August 2018

Commissioning for Transition to Adult Services for Young People With Special Educational Needs and Disability

Publisher: 
Commissions & Regulatory Organisations
Topics: 
Transition, Commissioning
Year of Publication: 
2018
Type: 
Guidance, Best practice

This quick guide aims to help health commissioners and providers tackle the challenges involved in implementing the joint commissioning of services for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) introduced by Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014.

The guide contains links to a wide range of resources around commissioning, transition planning and co-production.

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Access to Work survey

Publisher: 
BASE
Topics: 
Access To Work
Year of Publication: 
2018
Type: 
Consultation

BASE and SUSE conducted a survey about Access to Work in the summer of 2018. A total of 149 responses were received and this report summarise the feedback that we obtained.

The feedback was varied but many respondents found the process of applying for Access to Work and claiming costs to be difficult. Most respondents were claiming between £25 and £30 per hour for job coaching support.

 

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Welfare Conditionality: Disabled people

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Year of Publication: 
2018
Type: 
Report

A joint team from 6 universities has published the final findings of the Welfare Conditionality project (2013-2018). It presents analysis on the effectiveness, impacts and ethics of welfare conditionality, and the sanctions and mandatory support that underpin this approach.

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From Prison to Work

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Individual Placement & Support (IPS), Mental health, Ex-offenders
Year of Publication: 
2018
Type: 
Research

Only 6% of people leaving prison receive support to find competitive work. Funded by J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust, The Henry Smith Charity, and Garfield Weston Foundation, this project worked with prison leavers from eight West Midland prisons.

This project trialled Individual Placement and Support (IPS) with a population it had not been tested on before: people with mental health problems leaving prison.

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