Consultation

The Government is about to announce a consultation on developing a new national disability employment strategy. BASE intends to submit proposals to the consultation and we're looking for your comments and suggestions. The strategy will cover a wide range of issues from transition to career development. Initially, we've focused on the commissioning of specialist employment support for the future and we'd like to hear your thoughts.

Disability employment strategy: discussion paper

The Welsh Government is consulting on a new Social Services Bill. The proposed Social Services (Wales) Bill will provide the legislation required to take forward the change programme outlined in the Welsh Government’s white paper, 'Sustainable Social Services for Wales: A Framework for Action'.

It will also provide, for the first time, a coherent legislative framework for social services in Wales. This consultation sets out our legislative proposals for the Social Services (Wales) Bill in the following areas:

* maintaining and enhancing the wellbeing of people in need;

Sustainable Social Services for Wales: A Framework for Action

The review of newly developed National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Supported Employment is now open for consultation. The standards have been drafted by BASE in collaboration with the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS).

These standards would apply across the UK and views will be sought from qualifications bodies within Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We expect that a Welsh language version will be available shortly.

The standards would form a basis for developing workforce qualifications and ensuring that existing qualifications meet the sector’s requirements.

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On 1 December 2011, the government announced a discussion with disabled people to gather suggestions for a new cross-government disability strategy.

The Government’s ambition is to enable disabled people to fulfil their potential and have opportunities to play a full role in society. To realise this ambition, we want to tackle barriers to realising aspirations and individual control, as well as change attitudes and behaviour towards disabled people.

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