All Things Autism – Victoria Reynolds, _The Empower Programme 061218 .mp3
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Speaker 11
00:00 – 00:17
Hello, this is Anna Kennedy at women’s radio station, Voice of Women Worldwide, talking all things autism. My guest today is Victoria Reynolds. And before we go over to Victoria, just talk to you a little bit about what I’ve been doing in the last few weeks. So we’ve had the anti-bullying week and it’s been a great success for our charity.

Speaker 11
00:18 – 00:45
So many people sharing our posters, they give us a break, anti-bullying campaign, no. We say no to bullying. We had UB40, we’ve had Casey Ainsworth, we had Danielle Lloyd, we had Sienna Castellon, who’s one of our past Autism Hero Awards, and she was at a red carpet premiere of the JK Rowling film. So she actually got the poster out and stood on the red carpet and got a photograph taken with it.

Speaker 11
00:45 – 00:54
So well done, Sienna. So we’ve been very busy. We’ve had Autism’s Got Talent Roadshow, which has been in Liverpool. It was such a fantastic event.

Speaker 11
00:55 – 01:08
We had well over 400 people attend. We had Christopher Maloney, who is an X Factor singer. He was great and supported the event. And we had Hollyoaks people there and so many people.

Speaker 11
01:08 – 01:23
And do you know what? The kids had the best time and the adults. And it’s not only what happens on stage, it’s what happens behind stage and all the friendships that are made. We have secured some of our speakers now for the AKO Expo, which will be happening in March.

Speaker 11
01:24 – 01:45
So Sienna has kindly asked Now she’s going to be speaking for us, which is going to be great. She’s doing so well. She’s only 16 years old, diagnosed on the autism spectrum, and she has done so much already just as a 16 year old to raise awareness about autism. I’ve been dancing with Roman Windsor, and I’m so sad that he’s going to say it St Lucia!

Speaker 11
01:45 – 02:12
Oh my God, he’s going in January. So I have danced all over the country with him and just recently at the Novello Theatre, which was fantastic. He danced with all of his past partners and obviously I was one of them and it was just such an amazing show. So I’m so sad to see him go to St Lucia in January, but I’m so happy that I’ve had that experience of dancing with him and also being in the Strictly bubble.

Speaker 11
02:12 – 02:17
So we’ll come over to Victoria now. So, Victoria, thank you for being one of my guests. Hello. Hello.

Speaker 11
02:17 – 02:25
Thanks for having me. Thank you. And you’re the Career Engagement and Liaison Officer in Merseyside. That’s a bit of a mouthful, isn’t it?

Speaker 11
02:25 – 02:33
It is. So tell me a little bit about your role and about yourself and why you decided you wanted to work in the field of autism.

Speaker 10
02:33 – 03:00
So, I’m based in Merseyside. I work for the NHS and my role is to promote roles in the health sector. You know, I’m sure most people when they watch programmes on TV such as Casualty, you do think that the NHS is doctors and nurses, when in actual fact there are over 350 different careers in the NHS. Wow, 350!

Speaker 10
03:00 – 03:15
I didn’t think of it that way. Yeah, so it’s actually just talking to people about those career pathways and options that actually you may not think about having in the NHS. Okay, so how long have you been in this role?

Speaker 11
03:16 – 03:27
I’ve been in this role just over two years now. Okay, so how are you finding it at the moment? how are people, are people interested in, you know, what you’re trying to share and what you’re trying to achieve?

Speaker 10
03:27 – 03:51
Yes, definitely. I mean, I absolutely love what I’m doing. I get to meet different people every day from, you know, younger children at primary, high school, all ages, all different backgrounds. And it’s just about promoting those opportunities for people to pursue a lifelong career if they wish to.

Speaker 10
03:51 – 04:03
Yeah, I understand you’re a governor as well of a school, is it? I’m going to be doing some mentoring for specialist schools. Have you started that role yet? I haven’t started it yet, but I’m really looking forward to it.

Speaker 10
04:03 – 04:23
So what type of things will you be doing? It’s just offering support to the school from a sort of strategic perspective about opportunities, pathways and how the school can get engaged really in terms of supporting younger people. So we, where did we meet? I was trying to think where we actually met.

