuable contribution from Dr Susy Ridout, the expert on mentoring of neurodivergent people. It is developed by autistic people for autistic people who are looking to get into meaningful employment or to change careers.
We are aiming to help autistic people to realise their potential and lead fulfilling lives, including achieving employment that meets their skills and aspirations, be it a vocational, admin or a professional career.
Our Tool Up Mentoring programme has three elements:
- One to one mentoring, 1 hour per week for 20 weeks’
- An online Zoom support group,
- An online / Zoom employment readiness course.
The support group will provide peer support, advice and a sense of community and help to build positive autism identity that is also key for autistic wellbeing.
The Tool Up course will provide helpful resources and a timeline to underpin the mentoring and progression towards the personal goal. It will take you through various steps involved in preparing and applying for work and managing your career once in work. It provides a wealth of tips and resources tailored to autistic people.
This programme helps both mentors and mentees to realise their potential, achieve personal growth and connect to employment and to an online autistic community.
Enrol into the Tool Up mentoring programme:
NDSA
reg.ndsa.uk
Information Zoom webinar for prospective mentees on 25 April at 6 pm.
Zoom link:
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Become a mentor!
Looking for meaningful ways to volunteer?
Wanting to help to make life changing difference?
Become a mentor! Register at
NDSA
reg.ndsa.uk
Mentoring can provide a great sense of fulfilment and recognition. You could be helping an autistic adult to achieve life changing step into employment and develop your own mentoring skills. Our Tool Up programme will train and support mentors throughout the programme.
What is involved?
You will receive a comprehensive free online and Zoom training developed and delivered by Dr Damian Milton and Dr Susy Ridout. You will also join a mentors’ online support group and receive individual support and supervision from experienced mentors throughout the programme. You will mentor one or if you prefer two autistic individuals to the rate of one hour per week for a duration of 20 weeks.
You would need to complete enrolment, mid-term and post programme questionnaires, attend the online training, consent to a DBS check and commit to 20 weeks of mentoring. You will receive payment of £296 for the entire programme (or £13.2 per session inclusive of tax, plus holiday pay).
Register:
NDSA
reg.ndsa.uk
The mentor training will start online on the week of April with the live session delivered via Zoom webinars: