As part of Project "Livelihood Generation for Disabled individuals" of Cheshire Disability Homes, - an Accenture funded project 2017

1. Work Review
Work Plan
& Discussion Points

2. Summary of Activities: July -December 2016
Registered and Counseled 421
Foundation Training Completed 313
Vocational Training Done 111
Business Development &
Management Training Completed 41
Placement Offered (Wage) 58
New Employer Links 46
Events Held 17

3. Activity High Points: July – December 2016
EMPLOYMENT
Success in Reliance Fresh leading to other companies in Reliance
Group (Reliance Trends)
Change in recruitment strategy for Big Bazaar- Trainee to Permanent
Position
SOURCING
Rather than stand-alone campaigns, individual NGO sourcing
effective
TRAINING
Tie ups with Training cum placement institutes rather than
placement institutes
EVENTS
Workshop on barrier free accessibility involving all stakeholders
including developers and architects of Kolkata

4. Highlights
of
January 2017

5. Work Statistics in January 2017
**Based on monthly report sent by Nisha
Registered = 35
Counseled = 34
Foundation Training completed = 32
Placement Offer first (Wage) = 7
Starting New Business after Training (Self) = 2
New Partnership Links =11
​Sector training= 9 ​

7. ACHIEVEMENTS
1. LRC Publicities
2. Increased Sensitization
3. Placement For Pwds
“Workshop On Employment of Persons With Disability- The Road Ahead”: 19th
January 2017
Networking and PR Building Initiative For The Project
**Based on the event report sent already
SUCEESS: THREE THINGS YOU DID WELL
1.Good networking
2.More credibility of PWD Employees
3. Enthusiastic New Employers
4. Old Employers promising to scale up
LEARNINGS: THREE THINGS YOU WILL DO NEXT
TIME:
1. Regular Interventions needed
2. Interventions with Job Fair initiators
3. To initiate conversation with HR heads of different companies

8. Overall Projections: July 2016 – June 2017

9. Work Projection
February to June 2017

10. New Strategies to connect to NGOs working with multiple disabilities
SOURCING
Sourcing of
PwD
Disability schools :
addressing their
alumni list
Organizations
working on policy
changes of
disabilities
Department of social
justice and
empowerment – west
Bengal government
There has to be tie ups with such organizations for a longer term so that this
sourcing strategy becomes permanent and could be moved beyond Kolkata

11. Counseling
Training of counseling methods need to be included for Development
officers so that true career goals of the PwD could be assessed
A definite written counseling format for proper evaluation
Counseling has to be done along with registration
At the time of Counseling , presence of parents is crucial and mandatory

12. Training
After sector training, another
Intervention by LRC before joining.
Effectiveness of sector training to be
evaluated by LRC during each training
Using an employed PwD in sector training
classes for better understanding

13. Employment
Employers with large scale constant vacancies to be approached
All companies in the following sectors to be approached :
-Tele communications
-Designing
- Retail outlets
-Publication houses

14. Target

15. Targets in Self
Masala making in Alipore
Connecting to Manovikas Kendra Self Help
Group who make Jute bags.
Masala making, loom production (candle,
incense sticks, etc) with Hope Foundation
in Kolkata and Samaj Unnayan Kendra
To start a batch of Beautician Course in
Hooghly
MENTAID (working with mentally Retarded) and Ichchapur Deaf and Dumb School already
tie up done for starting a self help group
Including more employers specially in
sectors where job opportunities are
constantly present.
No of Companies to be approached by June
for employment: 30
NGOs would also be connected for
employment (Behala Bodhayan)
For those involved in designing courses
there are option for freelance work where
many often end up earning more than they
expect
Targets in Wage

16. Effective Counseling
Job Oriented Training
Reporting from employers at regular
intervals for case studies
Special Emphasis: February to June 2017
Effective counseling training
Skill Building Program: New
Counseling , Learning sign language
Initiating Employer Of The Month to
increase motivation
FOR PWD
FOR STAFF

17. Insufficient number of PwD for
employment
Poor quality - less employable
Less number of qualified PwD
Lack of mandate of PwD
employability in HR policy in
corporate
Poor Counseling to PwD
Challenges
Sourcing strategy reviving where instead of
individual NGO visit camps to be arranged,
Training has to be strengthened
Sourcing has been strengthened and more
categories of PwD to be included (specially
Visually Impaired as their quality of
education is comparatively higher)
Need more workshop with HR and
Marketing Heads of companies
Counseling format has been redesigned. A
dedicated Counselor needs to be employed
for the project
Solutions

21. Orion
Edutech
Course

22. Hearing Aid Distribution: February 2017

23. Current Job Openings
**As reported by Shamili and Devjit

24. Disability certification camp : Health camp (a two day venture)
Job Fair: With NSHM (initial conversations already done)
Employers Meet for those corporate who does not have PwD employees
(Accessibility in Public Buildings)
Assisting in surgeries required by needy PwD (referring to orthopedically
Handicapped individuals)
Eager to Do
March to June 2017

25. Employers (July to December 2016)

26. Deepak Goenka
Joined in December 2015 at
Reliance Fresh as CSA (Customer
Sales Associate) part timer
Success :
Promoted as CSA (Customer
Sales Associate) Full Timer after
6 months after his joining.
**Based on case study report of Devjit

27. Ashish Dutta
Joined in December 2016 as
Team member in Big Bazaar
(Future Group)
Success: he was the first
employee provided by us who
joined as a permanent staff
(unlike a trainee) in such
position
**Based on case study report of Devjit

28. Sk Saifuddin
Joined in December 2015 as
Team member (Level 2) in Café
Coffee Day (Kalighat Outlet)
Group)
Success: His unique performance
made the recruiters put him in a
higher level than the initial stage
that is Level 1
**Based on case study report of Devjit