Speaker 10
04:24 – 04:25
Social media.

Speaker 11
04:26 – 04:47
I meet everybody on social media. Do you know what? Twitter is great for networking and meeting people. And I would say Facebook is more for families wanting to share, you know, special moments or maybe they want to rant as well about the difficulties they’re going through with procedures, you know, trying to get their kids maybe into a school or, you know, filling out those awful

Speaker 11
04:47 – 04:59
PIP assessment forms. Yeah. So I would say I’ve met so many people on Twitter, so it can be a good thing, even though some people think it’s a bit of a negative. I think it’s just how you use it and what you get out of it.

Speaker 10
04:59 – 05:00
Definitely.

Speaker 11
05:00 – 05:16
So we met on Twitter and I was very interested to learn about your Empower programme, which is for 16 to 18 year olds. So as a charity, we’re very pleased to be supporting you. So could you let the listeners know a little bit about why it started and what’s it all about?

Speaker 10
05:16 – 06:06
Well, just going back to social media again, I was on LinkedIn and read an article about Bath University and how they support students on the spectrum transitioning from school, college to university. They’re supported by an organisation that then supports final year university students into employment. And after I’d done a lot of research and reading up around autism and opportunities, I thought, well, you know, from an NHS perspective, we’ve got all of these different career opportunities and that actually we could do something quite similar to give people the information to make an informed choice as to whether that would be a good career for them.

Speaker 11
06:06 – 06:07
Okay.

Speaker 10
06:07 – 06:20
So, over the past few months I’ve been really busy speaking to universities and NHS trusts. What’s the feedback been like from them when you’ve been speaking to them? Really, really positive. That’s good.

Speaker 10
06:21 – 06:47
Everyone’s, you know, been very, very supportive of the programme. It’s amazing actually, I think we were discussing, you know, people that I’ve known for a couple of years, maybe even a bit longer. From this, we’re having conversations around, oh, well, my niece is on the spectrum or my nephew is or my son is. And, you know, it’s just about talking about it and raising awareness.

Speaker 10
06:47 – 07:00
So, yeah, it’s taken a few months to get to where I am now. But we’ve got our first event coming up in December. Yeah, that’s exciting. I can’t wait, I really can’t wait.

Speaker 10
07:00 – 07:08
So where’s that going to be held? So that’s going to take place at the City of Liverpool College on Wednesday the 12th of December.

Speaker 11
07:08 – 07:41
Yeah and our charity is going to be attending and I’m going to be bringing one of our ambassadors along, Matty Street, who’s such an inspirational young man. He’s 21 years old, He was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, dyspraxia and dyslexia and basically he was written off at school that he was finding it really difficult. So he went to university and he did really, really well and now he’s a CEO of his own business called Team Cartim. And what happened there was he was actually working at Team Cart and he just loved the place.

Speaker 11
07:41 – 07:54
He just felt like he was so comfortable there. And then when the manager said that they were going to sell the business, he was heartbroken. So he approached his mum and dad and said, can we buy it, basically? And they negotiated.

Speaker 11
07:55 – 08:06
And now he’s been CEO for a year. They’ve just celebrated their first year’s birthday. Mum and dad work in the cafe. He actually sponsors young autistic individuals in the sporting industry.

Speaker 11
08:06 – 08:19
He’s done such a great job. His brother, who is also autistic, works at the weekend in the cafe. So it’s a bit of a family affair and he’s doing so much stuff at the moment. I’m really proud of him.

Speaker 11
08:19 – 08:32
So I asked him, I thought, ideal candidate to go to this event because obviously he’s been to university, he can talk to students that potentially might be thinking of, you know, going to university and what it’s been like and then also he’s CEO, what a great role model.

Speaker 10
08:32 – 09:05
Definitely, definitely and it’s just really a great opportunity for students, parents, teachers, to come along to the event and have a chat with professionals about all of those different career pathways, opportunities, the local universities. So yeah, really, really excited about it. So I understand so far there’s about 70 people that have signed up? Yep, we’ve had just over 70 people have registered for tickets.

Speaker 11
09:05 – 09:08
That’s really great because when did we start publicising it?

