Well Turned Out

Supporting work experience | Recycled clothing | Guilt-free shopping

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Fashionable, well-priced men’s, ladies’, and children’s clothing

Our specialist recycled clothing store provides work experience and paid work for people with a range of disabilities, supporting individuals to develop skills for employment.

To top it all off, we supply interview clothing free of charge to those using our Supported Employment Services.

We invite everyone to come along and have a look at our range.
Open every Wednesday

10am to 3pm

Boyn Grove Resource Centre
11 Courthouse Road, Maidenhead,
Berkshire, SL6 6JE

Supported Employment is a flexible and continuous process, designed to help individuals to obtain or maintain employment. Our training shop offers individuals a supportive space to learn a range of skills required to enter the job market. The team work alongside individuals in the shop helping to build:

  • Confidence
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Retail skills 
  • Team working skills 
  • Customer service
  • Communication skills
  • Time management
  • Cultural awareness
  • Stock Control
  • IT skills

Our team help individuals to progress towards their employment goals, supporting individuals working in our training shop to continue to look for long term paid employment. 

If you would like to find out more about this project please contact our team on: 

email: employmentservice@optalis.org

phone: 0118 977 8600

Customer doing work experience in training shop

Supported Employment work and provide support through the Supported Employment and Individual Placement and Support models. ‘place, train and maintain’, and follow the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF)

 

 

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  • CLASP - self-advocacy group for people with learning disabilities in the Wokingham Borough
  • Send Voices Wokingham - SEND Voices Wokingham is a Wokingham based, parent led charity. They are the independent voice of families, representing their experiences with the aim to improve lives.
  • SENDIASS Wokingham - free, confidential, impartial advice, guidance and support for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
  • Autism Berkshire - Autism charity in Berkshire, delivering specialist services, training and social and leisure activities throughout the county, guided by a team of trustees with personal and professional experience of autism.