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B-Empowered

Young people will be supported by both a Barnardo’s Works Employability Project Worker and a Family Support Worker from the Barnardo’s Together team, on a 1-1 basis for consistent, long-term support. B- Empowered will work with young people to create bespoke support plans to identify barriers and devise solutions while exploring their future employability goals. This wrap-around support is designed to allow a young people to thrive in all aspects of their life, to promote their well-being and connect them with sustainable outcomes. We will support young people in their work-readiness but also offer continued support once they are in-work/education, to ensure their destinations are inclusive and young people feel comfortable in their new environments.

This will include engagement with a choice of the following supports:

  • Understanding your diagnosis
  • Family support/ whole family wellbeing
  • ASN strategies/ coping mechanisms
  • Supported volunteering
  • Independent living skills
  • Mindfulness and wellbeing activities
  • Outdoor activities
  • Social activities and connecting with social networks
  • Qualifications/Awards
  • Employability tasks

Young people may be eligible to Educational Maintenance Allowance while on the programme, at a training allowance of £30 per week.

Start date

23rd September 2024

Location

Based from 181 Pleasance, EH8 9RU and across Edinburgh.

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