Helping neurominorities to move into education, training, or employment.
Genius Within is a Community Interest Company, as such social justice is at the heart of everything that we do. We have been supporting neurodivergent thinkers and individuals with hidden disabilities to find their strengths through employability and criminal justice programmes since 2015, and 40% of our work is carried out in this area. Find out more about the employability programmes we work on here.
How we can help
As a specialist provider and end-to-end case manager, we seek to identify the psychological barriers that have prevented clients from engaging in education and employment, and help them to develop strategies to overcome these challenges.
Our team of psychologists and coaches work with clients to understand their strengths and develop person-centred, targeted plans to help them achieve positive outcomes. Support typically includes a blend of one-to-one and group coaching, mentoring and workshops designed to build on their strengths, develop confidence and help them in their search for employment.
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Programme outcomes
of our criminal justice clients, who find employment, do not reoffend
of clients sustain employment for over 2 years
of employability clients progress to actively seeking employment against a target of 30%
These figures reflect those participants Genius Within supported into education, training, or employment.
There was a 3% reoffending rate of participants released from HMP Dartmoor*, who have entered employment in the last 2 years, compared to a national average of 72%.
87% of these people sustained their employment.
*Research from Banfield, T. [2022] Understanding the Long-Term Impact That Imprisonment in Prisons Has on Adults Diagnosed with a Specific Cognitive Neuro Diversity. College of Health, Psychology and Social Care (University of Derby).
What our clients say…
“I was very pleased to have Chris. She was able to identify with me, what my strengths are and create strategies for me to try. She was keen to review these and helped me to come up with any adjustments if required. She had a great understanding of how I may struggle with certain things and had a good awareness of a lot of different resources that I could adopt.”
Anonymous client
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