peer 4 progress

People with sensory impairments have limited employment opportunities and face barriers at most steps of the process. However, there are a number of people with sensory impairments who succeed in their professions. This project will engage with and harness the learning from this group, identifying the barriers they have encountered and overcome, and how to help current and future students with sensory impairments to reduce and overcome such barriers.

An online training programme for peer mentors and peer supporters will be designed developed and delivered in response to identified needs and will be accredited at European level via the UVA. Such training will cover issues such as raising awareness about sensory impairment, ethical beaviour, working with vulnerable youth as well as providing structure to the peer support or mentoring activity by developing guidelines and steps for the mentors to work through as the progress through the process.