Hi all, Does anyone have any experience or risk assessments, for someone with cerabal palsy who will be training/working in the rail industry. I would be most grateful for any help with this. Thanks Clive

C Can you be more specific as to what the person willl be doing as that would be helpful Additionally you will need support from others e.g. The individuals helpers, partents, occie health/specialist nurses etc. who are experienced in the health aspects of the situation and the individual themselves noting that at all times the person concerned must be the centre point and be the key decision maker where poss as it can be an unintentional habit by people who work in that specific area to talk over/around the person with CP Keep your feet on the ground and the exercise should go well as all people can contribute to a work place Best of luck

Hi All. Thanks for all of your replies. Bob, the person is question will be carrying out manual labour tasks in the rail industry, such as moving rail, changing sleepers, shoveling ballast etc. The course he will be on is quite labour intensive, so obviously I need to protect him from any harm, but also as Stuie says, take a positive view to his employment prospects. I have looked at the Scope website and there is a lot of useful information on there, but I was looking for information/help from someone with first hand experience. Thanks Clive

Having direct experience in this area I also work with the individual persons case worker when looking at work placement e.g. risk assessment etc. As in all situations that I have experience of the person involved has had a specialist NHS and/or Social Services or similar specialist case worker in place at some level or another so a 'package' of specialists are there to support a person in a 'work' situation. If I were you I would explore this area and get as many specialist people on board to help