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over to us.
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Okay, so uh we’re back in the podcast
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studio. Um or should I say I’m back in
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the podcast studio. This is your first
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time, Jake.
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Yeah.
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Um how how are you feeling?
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It’s nice to be on the Logan SP
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experience, mate. It’s uh yeah, I’m not
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normally too great in front of the
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bright lights, but it feels very
0:29
natural. So, let’s see how it goes.
0:31
Um, great. And obviously, we’ll get more
0:33
into um, you know, your specific role
0:37
and what you do and and your team within
0:39
within Stride as the
0:41
as we keep talking, but could you very
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briefly just uh,
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introduce yourself and and what you and
0:46
your role just say what your role is.
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Yeah. So, this camera you
0:51
just keep keep talking to me, buddy.
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Um, so, hi guys. I’m Jake from Strate
0:55
Yorkshire. Now, I’m the employer
0:56
engagement manager. So my team helps
0:59
people get into work with support. Um
1:02
I’m also an independence coach. Um kind
1:05
of split between that and nearly anybody
1:06
with a senior role at Stride has that as
1:10
part of the responsibilities. It’s so
1:12
important for what we do. Um being
1:14
client focused. So yeah, my role’s
1:16
progressed
1:18
by just the nature of that how much
1:20
success we’ve had in helping people into
1:22
work really. So, um, growing team. We’ve
1:26
got four four members of staff on my
1:28
team now, which is brilliant. And, um,
1:30
yeah, I mean, enjoying it, mate. I think
1:32
found my calling in a way. Um, so yeah.
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Awesome. Awesome. Found my calling.
1:37
Nice.
1:37
That’s terrible.
1:38
Get it pulling out the big guns. Uh,
1:40
great. So, um, obviously you’ve been
1:44
here for how long now?
1:47
uh started last March, so about coming
1:51
up to about 18 nearly two years.
1:53
Yeah. Yeah. Nearly two years.
1:54
Best part about two years now.
1:55
It’s it’s flown by. Time flies when
1:58
you’re having fun. Um
1:59
absolutely.
2:00
As obviously you we like I say, we’ll go
2:02
more into your team and how how all that
2:04
works, but generally have you found
2:05
stride and uh the development of of
2:08
stride while you’ve been while you’ve
2:09
been with us?
2:10
Some room for improvement at the top. So
2:12
the leadership’s not too great. But um
2:14
no, in all seriousness, it’s um I’ve
2:17
always come from a background of working
2:19
for massive companies where you are just
2:20
another number. And to come back to
2:22
Doncaster to help join at a time where
2:26
we had five, six members of staff and
2:28
now we’ve got 23 and we’re doubling in
2:32
size every year. We’ve changed off we
2:34
can’t we keep changing office because
2:35
we’re just growing at such a rate
2:37
helping helping more people. It’s it’s
2:39
been great really. And um yeah, there’s
2:42
definite negatives of working for a
2:44
smaller business that’s early is in its
2:46
early stages, but the positives far
2:49
outweigh the negatives. And we are
2:51
becoming as is required more structured
2:53
and becoming a proper small to mediumsiz
2:56
business now rather than a startup. And
2:58
it’s it’s it’s exciting to be part of.
