Empowering Employment – An Overview of AHEAD’s WAM Programme and GetAHEAD Initiative [Wicklow Hall 2]
Willing Able Mentoring (WAM) is a work placement programme which aims to promote access to the labour market for graduates with disabilities and build the capacity of employers to integrate disability into the mainstream workplace. Participating employers collaborate with WAM to offer mentored, paid, work placements for graduates with disabilities. This partnership brings graduates with disabilities and employers together so that both can benefit from each other - ensuring genuine learning opportunities for all. Over the last 20 years WAM has provided over 700 work placements for graduates with disabilities in some of Ireland’s largest companies.
GetAHEAD is an initiative of AHEAD which engages with students and graduates with disabilities and aims to support their transition to the workplace and help to prepare them for their job search. This includes publications, facilitating events and by providing training events and valuable information covering a wide range of topics and resources.
GetAHEAD also has the WAMWorks Database where students and graduates with disabilities can register to receive notifications of all events, workshops and job opportunities through The WAM Programme.