SESAMI – Partner Agencies
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SESAMI – Partner Agencies |
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Social inclusion through Employment Support for Adults with Mental Illness
There are 6 organisations contributing to the work of the SESAMI project. Funding is being provided by the European Social Fund.
WORKSTEP provides job support to over 26,000 disabled people who face more complex barriers to getting and keeping a job, but who can work effectively with the right support. It enables eligible disabled people to realise their full potential to work within a commercial environment, giving them, whenever possible, an opportunity to progress into open employment. The programme also offers practical assistance to employers.
• Visit the European Social Fund’s web site
The SESAMI study is being paid for by the European Social Fund.
The European Social Fund (ESF) is the main financial tool through which the European Union translates its strategic employment policy aims into action. Set up by Treaty of Rome, it is the longest-established Structural Fund, and for over 40 years it has, in partnership with the Member States, invested in programmes to develop people’s skills and their potential for work.
• Visit the Mental Health Matters web site
Mental Health Matters is a leading national mental health charity providing practical support to people with mental health needs across the UK. Their services include housing, employment and training, community support services and a national Helpline, and are used by over 1000 people per day.
• Visit the Remploy Interwork web site
Interwork is the UK’s no. 1 provider of jobs for people with a health condition or disability. They work in partnership with the UK’s top employers, offering a range of services to develop people’ skills, including pre-employment training and recruitment programmes to get them into employment.
• Visit the Richmond Fellowship’s web site
Richmond Fellowship is one of the biggest providers of mental health care in the country. Every year, they work with thousands of people who are living with the devastating effects of serious mental health problems, often exacerbated by issues such as sexual abuse, or drugs and alcohol. The Fellowship helps people to gain a new sense of purpose and fulfilment, making a massive contribution to the lives of their service users.
• Visit the Shaw Trust’s web site
Shaw Trust is a national charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market due to disability, ill health or other social circumstances. They are the largest UK provider of employment services for disabled people.
The Trust provides integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth; as well as more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK.