BASE

Our policy platform

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Disability, Education & training, Commissioning, Supported employment

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Report

This document brings together our policy aims for the disability and employment sector. The document was updated in 2016 by the National Executive Committee.

BASE submission to Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into the Disability Employment Gap

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Strategy, DWP, Work and Pensions Committee

Year of Publication:

2020

Type:

Report

BASE has submitted evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee inquiry into the Disability Employment Gap.

You can find more information about the enquiry at www.base-uk.org/news/committee-inquiry-disability-employment-gap

The final report was published in July 2021.

APPG on Youth Employment

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Recruitment, Covid-19, Strategy

Year of Publication:

2020

Type:

Report

BASE submitted evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Youth Employment. The inquiry, Making Youth Employment Policy Work, seeks to understand Government spending announced in the Plan for Jobs, specifically the £3bn invested in existing and new programmes and schemes aimed at young people.

Submission to CSJ Disability Commission

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Strategy

Year of Publication:

2020

Type:

Report

BASE has submitted evidence to the Centre for Social Justice's Disability Commission. The Disability Commission will issue their report later in 2020.

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.

Supported Employment Quality Framework

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Quality standards

Year of Publication:

2017

Type:

Framework

The Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) was produced through an ERASMUS project involving BASE and a number of transnational partners:

Disability Employment Gap Inquiry : BASE submission

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Disability, Disability employment gap

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Report

BASE has submitted evidence to the Work and Pension Committee's inquiry on the disability employment gap. You'll find it attached below. Thanks to everyone that responded to our request for views.

Employment is Everyone's Business

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Education & training, Commissioning, Supported Internships

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Best practice

As part of the Department for Education (DfE) funded project, Employment is Everyone's Business, the National Development Team for inclusion (NDTi) and the British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) have published three guides that demonstrate best practice in the transition of young people with disabilities from education to employment. The three guides comprise;

547 job applications but Pluss referral finally brings success

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Supported employment

Type:

Best practice

547 job applications, unemployed and depressed…now I have turned my life around. Robin tells his story for World Mental Health Day Robin Boness (pictured centre), a 60 year old Security Officer from Torquay, is a successful, motivated and respected employee working for Frontline Total Security Ltd. However, rewind one year and it was a completely different story. Isolated and in the very depths of despair, Robin was fighting a battle with severe depression due to long-term unemployment.

Living the dream with Supported Employment

Publisher:

BASE

Topics:

Supported employment

Type:

Best practice

Anton, has a passion for personal fitness but also has Ataxia which has meant he has had to use a wheelchair on a permanent base since age 14. He had settled for a future career in admin because he thought it was the only sort of work he'd be able to do. Luckily, he met with a Team Leader from EmployAbility who helped him to explore his personal enthusiasm for fitness , which extended beyond lifting weights to an in-depth knowledge of physical anatomy and the body's response to exercise.

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