Partnership Working in
Linburn Academy. Young
People With Complex
Learning Needs
Context within
Glasgow City Council
Employment and Skills Partnership Team
 Opportunities for All – 16+ Funding
 Employability Support Officers – based in
mainstream secondary with input to CLN schools 1
day per week
 Merging of 2 existing teams
 ASL Act. GIRFEC Practice Model
ESP Aims and Objectives
 To increase the aspirations and choices available to
Glasgow’s young people in respect of their future
careers / lives.
 To improve and contextualise employability and
sector specific skills to make our young people’s
ambitions achievable.
 To increase the number of young people leaving
education into high quality, positive and sustained
destinations with clear future pathways.
ASN Youth Employability Group
 Citywide representation in all sectors
 Feeds into Glasgow City Youth Employability
Programmes
 Opportunity for specific developments within the
ASL sector including funding sources
 Includes partners for networking – Colleges, Social
Work, Social Care organisations, Enable etc.
Partnership Team
School Support
 Enterprise activities
 Supported work experience
 Employability / World of Work engagement and
activities. S1-S3
 Business partners
 Transition support
 Annual Award Ceremonies
Context with
Linburn Academy
 Glasgow Inner City Secondary School
Young people 12-18 with Complex Learning Needs
 School and community targeting inclusion and
integration into mainstream of life.
 Curriculum for Excellence. World of Work. Opportunities
similar to mainstream peers. Employer engagement
from S1.
 Supported Work Opportunities / Partnership working
 Early Transition Planning
Building together.
Range of partners.
 McAlpines Plumbing, Hillington Estate
 Fair Deal Social Care Organisation
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Culinary Excellence Programme
Help Yourself Grow / Help Yourself Cook
Cosgrove Care
Sense Scotland
Glasgow University Student Support - student volunteers
Partnership Team – Supported work with Job Coach
One Giant Leap Project
EVIP – Enhanced Vocational Inclusion Project
Sainsbury’s
Pamis
Work Experience - Friday
• Weekly Supported Work Experience 10am – 2 pm
• 4 work stations on the busy factory floor, fully
integrated with McAlpine staff
• Real live work. Nothing that is a simulation
• Assemble small parts for large orders, 2part jobs –
6 part jobs. Real progression
• Rules for work / dressing for work. Maximum
output
McAlpines Factory
Culinary Excellence Programme
 Mainstream Option adapted for CLN – programme
to give real life work experience
 In Birgidale Kitchen set up by Fair Deal in Castlemilk
 Young people trained to work as chefs and learn
front of house skills
 Enables the young people to deliver hospitality to
community groups
 Building skills for Learning, Life and Work
Culinary Excellence
Creating Opportunities Together
Development, Aspiration, Sustainability,
Social Responsibility
 Corporate Social Responsibility:
Local Community Linburn Academy
 Staff development:
Leadership Skills . Mentoring Skills. Positive Disability Awareness.
 Partnership:
Developing Relationships. Support school events.
 Recognition and Reputation:
Awards – Business Diversity. Community Champions.
IOD Director of year. ‘Developing Young People’
EVIP
Creating opportunities together
Development, Aspiration, Sustainability
Social Responsibility
 Senior Phase of Education. Real live work. Developing Skills for
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Learning, Life, and Work
Better Behaviour and Better Learning. Increased self esteem and
confidence
Raising and supporting parental expectations
See the contribution Young Person with CLN can make
Social work links and Local area coordinators
Involvement with Third Sector taking forward all aspects of
Personalisation Agenda : SCIF, ‘Life I Want ‘, Values into Action.,
Advocacy.
Flexible, creative and responsive solutions for young people
with CLN. Transition planning.
 Opportunities for ALL
 Self Directed Support Budgets
 Work with Social Work
 Menu of meaningful opportunities post school
Impact
 “Young people have the power to transform your
organisation. The partnership I've been involved in with Linburn
CLN School has been one of the most rewarding experiences of
my career. ”
Our collaborative approach has;
 developed our thinking around the needs of young people with
CLN
 assisted us to improve our approach to providing support to
young people with CLN
 provided a platform for us as an organisation to secure additional
funding
 further developed our HYG project and in particular launched our
Culinary Excellence with HYG programme.