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All four graduates from the Project Employ training programme at Flourish Cafe in Takapuna have found jobs.

Under the programme created to help disabled people prepare for and find full-time work, trainees spend six months learning transferable working skills while making coffee, cleaning tables and chatting to customers.

Three of the graduates are working full time in hospitality while one works at Chemist Warehouse.

Programme lead at Flourish Cafe in Como St, Hannah Sykes, told the Observer that working in a functioning cafe provided programme participants with the chance to develop social skills along with work skills.

“The social side of things is also a huge positive. They’ve made a message group and they’re going to the movies, going bowling. They’ve made a real friendship group that they didn’t really have before.”

She said the training programme will call in trainees for shifts at the last minute and get them to interact with new people so they are prepared for real-life work situations. “Communication, teamwork all the things we take for granted that these guys need to be taught.”

Learning the ropes... Trainees Damian West and Phoebe Latimer say their favorite parts of working at Flourish Cafe are operating the till and talking to customers

Trainees also learn key skills such as CV writing and how to present themselves in interviews.

After nine months’ operation, the cafe serves a steady stream of customers, while the training programme has a waiting list.

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