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Yeah, I mean I I I think that a lot of
3:03
um the granted small success that we’ve
3:07
achieved so far, but big big for us and
3:09
I think big for the people of Doncaster,
3:11
but I think a big part of what’s led to
3:13
that is us thinking that we are bigger
3:16
than what we are at all times. I think
3:17
we we’ve got it in I think we are
3:19
we’ve almost got little man syndrome in
3:21
a way. We’re just like no we’re stride
3:23
we’re coming for you. We are we are here
3:25
to change the world for neurody
3:27
divergent people and that’s um you know
3:30
I firmly believe that at least around us
3:34
we can we can achieve that. Um
3:36
we’re unusual in in this space. So like
3:38
we’re kind of social care we’re kind of
3:40
recruitment. We’re kind of a marketing
3:42
company, a training company. It’s like a
3:45
lot of the companies that are in the box
3:47
that this industry kind of normally puts
3:49
you in wouldn’t be as ambitious as us
3:52
and wouldn’t be like we’re reinvesting
3:53
everything we make back into growing the
3:55
team and growing doing marketing stuff
3:57
like this to reach more people and help
3:59
more people. It is unusual. We are a bit
4:01
weird but that’s what we’re all about
4:02
really. And it’s uh I I think you’ve got
4:06
you’ve got to think about what what
4:07
we’re trying to do and we are trying to
4:08
get outcomes. We we are trying to get
4:10
outcomes as much as we want to make our
4:13
package completely bespoke to neurody
4:15
divergent people and I think we achieve
4:17
that and we
4:18
get on a level with neurody divergent
4:20
people and um I think we’re just almost
4:24
like the mates half the time you know
4:26
what I mean we’ve got we’ve got a really
4:27
good relationship with our clients um
4:29
but we get outcomes and that’s because
4:32
we do get people that are from
4:34
backgrounds not just in like you said
4:37
neuro working with neurody divergent
4:38
people or people with disabilities
4:40
but people from recruitment and things
4:43
like because why wouldn’t you? If my job
4:44
is to get people into work, why not get
4:47
people that have got that experience? I
4:49
think if you treat things by nature of
4:51
what they are, what you’re trying to do,
4:54
you’re going to get the results. Um
4:56
you only have to look at America um and
4:59
think, oh, actually, we’ve got a
5:01
president right now that’s not a um
5:05
that’s actually not a politician. is a
5:07
somebody that’s a business person, but
5:09
he’s been brought in to treat the
5:10
country for what it really is, which is
5:12
a business.
5:13
Um, it’s I’m not going to get political,
5:15
buddy, but uh I watched the Trump
5:18
documentary the other night and then
5:19
that’s uh
5:20
great guy.
5:21
Fresh birthday people. One of the best
5:23
people. Perfect people. Fantastic.
5:25
He’s
5:27
Yeah, that a tangent, but an interesting
5:29
one. Now, you’re right though. Like
5:30
do that. Yeah. everyone everyone that
5:33
joins stride and then we’re kind of the
5:35
training part. It’s quite difficult to
5:37
train one independence coach should be
5:39
because we’ve made a fancy title which
5:41
is different from a traditional support
5:42
worker because we genuinely believe they
5:44
are different to a generic support
5:46
worker. We’re trying to be more than
5:49
that. It’s not just a mentor. We are
5:52
there to help these people become more
5:53
independent and there isn’t like a
5:56
generic training exercise to train these
5:58
people up. So we’ve got people from all
5:59
sorts of backgrounds. We’ve got
6:00
marketing, we’ve got um got sales,
6:03
recruitment, but we’ve also got people
6:04
that worked in education all the lives,
6:06
people that worked in SNEN’s
6:08
environments all life. It’s um yeah,
6:11
it’s it’s great.
6:12
I mean, it’s interesting because
6:13
obviously Kieran’s just started.
6:17
Shout out Kieran. How you do? How you
6:18
doing, buddy? Kier’s just started and
6:21
and he asked me uh about the type just
6:24
going back a little bit to what you said
6:25
about independence coaching
6:28
um and what what really is that and he
6:31
was like you know who’s your competitors
6:32
who else is doing independence coaching
6:33
I was like nobody’s like what do you
6:34
mean nobody there’s got to be somebody
6:35
out there doing independence coaching
6:37
I made it up I made up the word
6:39
independence coaching didn’t exist
6:41
it’s there to fill a gap that I don’t
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think neurody divergent people get
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anywhere else
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no exactly
6:47
and Um,
6:49
that’s the uh Stride. Come and join.
6:52
Everybody join Stride.
6:54
Kron’s actually asked us to stop doing
6:56
this because we’re spending too much
6:57
money on it.
6:57
Too much too much money.
6:59
G our new finance manager who is a a
7:01
penny pincher, but I guess it’s to
7:03
protect protect the business. But um
7:05
to the to the team at Seven Studios, you
7:07
are safe. Don’t worry. Um
7:09
he’s a big dog. Shut up, kid.
