From October 2008 through to September 2010 Thames Reach's national GROW programme is offering a bespoke consultancy service to homelessness organisations across the UK, with a view to increasing service user employment within the sector.
The service has been set up to support organisations in developing service user employment opportunities, focusing on themes such as the benefits and challenges of employing service users, identifying and overcoming organisational barriers and developing routes into employment.
This follows on from the Government support for Thames Reach's GROW scheme.
Over the past three years, Thames Reach has successfully changed its organisational culture to enable it to employ current and former service users across all teams.
Through the Giving Real Opportunities for Work (GROW) Project, Thames Reach has exceeded its target of 10% of its workforce having an experience of homelessness by 2007, with the current figure at 17%.
For more information please contact Kath Dane, GROW manager, on 0207 702 5638 or at kath.dane@thamesreach.org.uk
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