Welsh Initiative for Supported Employment

WISE has over 25 years of successfully working with people with learning disabilities to help them to gain employment. The support that WISE provides enables individuals to gain the confidence, motivation and skills they need to get and keep a job.

WISE was set up in 1984 by a group of parents who believed in giving people with a learning disability the opportunity to work. WISE is a registered charity, a limited company and a community co-operative.The type of supported employment offered by WISE is as defined by The Association for Supported Employment:"paid work in an integrated setting with ongoing support provided by an agency with expertise in finding employment for people with disabilities".