Speaker 10
09:08 – 09:10
I think it was about three and a half weeks ago.

Speaker 11
09:10 – 09:25
Yeah, again across social media. I was sharing it everywhere and we’ve put it on our charity website so if you’re interested if you can check our charity website at www.annakennedyonline you’ll see the poster there and the Eventbrite tickets and where could they see on your website?

Speaker 10
09:25 – 09:36
It’s permanently fixed on my Twitter page at mcareershub but again if you go on your Twitter page as well it’s on there as well.

Speaker 11
09:36 – 09:42
So tell me a little bit about the universities that you’ve been working with, so obviously Liverpool was one of them, I believe University of Chester was another?

Speaker 10
09:42 – 10:04
Yep, so John Moores, Hope University, Edge Hill and that’s just an opportunity really for the universities again to talk to students and parents about the different courses available and also, you know, university life and student support as well.

Speaker 11
10:04 – 10:15
So what can they expect, because obviously young people on the spectrum like to know what they can expect on the day, so if they’ve booked a ticket, obviously they take the ticket along with them, what can they expect on the day?

Speaker 10
10:16 – 10:47
So on the day when they arrive, it’s a drop-in and drop-out session, so you can drop in whenever you want to. We’ve got a great room in the City of Liverpool College, the Atrium, and that will have a number of stands there with information that people can take away, a couple of interactive things as well for people to have a go at, so it’s just really for…

Speaker 11
10:47 – 11:03
So it’s quite low-key, so it’s not very pressurised, it’s just down to them who they want to speak to. Exactly. Yeah, so Matty’s going to have his stand there with team karting and I’ll be on the stand with him. So if anyone would like to speak to Matty, he’s happy to speak to people and he’ll tell you a little bit about what he does.

Speaker 11
11:03 – 11:11
You know what? I’ve had a go on Team Khan. It’s so exciting. I did bump into the side a few times, but it’s really quite an exciting thing to do.

Speaker 11
11:12 – 11:35
So and I’ve spoken to Sandro, who’s one of his students, who’s doing really, really well, and it just boosts their confidence as well. So we’re going to chat a little bit more to you, Victoria, in the second half. So we’re going to be talking about the event and a little bit more about the roles that people might be interested in that they would not have even thought of that was in the NHS. So I’m at women’s radio station, Voice of Women Worldwide.

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Speaker 11
14:55 – 15:13
Every little will help. Hello, this is Anna Kennedy at Women’s Radio Station, voice of Women Worldwide, talking all things autism. My guest today is Victoria Reynolds. And your role is, let me remember, a career engagement and liaison officer, and you’re based in Merseyside.

Speaker 11
15:13 – 15:23
And thanks for coming all the way. across Liverpool to come and see me today. So we’re talking about roles within the NHS. So you told me there was 350 different roles.

Speaker 11
15:24 – 15:39
I didn’t even think about that. People just like probably wouldn’t even have thought of that themselves. So can you describe to me a few of the different types of roles that people that would be coming along to the event in December might think of or might be interested in that? Can you tell me a little bit more about it?

Speaker 10
15:39 – 16:15
Yes certainly, so the idea is that at the event we’ll be showcasing careers that you wouldn’t think of straight away. So for example we’re going to have people from IT, we’ve got finance coming along, there’s digital, pharmacy, because obviously from the clinical side we’ve got medical, clinical research, auditing, who else have we got, engineering, again you wouldn’t think of engineering.

Speaker 11
16:15 – 16:19
No you wouldn’t, that’s quite a wide variety of roles there.

Speaker 10
16:19 – 17:01
Yeah so even things like social media experts, you know because every Hospital Trust needs a social media person as well. So there’s going to be a really broad range of careers. So if people wanted to go into, for example, finance or accounting, actually within an NHS Trust we have payroll departments, we have finance teams, we have buying and procurement. There are so many different types of roles and even I’m coming up to sort of four and a half years in the NHS now and I’m still learning about all these new roles and the landscape is changing quite a bit.

Speaker 10
17:02 – 17:07
There’s a lot of roles within project management, business analysts.

