The Big Lottery Fund-backed project will work with young people aged 15 to 19 during their final two years in education. Each young person will undergo a specialist assessment to identify what kind of jobs would interest them, what skills they have and what vocational training they would like.
Angela Wayman, director of project organiser Elite, said: "Work with young people with learning disabilities or difficulties is usually concerned with the barriers they face, but this project looks at what they want to do. Traditionally only one per cent of these young people go into paid employment."
A staff member from Elite and a peer mentor recruited from a local sixth form will provide one-to-one support for the young people taking part in the project. The project will work with 75 young people in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taff.
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