7:11
Okay. Um, right. Personal, obviously
7:15
that I’ve written down some points here
7:17
as to what we can talk about. Personal.
7:19
Um, tell me a bit about
7:21
personal.
7:22
Tell me a bit about Jake.
7:23
A bit about a Jake. So, a Jake is a um
7:28
Oh, he’s one of a kind. He’s um No, I
7:35
all cards on the table like Logan’s one
7:36
of my We grew up together. Yeah. So a
7:40
Jake um went to university in Manchester
7:42
and stayed there for the next six or
7:44
seven years um working in recruitment,
7:46
sales, account management, etc. And I
7:50
obviously kept checking in with Logan
7:51
and seeing this thing that he was
7:53
building back in Doncaster and um that’s
7:56
what drank me back cuz I was excited to
7:58
um I was excited to be involved really.
8:00
He’d kind of asked me a few times and I
8:01
was like I’m not sure if it would be the
8:04
right fit for me. I’m doing this thing
8:06
and I’m I’m getting maybe a bit big for
8:07
my boots going. I’m working for these
8:08
big companies. But
8:10
yeah,
8:11
uh we got bought one of my employees got
8:14
bought out by um American Investor and
8:17
they obviously did the redundancies for
8:19
the sales team
8:20
and it happened to come in at the same
8:22
exact time I was chatting to yourself
8:24
about uh joining Stride. I took some
8:26
advice from one of my friends, Rod, and
8:28
he was like, “Get involved with
8:30
something you care about. be there from
8:33
as close as you can to the ground up and
8:34
grow and help that business grow and
8:36
your success grows with it as does the
8:38
success of all the people that we’re
8:40
working with
8:41
and I hate to bring Rod up because it’d
8:42
be so he’s a bit of a knowit all but
8:44
that is down to Rod Rod’s the guy that
8:46
we were talking about the other day with
8:47
the sales sales tools. Thanks Rod.
8:51
Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. Thanks Rod. You’ve
8:52
helped us out a couple of times.
8:54
Um no that’s that’s awesome. Yeah, we
8:58
have known each other a long time.
8:59
Obviously, uh we uh still close, still
9:02
support Le United. Sorry if that’s just
9:04
caused a load of people to switch off
9:06
from the podcast. And I think what a lot
9:09
of people might not realize about you as
9:12
a person is that I think, you know,
9:15
you’re a big guy. You look like a I
9:17
think you look like a quite a tough guy.
9:18
Um
9:19
tough guy,
9:21
one of the toughest, one of the greatest
9:22
guys. Um, but I think deep down, you
9:25
know, you’ve you’ve got a heart, gold,
9:28
and I think I’ve surrounded myself in my
9:29
life with people that are good people,
9:31
the best people. Um, and I think that
9:36
it completely made sense for me when you
9:40
was like, I want to work with neurody
9:41
divergent people.
9:42
Um, you know, I love what you’re doing.
