essex cares: a guide to work based training and social enterprise in north essex
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A guide to Work Based Training and Social Enterprise in North Essex
Contents
Overview of Work Based Training............................................
Our Services Accross Essex.....................................................
The role of Linked Employment................................................
Oakwood Packaging.................................................................
Oakwood Plough Corner..........................................................
Treetops.....................................................................................
Red House.................................................................................
Book Rest Café Clacton and Colchester .................................
A Glossary of Essex Cares Services..........................................
Pricing Information....................................................................
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Overview of Work Based Training
Essex Cares offers Work Based Training from 16 sites across the county, providing time limited work experience within a fully functioning business. Vocational Work Based Training enables adults with learning disabilities to gain skills and confidence enhancing their opportunities for employment in the future.
Our specialities include:
Catering
Conference
Hospitality
Horticulture
Printing
Recycling and packaging
The Work Based Training sites also offer high quality, excellent value products and services for sale to the general public. This allows our trainees to not only gain skills in that specific sector but also in customer services, gaining a valuable insight into working with the general public, a key factor for future employment. All income generated by the Work Based Training sites is reinvested into the businesses to improve the services on offer to trainees.
3Countywide
Mid Essex
Our services across Essex
South Essex
North EssexWest Essex
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South Essex
Barley TwistTel: 01268 271042Catering & hospitality
Copy Cats 2Tel: 01277 228571Design, print & reprographics
Book Rest Café BrentwoodTel: 07584 580480Hospitality
Book Rest Café BasildonTel: 07584 580479Hospitality
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Mid Essex
Strawberry FieldsTel: 01376 556862Catering & hospitality
GreenacreTel: 01245 477280Catering, hospitality & horticulture
Roundwood Garden Centre & Tel: 01376 551728 Catering, hospitality & horticulture
West Essex
Café GoodmanTel: 07717 867401Catering & hospitality
Copy CatsTel: 01799 522145Design, print & reprographics
Noah’s CaféTel: 07871 197041Catering & hospitality
Café
Roundwood Garden Centre & Café is open seven days a week offering even more training opportunities
The role of Linked Employment
Essex Cares’ Linked Employment service specialises in placing working age adults with disabilities into a paid job of their choice. Essex Cares work with both the employee and the employer to find jobs that match skills, experience and individual aspirations. Essex Cares support initially with CV writing, job searches and interview techniques, and over the longer term coach individuals during the first few weeks of starting a new role.
Essex Cares continues to support employers with the primary aim of ensuring that employees continue to succeed and develop, completing their job to a high standard. Linked Employment has great benefits for everyone involved.
Linked Employment offers employers…
Highly-motivated employees who will take a pride in their work. People carefully matched to specific jobs. Jobs well done – with the professional support of the Essex Cares’ job coaches where necessary. An opportunity to help someone who will benefit from the stimulation of employment. An opportunity to show a true commitment to the Equal Opportunities legislation and the Disability Discrimination Act. Assistance for the employee in the new job, until they’re able to work independently. Support throughout the whole process and a commitment to provide ongoing information, advice and guidance. Consultancy services for employers relating to positive policies and practices in relation to employment of disadvantaged people.
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… and employees
The stimulation of real and purposeful employment.Employment opportunities where the work is paid at national minimum wage or above. Training offering specific skills that can assist with gaining employment. For example interview techniques and CV writing. Job opportunities from just one hour a week to full time.Opportunities to be recognised for their abilities rather than their disabilities. Increased self-confidence, leading to the possibility of more demanding tasks.The knowledge that they are a valued part of their community.Assistance for the employee in the new job, until they’re able to work independently. Support throughout the whole process and a commitment to provide ongoing information, advice and guidance.
William celebrated 20 years at The Wine Company in Colchester in 2012.
“I like it here because I get out and about and work with lots of nice people”
William’s Manager said, “He is a very valuable employee – he’s full of enthusiasm and is as diligent, hardworking and honest as any member of my team.”
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North Essex
Oakwood PackagingClacton
Oakwood Packaging is a training co-operative offering work based training in contract packing work.
Based on an industrial business park on the outskirts of Clacton-on-Sea, Oakwood Packaging supports disadvantaged adults to gain Work Based Training in a real business environment focusing on improving skills and confidence to enhance future employment opportunities.
Oakwood Packaging provides training in a broad range of services including hand packing, labelling, sleeve wrapping, booklet collation, heat sealing, gift wraps, shrink wrapping, cards, boxes, light assembly of electrical components, swatches, collating, gluing and taping.
They work succesfully with Government agencies and health bodies as well as private sector organisations in a range of industries including textiles, print and manufacturing.
“I like working here. Because of working here I got a
job as Health Access Champion”
- Linda, trainee at Oakwood Packaging
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9North Essex
Find us at:
Oakwood PackagingOakwood Business ParkStephenson Road WestWild CloseClacton-On-SeaEssexCO15 4TL
Tel: 01255 436967 Fax: 01255 436967
Email: [email protected]
Opening Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 8.30 am – 4.30 pm Friday: 8.30 am – 4.00 pm Closed weekends
Oakwood Plough CornerClacton
Oakwood Plough Corner has a café, conference and garden centre all on one site. It provides training opportunities to disadvantaged adults, to support them to gain work skills in catering, hospitality and horticulture.
Meals and snacks are prepared and served to visitors to the café, open public events are held on site, and buffets are prepared and served to groups using the onsite conference room. The garden centre has large greenhouses, polytunnels and a shop to enable the public to best take advantage of the excellent facilities provided in our extensive grounds.
