Jobs Expo Cork is delighted to announce that Cope Foundation will be recruiting for jobs at our November event. Cope Foundation is a non-profit organisation which supports over 2,350 children and adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism in 65 locations across Cork city and county.
What Cope Does
Cope Foundation provides a wide range of services and supports.
Firstly, their Early Intervention service is for children with an intellectual disability from birth to 6 years of age. After referral the Early Intervention Team visit the child to make sure they get all the correct supports.
They also have support services for children and young people in primary, secondary and third-level education. In addition, the offer training supports for people who have left school.
Further services include housing supports, arts and creative therapies, physical activity and sports and supports for a short break from home.
Projects
Cope Foundation supports a number of projects and advocacy campaigns. One especially noteworthy project is “Grand Job?” This is a campaign helping people with intellectual disabilities to find paid employment. They also work in partnership with other countries in Europe.
History
Cope Foundation was originally set up in the 1957 as the Cork Poliomyelitis Association. Over the years, the organisation changed their services and supports. On the 5th December 1988 their name changed to Cope Foundation.