A Northern Ireland social enterprise that specialises in finding employment for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions has opened two new cafes, creating up to 20 new jobs and training opportunities.
Ulster Supported Employment Ltd (Usel) last month launched the Ability Café at the new Acute Mental Health Inpatient Centre in Belfast City Hospital and this month opened the Ability at the Drawbridge Café at the Ecos Centre in Ballymena.
Usel CEO, Bill Atkinson said: “It is very exciting to be working in partnership with the Belfast Health Trust at the Belfast City Hospital site. This is our second café in partnership with the trust and we are delighted to see this relationship strengthen and grow. As well as running the café it will be a safe training environment for people who have faced mental health issues and are ready to return to work through supported employment.”
Usel works in partnership with 150 organisations to provide support to get people back into employment, operating a range of training programmes that assists people with disabilities to gain the qualifications and skills required for sustainable employment.
Last year the company successfully found sustainable employment for more than 900 people.
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