Speaker 11
17:07 – 17:23
Okay, so I bet you’ve got a lot of undiagnosed autistic adults working for you already, but would you happen to know if you have anybody that’s working at the NHS that have said I’m on the spectrum and you’re supporting them?

Speaker 10
17:23 – 17:36
I’m sure there are. You know, the trusts are so, you know, employ so many people that I’m sure there are individuals. Yeah. So but it’s all about raising that awareness even more.

Speaker 11
17:37 – 17:45
So that’s great. So plans for the spring. We’ve been chatting about all your different ideas before we came here over a coffee. Yeah.

Speaker 11
17:45 – 17:51
So tell me a little bit about your plans that you have for the spring and more pilots, I believe.

Speaker 10
17:51 – 18:16
Yep, so the event in December is part of a wider pilot programme. So the event in springtime of next year is an opportunity for final year students at University on the Spectrum. Was that again 16 to 18? So it’ll be final year students, yeah.

Speaker 10
18:16 – 18:47
So it’s offering individuals to attend a two-day workshop, which will cover things such as pre-employment, interview skills and techniques, an introduction to working in the NHS, what to expect, support with applying for roles, and again it’s just about giving that information to individuals so that they can make an informed choice

Speaker 11
18:47 – 19:19
I think the thing about interviews, we were chatting about this and how stressful it can be when you’re not on the autism spectrum. I don’t think a lot of people are at their best in interviews. And I know that my son Patrick found interviews very, very, very, very stressful and the build up to it and and afterwards and the waiting and all of that, that, you know, that comes with trying to, you know, secure employment. So, you know, as I’ve said, shared earlier, Patrick now, I’m pleased to say, is in his fifth month of working at Pinewood Studios.

Speaker 11
19:19 – 19:35
And because of the interview process that they had that caused them a little bit of stress, they’ve changed the process slightly to make it easier. So they have telephone interviews to start off with. So, you know, to get to know people. And we were talking about sometimes you don’t get the best out of people in the interview.

Speaker 11
19:35 – 19:53
So how about, you know, them trying the job out for half a day or a day so you can see, you know, how they’re going to be able to cope with the environment. So there’s lots of different ways that, you know, to get the best out of somebody so that they can secure employment. So part of the pilot then is going to be in the spring. So we’re talking about April.

Speaker 10
19:53 – 20:04
Yes, Easter holidays. So yeah, again, really looking forward to it because it’s not something that we’ve done before. So it’ll be…

Speaker 11
20:04 – 20:05
They’ll break a new territory.

Speaker 10
20:08 – 20:26
So it’ll be you know a two-day program built to give those individuals I guess those skills and that knowledge really because there are so many great opportunities to progress your career in the NHS. Yeah.

Speaker 11
20:26 – 20:43
So April’s good because April is Autism Awareness Month and then April the 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day. So that’s a great day. And then the week before that, it’s to do with education. So the week before World Autism Awareness Day, there’s a lot of awareness raising on education, on special educational needs.

Speaker 11
20:43 – 21:02
So if you’re a charity or you’re an individual and you want to start planning for to do something, that’s a great month to share information and social media just goes bonkers, you know, with autism awareness acceptance. So that’s great. So you’ve got a number of other projects we were talking about and internships. What’s that all about in the summer holidays?

Speaker 10
21:02 – 22:10
And so the idea is that for those individuals that do attend the spring pre-employment workshop, for anyone that is keen to then sort of progress and look at potential opportunities within the NHS, we’ll be giving them the opportunity to do a placement at one of the trusts. which I’m busy trying to organise, just so that they can get a better understanding of the environment and the type of role and the type of work. So the idea is that if this pilot’s a success, in three to four years time, those individuals that attended the December Careers Fair, that have gone on to university, will hopefully apply to the Spring Pre-Employment Workshop. And actually, you know, we’re sort of then getting, you know, a really good pipeline of individuals through, so.

Speaker 11
22:10 – 22:31
How great would it be as well that in three to four years time, that it’s not a pilot anymore, and then those individuals come back and encourage other autistic individuals to come on, apply for this process. This is what’s happened for me. You know, this is how it’s changed my life. So it’d be great if you could follow a few of the people that have come to this event in December and just see how they progress.