The catering training at Oakwood Plough Corner includes learning about food preparation, cooking, baking, cleaning and serving food and drinks to customers. We also focus on customer service skills as well as till training and clearing tables.
The centre’s horticulture training includes learning about plant care, growing, watering and pruning as well as training in landscaping, general maintenance tasks for the garden centre and serving members of the public. Trainees will learn to use the till to serve customers and helping customers carry items to their cars.
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Find us at:
Oakwood Plough CornerHarwich RoadLittle ClactonClacton-On-SeaEssexCO16 9ND
Tel: 01255 860550 Fax: 01255 860550
Email: [email protected]
Opening Hours:
Monday - Thursday: 8.30 am – 4.30 pm Friday: 8.30 am – 4.00 pm Closed weekends
North Essex
Treetops CaféColchester
Treetops is an inspiring service that gives practical bite-sized training in food preparation and hospitality. It is based at the Woodlands, Colchester. The staff team offer hands-on training and advice to trainees on reaching their goals and gaining an insight into all aspects of working in hospitality.
People are part of the team that produces Café-style food, hot lunches, light snacks, buffets and sandwiches for local businesses. The team maintains the high standards of cleanliness and health and safety of the Centre. The staff support trainees in gaining experience that could lead to paid employment in their community.
At Treetops, staff believe in progression and personal development. They offer the trainee an opportunity to be part of an exciting world of catering and hospitality, and to develop the key life skills they need to enter the world of work.
“I’m enjoying gaining the skills and experience to take
that next step to gaining paid em-
ployment”
- Paul, trainee at Treetops Café
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Find us at:
Treetops CaféWoodlandsRecreation RoadColchesterEssex C01 2HJ
Tel: 01206 871320 Fax: 01206 794299 Email: [email protected]
Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9.30 am – 3.00 pm Closed weekends
Red HouseMessing
Red House can be found in of a small Essex village in the North of the county. It provides Work Based Training in catering, horticulture and creative design to enable its customers to develop skills needed for future employment opportunities.
The catering training includes: learning all about food preparation, cooking, baking, cleaning and serving of the food. Meals and snacks are prepared for visitors to the café.
Red House offers creative design training in bespoke fabric design and greetings cards. They encourage design work particularly arts and crafts. Red House has an artists’ garden that was created and developed through this training exercise. A range of items from fabric products, greetings cards and garden ornaments are made on site.
The horticulture training at Red House includes: learning about plant care and growing, as well as as landscaping, shrub pruning and general maintenance tasks for the garden centre. This may include plant sales, till training and helping customers to carry items to their cars.
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Find us at:
Red HouseSchool RoadMessingNr. ColchesterEssexCO5 9TH
Tel: 01621 815219 Fax: 01621 816334
Email: [email protected]
Opening Hours:
Monday - Thursday 9.00 am – 4.30 pm Friday: 9.00 am – 4.00 pm Weekends: Open for specific events and conferences only
North Essex
Book Rest CaféClacton & Colchester
There are two Book Rest Cafés in North Essex, which are small coffee bars located within Clacton-on-Sea and Colchester libraries. These offer training in all aspects of hospitality along with till training, ordering of stock and customer service.
The work based opportunities provided in these environments provide frontline customer interaction with the general public within our library cafés. The Bookrest Cafés are inspiring places of work thatgive practical bite-sized training in customer service. The staff team offer hands-on training, advice on reaching goals and gaining an insight into every aspect of working in a café.
Trainees produce hot drinks directly from a commercial coffee machine as well as selling a variety of light snacks. They aim to develop the customer service skills that could lead to paid employment in their local communities.
Members of staff support trainees in gaining money-handling experience as well as the Health & Safety essentials a potential
employer would genuinely value.
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Find us at:
Book Rest Café ColchesterColchester LibraryTrinity SquareColchesterEssexCO1 1JB
Tel: 07769 234726 Fax: 01206 794299
Email: [email protected]
Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday 9.30 am – 3.00 pm Closed weekends
Book Rest Café ClactonClacton LibraryStation RoadClacton-on-SeaEssexCO15 1SF
Tel: 07827 976434
Email: [email protected]
A Glossary of Essex Cares Services
Reablement - helping individuals to regain the skills and confidence that they need to remain independent in their own home after a spell in hospital or a period of ill health.
Outreach - supporting individuals at home and within their local community.
Home Share - Host Carers offering day support at their home for a small group.
Sensory Service - providing training and advice in daily living skills to promote safety and independence and providing specialist equipment for hearing and/or visually impaired adults.
Telecare - fully trained staff on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 365 days a year to visit homes following emergency calls from bed sensors, door sensors, smoke alarms etc.
HomeSafe – a range of products and services offering everything you may need to support independence at home and in the local community. Aids and equipment can be delivered to your door and adaptations completed by trained assessors.
Wellbeing & Activity Centres – supporting older adults or those with learning disabilities to remain active in their communities.The centres offer a wide variety of activities on and off site all of which encourage and aid independence.
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Pricing Information
Day (6 hours)
AM or PM (3 hours)
Hourly Rate
Work Based Training One to One Support
£120 £60 £20
Work Based Training Group Support
£35 £20 £8
Linked Employment support will be charged on an hourly rate of £27.
VAT will be charged where applicable.
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For more information about any of these services please contact the centres directly.
For information regarding services within other areas of Essex Cares please call us on 0845 835 0150.
Bente WilsonHead of Service for Work Based Training & Social EnterpriseTel: 07775 757 004
Debbie Edgell - Operational Manager North EssexTel: 07747 486 289
0845 835 [email protected]
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