Undiscovered Workforce Conference: employing people on the autism spectrum

Overview

Date: Tuesday 30 November 2010
Location: Wellcome Collection Conference Centre, London

This unique one-day conference gave employers practical guidance as well as an opportunity to discuss best practice and learn key skills and techniques for the recruitment and management of people with autism (including Asperger syndrome).

Presentations

• Face to face: practical skills for modifying the recruitment and interview process
  Claire Phillips, Prospects Employment Service
• Getting recruitment and employment right: understanding the barriers that people on the autism spectrum can face
  Rick Williams, Freeney Williams Ltd
• The induction process
  Noel Hastings, Prospects Employment Service
• Successful management strategies: ASDs and beyond
  Andy Graham, Prospects Employment Service
• Understanding autism spectrum disorders
  Andy Graham and Jayne Leak, Prospects Employment Service