Date post: | 04-Jul-2015 |
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Speedpak LtdA Social Enterprise Making a Real Difference on Dublin’s Northside
Speedpak Story…………
• Social need
• Real commercial business
• Employ, Train, Support
“We don’t employ people to contract pack and make rosettes, we contract pack and make rosettes to employ people”
“We don’t employ people to contract pack and make rosettes, we contract pack and make rosettes to employ people”
Primary Objective
Employability
• Workplace skills and competencies
• Attitudes and behaviours
• Accreditation
Spin Off………….
Confidence and self esteem
Lifelong learning
Positive Citizenship
Barrier Cycle
Breaking the Cycle!• Work Routine; Team Work;
Problem Solving & Taking Instruction
• SOPs; Plant & Equipment; Quality Assurance & Health & Safety
• Reflective Practice; Formalising Learning & Qualification
Can do…..and know I can do!
Workplace Accreditation Model (WAM©)
Convert to FETAC
Capture existing workplacelearning
Using current systems
Training relevant to workplace
Deirdre’s Story………
• Rebelled!• Company Support • Local VEC College• Major FETAC Award • Transformed……(but
how do we know?)
Distance Travelled ….the journey to employability
• Measuring success
• Based on ‘Barrier Cycle’
• New Profiling & Rating system informs interventions
• Captures progress and milestones
This couldn’t happen without….
www.speedpak.ie www.shamrockrosettes.com