Students Celebrate Success!

Congratulations - 24 students received their certificates for successfully completing the Foundation Diploma in Training & Education in Supported Employment in Malone House in Belfast. The course was delivered by a partnership between the Northern Ireland Union of Supported Employment (NIUSE) and the Open Training College (OTC) Dublin and accredited by the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Edyth Dunlop, Regional Manager, NIUSE opened the ceremony by congratulating the students on their success and commitment to professional development in Supported Employment.   The course provided students with an overview of the Supported Employment model and practical tools and strategies to assist them find and maintain employment for people with disabilities.  Supported Employment is a unique model, which assists people with disabilities, in particular people with significant disabilities to find a paid job and stay in the job in a career of their choice, in their local community.

NIUSE will be delivering this course again early 2010 and for further information please contact info@niuse.org.uk

Áine Melinn (Assistant College Director, OTC), Margaret Haddock (Chairperson, NIUSE), Nuala Kerr (Director of Skills & Industry Division, Dept for Employment & Learning), Edyth Dunlop (Regional Manager, NIUSE) and Alacoque McAuley Savage (Tutor, OTC) with a group of FDSE graduates

Alacoque McAuley Savage (Tutor, OTC), Susan Harkin (NIUSE Coordinator) and Áine Melinn (Assistant College Director, OTC)

Margaret Haddock (Chairperson, NIUSE), Nuala Kerr (Director of Skills & Industry, Dept of Employment & Learning), Áine Melinn (Assistant College Director, OTC) and Stephanie McKeating (FDSE Graduate)