Reaching potential
We believe that with the correct supports everyone can reach their potential. Often it is our environment that disables us. At Together Academy our dedicated teaching staff, pathways to employment team and occupational therapist ensure our students success by assessing the individual needs and providing customised supports and work place accommodations.
With our partners Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education Training Board (DDLETB) and Pobal, we offer two training programmes designed to prepare our students for employment in the community. We know that positive encounters change perceptions and therefore create opportunities for our students to make valuable contributions to the communities in which they live.
Two year culinary skills programme
Together Academy partners with the Education Training Board (ETB) and the state agency Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), delivering a class-based training course for young adults who have Down Syndrome. This two year programme, Employability Skills with a focus on Culinary, Hospitality and Retail Skills, equips the students with suitable expertise to enter the workforce in a supported employment environment.
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Together Academy Vocational Training programme
We offer a 20 week vocational training programme which will run twice a year with an emphasis on workplace readiness. Our Vocational Training Programme will run for five months, two days per week and includes the following modules: CV building, Interview Skills, Communication Skills, Time and Fatigue Management, Computer skills for work. followed by supported work experience and eventual placement into employment.
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Pathways to Employment
Our Pathways to Employment team works to bridge the gap between training and employment for our students. Working closely with employers, they carve job specifications to meet the individual needs and interests of our students. Training of employers has been a key aspect of our work as the team help employers understand how best to be successful when hiring one of our young adults. Post-employment support is a vital aspect of our offering.
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Diversity & Inclusion training
We provide training in Diversity and Inclusion for organisations and companies wanting to create a culture of inclusion. Always looking at and talking about best practices through our experience of placing people with Intellectual Disabilities in meaningful employment.
Our belief is that success is when inclusion is embedded in the entire culture of an organisation. We provide training that can be given to leadership teams and rolled out to all of the employees within an organisation.
Alongside our bespoke consultancy services, Together Academy offers a wide-ranging programme of training in intellectual disabilities. Some of the training covers topics such as Understanding Disability Rights and Legislation, reasonable and accessible accommodations that need to be made. Identifying barriers within a workplace and finding solutions to those barriers. We also look at why the organisation wants to implement this training and together learn why this work has been so needed and successful.
All sessions are co-facilitated with a person with an intellectual disability.