9:45
Um, I think it I think you you recognize
9:47
that it was a
9:50
um not just a a necessary
9:54
um like part of what needs to happen for
9:58
social reform in in the UK and the world
10:00
at the moment, but I think it absolutely
10:01
needed. I think it was essential and I
10:04
think you recognize that. Um, I love the
10:06
coaching side as much as I do the
10:07
employment side. But what is the most
10:11
the perfect experience through stride is
10:13
somebody does the independence coaching
10:15
to get them ready for an employment and
10:17
then they can actually get those
10:19
outcomes. We can help them through that
10:20
entire process from start to finish. We
10:23
can help people that don’t necessarily
10:24
have the coaching as well. It’s not a
10:26
requirement. But
10:27
the best the best thing is and you come
10:30
back to like what in inspires me to do
10:32
what I do. It’s like we are just in
10:34
basic terms here to help people get
10:36
where they want to be and it’s quite
10:38
often people that don’t know where to
10:40
start and I think we’ve all been like
10:42
that a little bit like you finished
10:43
university like what do I do and
10:46
I was like move down to London I don’t
10:48
like London I mean I’m a I’m a classic
10:50
noer you know what I mean it’s too
10:52
expensive up there I’m down there
10:54
um but some of the people that come to
10:56
us for up truly
10:59
um they
11:01
even at your lowest moment. They might
11:03
be even so much lower than that in a
11:05
sense that they haven’t got the network
11:07
and they’ve uh support networks. Often
11:11
they kind of fall through the gaps of
11:13
services that are meant to be there to
11:14
support and it’s it’s not really the
11:16
fault of the services per se. It’s the
11:19
the fact that there’s gaps that we are
11:22
that we are filling and we’re
11:24
yeah I think everybody everybody’s
11:26
winning from what we’re doing. The
11:27
clients were help the uh employers were
11:31
helping employers match um we’re
11:34
matching candidates that they would not
11:36
have considered and we have to kind of
11:38
knock down doors to get to get that
11:40
client in front of an employer to prove
11:42
listen look just just trust our
11:44
judgment. Look at how far this person
11:46
can excel if but we are we are at the
11:49
stage of banging down the door to make
11:51
them opportunities right now. over time
11:53
hopefully that will become less of it
11:55
because hopefully we can
11:56
change people’s minds in the long term
11:58
but um
12:00
yeah it’s it’s a rewarding thing to do.
12:02
On the subject of um knocking down doors
12:06
and there being more opportunities out
12:08
there and things like that, we’ve got uh
12:11
some potentially big plans, haven’t we,
12:12
over the next uh over the next year. Uh
12:15
dare we mention a few
12:19
a couple of the things something that
12:21
you’ve in particular have been looking
12:22
at um taking a leading role on
12:26
um you’re going to have to remind me
12:28
which one we’ve got so many big plans
12:30
I say satellite
12:31
right yeah so yeah of course um as we
12:34
grow um in Doncaster like we we’ve
12:37
already we’re already starting to see
12:39
inquiries for our support from outside
12:40
of our where we’re based in Doncaster
12:43
Stride Yorkshire but I think the idea
12:44
here is it we’re going to become stride
12:46
and not let’s not limit ourselves to
12:48
Yorkshire. So had placements um of job
12:51
coach support um it’s came from a
12:53
referral directly from the DWP
12:56
recommending us to a client that’s um
12:58
inquired in York and uh Sheffield. We’ve
13:01
got a few um people in work in Sheffield
13:04
at the minute, but guess longterm if
13:06
you’re dreaming it would be every area
13:09
of the of the UK would have a stride um
13:11
to help neurody divergent people in
13:14
terms of employment support. And yeah,
13:16
that’s a bit of a sounds like a pipe
13:18
dream, but I can’t see why it wouldn’t
13:20
work like in terms of the impact we have
13:22
in Doncaster. Why wouldn’t it just be
13:24
able to copy and paste that into every
13:27
area across the UK? like Stride
13:30
Worldwide eventually.
13:31
Stride worldwide. God,
13:34
wide. Wide wide worldwide.
13:36
Step brothers. What a film. Um,
13:39
brilliant. So, I guess quick message
13:43
from myself and Jake. If you are in the
13:46
UK and you haven’t heard about us yet,
13:48
we may be coming to a neighborhood near
13:51
you.
13:52
Absolutely.
13:53
I don’t want to sound like Liam Niss,
13:54
but we will find you.
