Programmes

Sixteen runs a range of community and supported internship programmes in and around Bristol.  We work with a range of Partners, practitioners and providers to deliver better job outcomes for people with a learning disability.  Our current programmes are shown below

Bristol City Council
We continue to support the development of more and better employment opportunities for people with a Learning Disability in Bristol
 
Working with partners from Learning City and other providers, Sixteen offers a key evidenced based supported employment service aimed at people in the community or completing one of the internship programmes.
 
In addition, we continue to work with people with a learning disability who have already been supported into work

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Project Search
Project SEARCH, is a pioneering internship scheme for young adults who have a learning disability or autism and who want to do paid work. The scheme started in America but has run successfully in Bristol for several years. With the classroom based at Bristol City Council offices, most placements are with council departments although some, of course, may be external.  Students attend the classroom each day before heading out to their placements.

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Into Catering
This Bristol based programme is designed for young people who want to specifically work in the catering industry. The interns spend two days per week together with a tutor learning kitchen skills.  The remaining 3 days per week are spent on placement in a catering establishment practising and developing their skills in preparation for work.

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Bristol Supported Internship Programme (B-SiP)
B-SiP is the most recent programme and is based on experience gained from Project Search. However, B-SiP works with a number of local businesses in Bristol to provide three work placements a year. The interns spent time in the classroom and then travel out to their work placements. Here they are support by both a course tutor and job coach

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Enterprising People
We are working with South Gloucestershire Council to deliver a programme designed to help people with a learning disability in South Gloucestershire explore self-employment and small business ownership. 

The programme offers workshops and seminars on self-employment for people with a learning disability as well as their support team. Individuals will get one-to-one and network support to explore their business idea and to plan how to make it a reality.
In addition, the programme will offer employment workshops to young people and families in South Gloucestershire.

This programme is being delivered in partnership with Boss Employment CIC and Freeways Trust.

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