Joining Positive Futures offers numerous advantages for your organisation. It provides a cost-effective solution by reducing recruitment expenses, while giving you access to an untapped pool of talented individuals with learning disabilities and autism — helping to enhance diversity within your workforce. Partnering with us also builds your confidence as a disability leader, positioning your company as a more inclusive and forward-thinking employer. Beyond these benefits, you'll receive ongoing, complimentary support to strengthen inclusive hiring practices and reinforce your commitment to a diverse and supportive workplace.
Positive Futures works in partnership with employers to make inclusive employment practical, clear, and sustainable. Before we job match an individual, we spend time understanding the workplace and the role. This includes meeting with the employer, identifying key tasks, and agreeing how support will work in practice. This upfront preparation reduces uncertainty and sets clear expectations for everyone involved. During the work trial or early stages of employment, we provide on-the-job support and act as a consistent point of contact. We check in regularly, respond quickly to any issues, and adapt support as the role develops. As the individual becomes more confident and independent, our involvement reduces. Support is always purposeful and time-limited, with the aim of leaving the employer with a capable, reliable employee who is fully part of the team.
Positive Futures' involvement has been instrumental in our Royal Mencap Leeds project's success. Their job coaches have not only advanced the skills of our Community Connectors but have shown such patience and a genuine desire to empower individuals with learning disabilities and autism. We couldn't have achieved so much without their dedicated support.
- Matt Bellbrough, Mencap Project Manager, Leeds
Positive Futures are total experts, in an area where expertise matters. Everyone was feeling quite nervous (including the candidate) at the start of the process. The Positive Futures staff were so professional that we all felt absolutely confident by the end of it. Thank you.
- Sophie Gollop, Urban Cottage Industries
I asked our employees for a few words on Positive Futures, they came back with “helpful”, “kind”, “professional”, “couldn't have done this without them”. I'd add “transformational”. Everyone wins with Positive Futures, the candidates get the opportunity of a transformational experience and we the employer do too, we're a better, stronger team than before, more rooted in the real world. They've obviously got a lot of experience and manage the whole process expertly. Highly recommended.
- Stan Wilson, Factory Lux
Positive Futures has been a game-changer for our business. With their support, we welcomed Lauren, a young woman with Down syndrome, into a paid role, complete with a tailored development plan that's helped her thrive. Wayne and the team made the whole process seamless and genuinely uplifting. We'd recommend Positive Futures to any business looking to strengthen their team, their community, and their impact.
- Dan Harding
Positive Futures WY CIC,
Vicarage Chambers, 9 Park Square East,
Leeds,
LS1 2LH,
