Optalis

The Supported Employment Service provides a friendly and confidential employment support services for people covered under the disability provision of the Equalities Act. We can help if you are looking for work but need extra support, if you are planning to return to work, require further training, or need support when meeting an employer.

Who is the service for?
We help clients with:
* Physical disabilities
* Mental health issues
* Learning disabilities
* Sensory impairments (Deaf, HoH, blind, partially-sighted, DeafBlind)
* Acquired brain injury
* Long-term health conditions
* Substance misuse issues
We also help carers.

The support we provide to our customers
Our individually-tailored support packages can include:
* 1:1 support
* Confidence building
* Help through the weekly Job Club
* Job searching
* Interview skills and practice
* Careers advice
* CV advice
* Specialist employment advice
* Specialist job coaching support
* Careers matching programme
* Education opportunities
* Volunteering opportunities
* Assertive programme
* Continued support whilst employed

Support for employers
We can offer the following specialist support to employers:
* Advice on employing someone with a disability
* Reasonable adjustment
* Confidential 1:1 telephone and online support
* Work experience programmes
* Volunteering
* Specialist job coaching support
* Retention Advice
* Mediation
* Employee support in line with the disability element of the Equalities Act
* Dealing with stress related issues within your workplace
* Bespoke disability training packages
* Mental health awareness and stress in the work place training

Contact
The Supported Employment Service is managed by Katrina Reeves and Donna Morgans (Deputy Manager). For more information about the service, please contact us on (0118) 989 0500 or by email at employmentservice [at] optalis [dot] org