13:57
Um so yeah that’s awesome. Um
14:00
okay on the subject of obviously um
14:04
uh just you know different things we’ve
14:06
got the opportunity for the person in
14:08
York and that’s great. Um, I just want
14:11
you to
14:13
tell whoever’s listening right now, um,
14:16
a couple of standout
14:19
not moments, case studies if you like,
14:21
people that have, um, people that have
14:24
surpassed your expectations and and or
14:26
or areas that maybe we’ve changed their
14:29
lives. There’s there’s a couple that I’m
14:31
probably most proudest of and it’s
14:33
probably be the foc like we’ve helped
14:36
like tens of people just this last
14:38
couple of month be like we’re up to
14:41
coming up to over 100 people in in work
14:44
um in the last two years
14:46
thousands of people thousands of people
14:49
the
14:50
millions
14:52
the the probably the standout for me
14:55
would be um one of the clients that I do
14:58
the independence coaching before and
14:59
then I’ve placed him into two roles um
15:03
in the last year. Um so he’s got a
15:06
condition called selective mutism which
15:08
personally thinks a silly name for what
15:11
it is because it could be misleading but
15:12
it you’d kind of deduce that selective
15:15
mutism means he chooses not to speak but
15:17
generally speaking he he doesn’t doesn’t
15:20
speak even
15:20
so if you’re a psychologist and you’re a
15:22
lot more qualified than Jake Russell do
15:24
better. Yeah, they need to work on the
15:25
branding. I think it’s a poor name and
15:27
it can be Yeah, it can be
15:28
Yeah. Where’s the marketing involvement?
15:31
But no, he it’s a he’s such a great such
15:34
a great lad and he’s got a massive
15:37
barrier in terms of just try and plan
15:39
just try and imagine a day that you have
15:41
where you can’t speak. Logan would
15:43
probably like it if I had if I didn’t
15:45
speak that often. But um
15:48
yeah, we’ve we’ve done lots of like over
15:51
18 months of work with with with um this
15:54
client. I’m trying not to say his name
15:55
because it’s um probably
15:57
confidentiality.
15:58
Yeah. But um yeah it we we had a
16:01
partnership with a company called GXO
16:03
which a logistics firm and they were
16:06
really accommodating to make an an
16:08
environment that uh to make the
16:11
adjustments required for this person to
16:13
to to get along in that in that role. It
16:17
didn’t work out for him personally. They
16:19
they did try their best but mainly just
16:21
shift uh patterns and stuff and
16:23
no but sorry it did a lot for his
16:26
development though didn’t it?
16:27
Massively. Yeah, in terms of and that’s
16:29
what we kind try and sell to the clients
16:32
when they first come to us. It’s like
16:34
just cuz your goal is here doesn’t mean
16:36
that you’re going to get there
16:37
immediately and even a failure.
16:40
How many jobs have you had
16:42
including like part-time like more than
16:45
10 isn’t it really? Like in terms of
16:47
I think I’d be closer to
16:49
to 20. I mean, yeah, it’s um it
16:52
sometimes is a bit of trial and error um
16:55
when it comes to finding your forever
16:57
job or or the industry that you want to
16:59
work in for the rest of your life. Um
17:01
I didn’t going to uni to do psychology,
17:03
I didn’t foresee that I was going to be
17:05
doing what I’m doing now. It’s
17:07
life is weird and it takes you on weird
17:08
paths. I think sometimes
17:11
because I know it’s a bit of a side
17:13
topic, but I think it’s important
17:14
because our clients are quite black and
17:18
white that it’s like if that doesn’t
17:20
work out on that first opportunity, then
17:23
either that says something about me, I’m
17:25
unemployable or it says something about
17:27
the um the world of work, employment in
17:30
the UK, every employer’s going to be
17:31
terrible and not accommodating enough
17:33
and no environment is going to be right
17:35
for me. And that’s not the truth. And I
17:38
think um that resilience will come. Um I
17:42
think we try and teach our clients that
17:43
resilience. But yeah, I think overcoming
17:45
those initial setbacks uh of
17:49
um you your first opportunity not being
17:51
the right one. It’s uh I think it’s part
17:52
of the journey and it should not be the
17:53
end of the journey for people.
17:55
Um
17:57
sorry, go back to go back to this
17:59
individual.
