19K views · 358 reactions | UW Health is a proud host of Project SEARCH, an international program dedicated to creating workplaces that include young adults with disabilities. Since 2010, we’ve trained more than 50 Project SEARCH interns. Following completion of the program, graduates have a 94% placement rate into permanent employment throughout our community. Nine graduates have been hired by UW Health, including Anneke who works in Central Services. | UW Health | Facebook

Today DFN Project Search HQ is celebrating its second annual celebration of National Supported Internship day! This dynamic approach to learning enables our interns to benefit from a range of work experience and gain confidence with the aim that, upon completion of the programme, they will be ready to find employment and lead independent lives. Supported internship programmes have such a positive impact on individuals, organisations, and communities as a whole. To find out more about our commitm

Did you catch our DFN Project SEARCH students Codie and William on The One Show last night? Katie and Harvey Price visited Codie and William in their workplace at Pinderfields Hospital, in Wakefield, to learn more about the DFN Project SEARCH programme and how it supports young adults with learning disabilities in transitioning to work. Watch the full interview to find out how the programme has benefitted them, as well as the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. Watch the high-res version on BBC iP