Project SEARCH @ Naas General Hospital

Project SEARCH aims to change lives for young people with Intellectual Disabilities by helping them get great jobs. Project Search is working with KARE and Naas General Hospital to give the opportunity of work experience to transform the employment prospects of young people with intellectual disabilities. Project SEARCH - KARE & Naas General Hospital programme was established in 2013 and is providing trainees with a 12 month work experience programme for people with Intellectual Disabilities. The Trainees are based full-time at the Naas General Hospital and have three department rotations throughout the 12 months as they gain transferable skills and study for QQI qualification with support from KWETB. The programme also includes a two onsite coordinators who teach and support the trainees in making a successful transition from training into meaningful employment. The national average of people with disabilities working in Ireland is 6 %. In 2019 we received a 90% Employment Outcom...