Customised Employment
Aligning the efforts of people who want careers,
their families, friends, services and employers
What does Customised
Employment involve?
Best supported employment practice:
 All stakeholders engaged including family
 Person centred planning techniques
 Updated technology – digital photography,
PowerPoint profiles and portfolios
Best employer practice:
 Disability Equality Duty
 Lean Systems
 Reasonable adjustments such as job restructuring
and job carving
Careers
Customised Employment
Discovery
Profile
 What am I already good at?
Person centred job planning
 Led by the job seeker, focused on what
works, aimed at potential employers
Employer discovery and negotiation
 Job seeker’s priorities, employer needs
analysis, workplace analysis, reasonable
adjustments and support
Career
Products
• The personal profile- comes out of
spending time with an individual to find
out what makes them tick, what their
skills and experiences that are relevant
to work
• The Portfolio- the short document that
enables the individual to be represented
to the employer in a positive light.
Developing the Portfolio
• The individual’s portfolio may contain a
number of ingredients:
A portrait of the individual
Images of competent performance
Narrative pages indicating contributions
The applicant’s Task List developed
during the Employment Planning
meeting.
• It should be punchy!
If you’re clear about what the person has to
offer and the type of job they want…
… The portfolio can be short and
sweet!
Vicky
Courtesy of Anne O’Bryan South
West Employment Institute
Vicky is an enthusiastic team player
who hates to be late …
Courtesy of Anne O'Bryan SWEI
Vicky is looking for an employer who has needs in
these Fashion and Retail areas:
Receiving new merchandise – un-boxing,
sorting, hanging, tagging, shelving
Folding, straightening, facing
Arranging shelves and displays, adding
accessories
Receiving returned merchandise –
re-shelving, re-hanging, re-stocking
Tidying, sorting shelves
Stock rotation, replenishment
courtesy of Anne O'Bryan SWEI
Fashion and Fashion Retail
 Refreshing merchandise ironing, folding,
hanging
 Maintaining area – washing, sweeping
 Assisting customers – changing area,
main floor
 Offering samples or sale products to
customers
 Inventory scanning
 Pricing
 Light data entry
courtesy of Anne O'Bryan SWEI