18:00
Yeah, it’s all about him. that. So
18:01
anyway, my client um yeah, he
18:05
he’s now um working for an engineering
18:07
firm and is is um passed his driving
18:10
test. He’s starting to socialize. He
18:12
comes to our uh every Fortnite we play
18:15
football um um with the clients and the
18:17
coaches we get together. He’s been
18:19
coming along to bad like he he came to
18:22
me with one goal, get a job. But what’s
18:24
come along alongside that has been so
18:27
many barriers have been broken down from
18:28
him and he’s thrown himself into
18:30
uncomfortable situations but reap the
18:32
benefits of that. And
18:35
I don’t blame the employers like we
18:38
apply for hundreds of jobs. I don’t
18:39
blame the employers for when they
18:41
realize he’s got a condition that means
18:43
he doesn’t speak. I don’t blame them for
18:46
thinking well he’s not top of the list
18:48
because that is a difficult barrier to
18:50
overcome but
18:51
it’s important for a lot of jobs. That
18:52
was my job to to to fight for him and go
18:55
please trust me. He will be a grafter.
18:57
He will be reliable. He will be
18:59
committed uh to he want he wants to
19:03
develop within that role and there is
19:05
ways that we can work around um the
19:07
communication and we have done and yeah
19:10
we’re seeing that. So for the time
19:12
being, stride responsibility here is to
19:14
to like we say break down them barriers
19:16
with the employers, but eventually we’re
19:18
hoping that that that part isn’t needed
19:20
to be done, but there’s a long way to
19:21
go.
19:22
I I think as well the the hard thing
19:25
here is too many people would have
19:28
written this guy off.
19:29
Yeah,
19:29
too many people would have written him
19:30
off. I mean, even when I hear myself say
19:34
he’s
19:36
non-verbal, almost non-verbal, has a
19:38
condition that often manifests as being
19:40
similar to non-verbal.
19:42
Um,
19:44
he’s he’s he’s so intelligent, though.
19:46
Yeah, it’s Yeah, it’s a misconception
19:48
that because of what he’s he’s not
19:51
putting things out out externally, don’t
19:53
mean that there a lot going on
19:54
internally. And like, he’s a smart guy.
19:56
He goes to goes to the gym. He’s got
19:58
friends. He’s he keeps himself busy. He
20:00
has a social life, but he just happens
20:03
to be unique in the sense that his
20:05
conversations with me, he writes down on
20:07
his notes on his phone. And
20:09
um it’s not as practical as speaking
20:13
verbally, but it can be done. And as you
20:16
build that rapport, it’s almost quite
20:17
surprising how quickly that you get over
20:19
that initial bump.
20:21
Um so I’ve had even professionals ask
20:23
like how do you how do you have a good
20:26
communication with them and stuff? It’s
20:27
like just give it a go.
20:28
Yeah. just just talk to him like you
20:31
would any other person and see what
20:33
happens and um yeah great guy and really
20:37
proud of um really proud of him but also
20:39
the work we’ve done to support him and
20:42
yeah proud moment
20:43
do you know what I was going to ask you
20:45
for multiple case studies there are
20:46
loads of case studies check out our
20:48
website stride yorkshire
20:50
uh but that is I think for this for the
20:53
purpose of this I think that is you’re
20:56
not going to get much better than that
20:57
is that is amazing We always go on about
20:59
Harry as well. I don’t know. I mentioned
21:00
Harry, but Harry would be another one of
21:02
my examples.
21:03
Harry.
21:05
Yeah, Harry will save you for another
21:06
day, buddy. I think we’re in a rush, but
21:08
Harry, another another great example of
21:10
someone that’s
21:11
great guy.
21:13
He’s he’s come so far. And really, yeah,
21:16
really proud of the work he’s done. It’s
21:18
not all it’s not just, oh, Stride did
21:20
this for me. They have to engage with
21:23
the opportunities we can create. And
21:25
yeah, Harry’s another one. Um, but like
21:27
we say, yeah, there’s there’s literally
21:29
almost 100 people we’ve helped into work
21:31
in the last couple of years. So,
21:33
proud of each one of them in in
21:35
different ways, but I’d say the client
21:36
to mention is my highlight.
21:38
Great. There’s two challenges I want to
21:40
set for you to finish this uh this talk.
21:43
Um,
21:44
we got
21:44
We’re in a rush, you know.
21:46
We are in a rush. There’s two challenges
21:47
and and this is why it’s a challenge.