Speaker 11
22:31 – 22:34
That would be, that would be great research, wouldn’t it?

Speaker 10
22:34 – 22:43
Oh, definitely, definitely. And as I said, it is a pilot. I am working on a number of other projects. Can you tell us about any of them?

Speaker 10
22:43 – 23:07
Sneak preview! Very early sort of stages in talk still, but it’s just about supporting individuals in different areas and again they’ll be pilots but if we can sort of raise awareness and hopefully roll this out in other areas, that would be absolutely fantastic.

Speaker 11
23:08 – 23:35
Yeah, well I definitely will be raising awareness because I’m all about, you know, we know it’s hard when parents have children diagnosed with autism and all the feelings that you go through and then the systems that you have to navigate through and it’s just like, it can be quite complicated but our charity is very much about what is out there, you know, what are the positives, you know, what, like that’s why we have charity ambassadors and charity champions. It’s the positive role models. And we know it’s tough.

Speaker 11
23:35 – 23:48
You know, I’ve got the T-shirt twice over with both my sons, but it’s about like, what can we do? You know, how can we make a difference? How can we? So what you’re doing there is like really, really makes my heart jump as if to say, oh, something else that’s positive that’s happening.

Speaker 11
23:49 – 24:04
You know, it’s not all doom and gloom. And Obviously, reasonable adjustments are going to be key for what you’re doing. You know, as I said, when my son started at college, he found it really difficult because they sat him at the back. He was finding the whole environment quite stressful.

Speaker 11
24:05 – 24:27
You couldn’t hear what was going on because there was all these different noises and sensory stuff going on. So they sat him at the front and he was able to focus, put a little fan on his desk because he was getting quite hot. And he, like his first year, he got distinction. So, you know, it just shows you just a small reasonable adjustment, how that can make a big difference in an adult whose autistic is like.

Speaker 11
24:28 – 24:38
So, exciting stuff ahead, I can see. So again, just to remind people, if they would like to come along to the event in December, what do they need to do?

Speaker 10
24:38 – 24:52
If they log on to Eventbrite or via your charity website, they can just simply register for tickets. Is it? Do they have to pay for the tickets? No, the tickets are free.

Speaker 10
24:52 – 25:04
Free event, that’s good. It’s a free event and, you know, we’re welcoming teachers, parents and students along to the event. So how many stands will be there do you reckon? Oh there’s a question!

Speaker 11
25:06 – 25:09
So are we looking at 20, 30 or 10?

Speaker 10
25:10 – 25:27
We’re certainly looking around the 20 plus mark I’d like to think. So there’ll certainly be a good mixture of exhibitors there in terms of different careers. And they’ll be able to take information away with them? Yes, there’ll be information to take away.

Speaker 10
25:27 – 25:36
And I just hope people see it as a positive step forward, you know, to find out about further information.

Speaker 11
25:36 – 25:43
I’m really looking forward to it. And as I say, I’m going to be there. Matty’s going to have his own stand, team karting. So he’ll be available to talk to anyone.

Speaker 11
25:44 – 25:55
I’ll be there. I’m going to be arriving at 11 because I’ve got to take my son to college and it’s a bit of a long trek for me to get from London to you. So I’ll be there from 11 till 1 for two hours. So I’m really looking forward to it.

Speaker 11
25:56 – 26:27
And as I say, if you are looking for information, just check out our charity website. It’s www.annakennedyonline.com. Autism’s Got Talent is coming around again. I can’t believe we’re going to be in our eighth the closing date for entries is December the 31st, so if you want to send us in your YouTube link, if you email lisa.robins, R-O-B-I-N-S, at AnnaKennedyOnline.com, all the information’s on our charity website on the events page, so please,

Speaker 11
26:27 – 26:46
please send in your YouTube links and show us your talent, show us what you can do, because it’s such an amazing, such an amazing show. So thank you very much, Victoria, for coming along. Thank you for sharing about the project. And what I’ll be doing is that when I’ve been along in January, I’ll probably, I definitely will be sharing with everybody.

Speaker 11
26:46 – 26:58
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29:44 – 29:57
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