{"id":60937,"date":"2024-04-15T14:55:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=60937"},"modified":"2024-04-15T14:55:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:55:29","slug":"sheffield-childrens-hospital-sets-up-work-placements-for-disabled-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/sheffield-childrens-hospital-sets-up-work-placements-for-disabled-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Children\u2019s Hospital sets up work placements for disabled young people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sheffield Children\u2019s hospital has set up the first partnership with Choices College which specialises offering supported internship courses for 16-24 years old adults,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/jop23zl\/\">Zhaona Li<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership aims to provide a variety of 12-week placements tailored for individuals with autism, learning difficulties and disabilities with only 4.8% of adults with a learning disability known to adult social care in England in paid work in 2023, according to NHS data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest data from a Labour Force Survey shows that only around 30% of working age autistic people are in employment, compared with around 50% for all disabled people and 80% for non-disabled people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joan Pons Laplana, Choices College Area Manager for South Yorkshire, who is autistic, said: \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m very passionate about this project. I got a lot of problems during my career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was a bit sick of the misperception that because you have autism, you are not capable of doing a job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to change perspectives about people with additional needs. The fact is that they can be fantastic employees if they are given the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe support them, we help them to believe in themselves and also change perceptions of people who work with them to show that they have huge potential, to stop people thinking of the limits and to see their possibilities.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Children\u2019s hospital has set up the first partnership with Choices College which specialises offering supported internship courses for 16-24 years old adults,\u00a0Zhaona Li\u00a0reports. 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