21:49
Um,
21:50
30 seconds. M
21:54
if somebody was thinking about joining
21:57
Stride um to get a job, what would you
22:00
tell them?
22:03
Maybe there’s a bit of fear around, you
22:05
know,
22:06
what’s the worst that’s going to happen
22:08
if you come to us for a conversation or
22:10
a chat, meet our team who are trained to
22:13
be accommodating of of your needs and be
22:16
understanding and try and create these
22:18
opportunities for you. If what is making
22:21
you not want to give it a go is the fear
22:24
of it, the worst that’s going to happen
22:26
if you give it a go and you don’t get
22:28
anywhere is you’re exactly where you are
22:30
now. Um, give it a go. There is
22:33
countless examples where we are helping
22:34
people who might be in the same boat as
22:36
you and we’re understanding dedicated to
22:40
um understand you and provide bespoke
22:43
support to help you with whatever your
22:45
goals are. Um,
22:46
have you got a timer, Johnny?
22:48
So, great. Yeah, that’s a hard way to
22:50
sum it up.
22:51
Absolutely. Um, obviously again you can
22:54
find us on our website
22:55
www.strjosha.co.uk.
22:57
Um,
22:59
final thing. Um, and I’m I’m going to
23:02
give you ever so slightly longer to talk
23:05
about this one. Uh, let’s see. Let’s aim
23:06
for a minute.
23:07
Thank you.
23:07
Um,
23:09
what would you And the reason I’m I
23:11
think we need to consider where we are,
23:12
the location of Doncaster right now. And
23:15
I know we’re talking about branching out
23:16
elsewhere. right now our main hub is in
23:18
Doncaster.
23:20
Um and you know the employers in
23:22
Doncaster uh might not I could be wrong
23:26
with this but from you know you have to
23:27
tell me from your experience I find may
23:29
not always be uh as progressive as maybe
23:33
other parts of the country in terms of
23:34
their um I don’t know if it’s fair to
23:36
say acceptance or inclusion of neurody
23:38
divergent people. Um, so
23:43
same thing, uh, kind of quickfire. If
23:45
you was to talk to an employer,
23:46
particularly the the local ones that we
23:48
work with, um, that was
23:51
that you was was was considering maybe
23:55
taking on somebody uh, that was neurody
23:57
divergent for the first time uh, with
24:00
potentially without support. Um, what
24:02
what would that look like?
24:03
Yeah. So completely understandable that
24:06
it can be an off-putting topic because
24:08
you don’t know small businesses
24:10
particularly, they haven’t got massive
24:12
HR teams and learning and development
24:14
and etc. to understand that. Don’t worry
24:16
about that. That’s what we’re here for.
24:18
We’re the professionals to make that um
24:20
as smooth as possible. We’re here
24:22
primarily for the client, but if
24:24
supporting you benefits our client as
24:26
well, that’s what we’re here for. We’re
24:27
here to make make it work for for both
24:30
of you. And um there’s no shame in not
24:34
being as clued up on all these terms um
24:36
that that we might use every day because
24:39
we’re still we’re still learning. I’ll
24:41
say something. I don’t think you can say
24:42
that anymore. I mean, we’re we we’re
24:44
lads from Doncaster. We’ll have a
24:46
downto-earth conversation about how this
24:48
could work for for you for the benefit
24:50
of our clients. So, don’t go into it
24:52
being too scared uh to ask questions. If
24:55
you don’t know what we mean by
24:56
something, ask us. That’s our job to
24:58
fill that gap. And um there is a lot
25:01
more support um out there than you think
25:03
to support clients into work and inquire
25:06
with Jake at stradio.co.uk if you’re
25:09
interested.
25:11
You realize you just gave your email to
25:12
potentially millions of people now.
25:14
Joking.
25:15
It’s ambitious.
25:16
If if we get millions of view, maybe I’m
25:18
manifesting millions of viewers. If we
25:19
do get millions of viewers, please
25:21
bombard him. Uh Jake couldn’t have said
25:23
that much better myself, mate. Um thank
25:25
you.
25:25
Thanks, buddy.
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