Workshops

The conference featured 20 workshops over 5 parallel sessions. The presentations are posted below but may not contain the full context of the workshop in which they were delivered.

Session A

A1: Best practice and learning from the SEN reforms (Preparing for Adulthood)

A2: Lessons from leaving local authority management (Employment and Disability Service)

A3: Social impact bonds (Social Finance)

A4: The future of supported business (Supported Business Alliance)

Session B

B1: Disability and Health Employment Strategy (Dept for Work and Pensions)

B2: Commissioning for outcomes (Gloucestershire CC)

B3: Welfare reform (National Association of Welfare Rights Advisors)

B4: Principles of employer engagement (Jem Jones)

Session C

C1: Achieving more for less (Surrey CC)

C2: Next steps for Access to Work (Dept for Work and Pensions)

C3: Transitions from education (Pure Innovations)

C4: Personalised support in the Work Programme (BASE/Inclusion/Intraining)

Session D

D1: Commissioning effective employment support (NDTi)

D2: Autism: an employer perspective (National Autistic Society/TATE)

D3: Supported apprenticeships (Mark Kilsby)

D4: The funding of Supported Internships (David Percival)

Session E

E1: Employer-led Supported Internships (National Grid/Round Oak School)

E2: EUSE Toolkit for Diversity (EUSE)

E3: Supporting families with multiple barriers (Southampton City Council)

E4: Mental health awareness for employers (Southdown Housing)