Work Outcome courses run from 6 months to 3 years. Students gain hands-on, internal work experience placements in StarBistro, customer services, student shop, Art Factory, horticulture, and a printing enterprise. Working with a designated Job Coach they apply their skills to external work placements in catering, health and beauty, landscaping, administration, security, facilities management, finance, childcare, retail, hospitality, and construction.
Case Studies
How learners gain work skills through teamwork
The purpose of the study is to report how Job Coaches use teamwork to support students to gain transferrable work skills at the Greensteps Enterprise Centre and the Elmscroft Café which are located within Cheltenham and Gloucester.
How using a Multidisciplinary Team enables young people with disabilities access to work
National Star provides a variety of unique and specialised opportunities for it’s students by integrating a multidisciplined team including occupational therapy to ensure work programmes are tailored to the service users’ needs.
Supporting individuals with disabilities into employment
The Supported Internship programmes is based primarily with an employer. This case study describes how individuals with a disability can achieve sustainable paid employment through equipping them with the skills they need for employment giving examples from three employers.
