ROS EQUAL - ROSCOMMON EQUAL PARTNERSHIPS - GRANTS - HELP FOR THE DISABLED

Ros Equal
Castlecourt Hse Castle St Co. Roscommon
(087)9242660

roscomon equal
Contact: Noel Connolly
Roscommon Partnership Company,
Castle Court
Castle Street
Roscommon.

Tel: 090 662 8161
rosequalptnship@eircom.net
www.rosequal.com ros equal

Project Aim Objectives
Using a partnership model to develop innovative approaches amongst the relevant disability agencies and stakeholders, the project aims to improve co-ordination of existing services, inform public opinion and influence policy-making throughout the County, in order to empower the disabled community to gain access to appropriate work opportunities.

Project Objectives:

1. To establish a committed partnership of agencies that will formulate and implement a cross-agency client-centred approach to the progression of the disabled into employment;
2. To develop a specification and application of a vocational profiling and guidance service that will compliment existing activities;
3. To establish an employment marketing service to address the requirements of both employers and clients;
4. To establish a community radio station that will provide a bridge into commercial employment for the target group, empower its staff and listeners, and project a positive impression of professionalism and ability within the disabled community, whilst providing valuable services to the general community;
5. To inform mainstream policy regarding disability, by applying models jointly developed on the initiative to their own organizational policies and procedures;
6. To exploit all employment opportunities e.g. employment by consortium members, subcontracting business from employers, placement within the social economy programme, promotion of existing public sector opportunities (3% national policy target), and upcoming decentralization opportunities.

Project Actions:

* Establish a state of the art studio and website design facility to service the needs of both the disabled community and the broader community of Roscommon, displaying it as a model of best practice;
* Conduct a series of job analyses on the entire radio station operations. Use this model for demonstration to other organizations of the practical application of job analysis, vocational profiling, and job matching;
* Providing full-time employment and work placements to people with disabilities in the range of skill areas (reception, administration, sales, maintenance, web design, broadcasting, reporting etc);
* Developing a local employment resource pack in the process;
* Employment Marketing - this action aims to put employers centre stage in the employment process, assisted on the supply side by agencies customizing training in response to their needs, and encouraged on the demand side by the community, who appreciate the adoption of Equality principles;
* Vocational Career Guidance Service – to guide disabled clients who wish to gain access to employment and are willing to undertake the vocational guidance process and suggested interventions to the stage of being job-ready and then provide pre and post employment support.