Gateshead diner gives full-time employment to autistic staff

[AGXStarseed]

(Not written by me)


A Gateshead restaurant which is staffed entirely by young people with autism and learning difficulties has surprised its workers with contracts of employment.

Davey Duke's became the first diner as part of a £2m project helping young people with autism across the UK.

But this week the staff were given an extra surprise as they were told they would be employed full-time by the diner.

Davey Duke's Credit: ITV News Tyne Tees


Staff who are trained at the diner have found it difficult to secure full-time employment at previous jobs due to the pressure and stress.

Davey Duke's has given its autistic staff specialist training and offered the workers contracts of employment during their final interviews.

This has given the staff new confidence which they had lacked previously.

I felt so excited, you can't imagine that you can actually get that paid employment, it's not just helped my life in here but also in my personal life.

– David MacNab, a full-time chef at Davey Duke's who suffers with ADHD


Source: Gateshead diner gives full-time employment to autistic staff

 

[toothless]

that is a great idea! spread it all over the country please.

there used to be quite a lot of 'sheltered' establishments running just for people with disabilities to work in,but these got closed down as the government saw it as isolating disabled people from 'real' work and wanted disabled people to be in the mainstream working world,what they dont understand is that alot of disabled people are not ready for mainstream work- and in some of our cases may never be,but if its all the same we should have access to paid work and be part of society.