Sense has a strong commitment to enabling people to work, whatever their level of ability and disability. With appropriate support, and structured training, people can achieve success, which will help them to develop self-confidence, relationship skills and a sense of purpose. Sense helps many sensory impaired people to increase their understanding of the working world, and develop skills appropriate to the work setting. Service users are able to go to work in an open, sheltered or supported setting, with support from trained staff.
Sense can help service users with accessing appropriate vocational and job-specific training.
We also offer employers advice and support to help them to make their selection processes, training, jobs and workplaces accessible to people with sensory impairments and other disabilities. For people who have acquired deafblindness or Usher syndrome, Sense can provide assessments in the workplace, advice on aids and equipment, and support with Access to Work applications. Concepts such as safety at work, care of tools and consistency of performance are important parts of this training. The quality of goods produced by Sense is very high. This initiative was launched in the year 2000 to encourage employers to review their recruitment practice and to make it possible for them to attract applications from sensory impaired people.