Supported employment

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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.

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Valuing Employment Now

Publisher: 
Central Government, Valuing People Now
Topics: 
Learning disabilities, Supported employment
Year of Publication: 
2009
Type: 
Report

Learning disability employment policy in England was led by the Valuing Employment Now (VEN) Team until it was disbanded in April 2010. Employment policy is now led by the Valuing People Now team. Only 6.4% of people with a significant disability are in paid employment in England (2010). Valuing Employment Now was published in June 2009 and is the main cross-Government policy document for England.

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Feeling the Benefit: how Universal Support can help get Britain working

Topics: 
Supported employment
Year of Publication: 
2022
Type: 
Report

This Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)  paper focuses on the changing appearance of benefits in Britain. The rise in UK economic inactivity (which hit nine million in October 2022) is increasingly well known, this paper aims to better understand the picture of those who have fallen out of work and onto mean-tested benefits since the pandemic. With an original analysis bringing together six datasets across the Universal Credit and legacy benefit systems, it  shows for the extent to which the number of people claiming working-age benefits has risen in recent years.

Findings include :

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Supported employment: review report and Scottish Government response

Publisher: 
Scottish Government
Topics: 
Supported employment, Scotland
Year of Publication: 
2022
Type: 
Research

The Scottish Government commissioned Social Finance to conduct an evaluation of supported employment delivery within Scotland

The research was designed to provide a robust, independent review of how supported employment is delivered, and where gaps in provision lie.

The evaluation sought to address the following core research questions:

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CSJ Disability Commission report: Now is the Time

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Disability, Supported Internships, Strategy, Supported employment
Year of Publication: 
2021
Type: 
Report

This year (2021) will mark 26 years since the Disability Discrimination Act and 11 years since the Equality Act passed into law. Despite this legislative change, progress towards greater equality between disabled and non-disabled people has been erratic and, in some areas, non-existent.

The Conservative Party made a manifesto commitment in the 2019 General Election to develop a disability strategy which, in the words of the Prime Minister, needs to be the “most ambitious and transformative endeavour for disabled people in a generation.”

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Engage to Change briefing: Policy changes needed in Wales

Publisher: 
Charities
Topics: 
Supported employment, Strategy, Wales
Year of Publication: 
2020
Type: 
Report

This briefing paper, written by Dr Steve Beyer, makes recommendations for the Welsh Government about how to improve employment support for people with autism and/or a learning disability. It draws on learning from the Engage to Change programme, a project for young people 16-25 years who are NEET (or at risk of becoming NEET) and have a learning difficulty, learning disability and /or autism.

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Webinar: Inclusive Supported Employment (Law & Policy)

Publisher: 
Other organisations
Topics: 
Supported employment
Year of Publication: 
2020
Type: 
Video clip

This webinar is one of a series organised by North Dakota’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) and Nasjonalt kompetansemiljø om Utviklingshemming(NAKU). 

The topic for the webinar was International Law and Policy, specifically how it supports inclusive employment opportunities. It was facilitated by Brent Askvig, Professor of Special Education and Executive Director of Minot State University and Karl Elling Ellingsen, Director of NAKU.

It featured presentations from Rick Kane (CEO of Disability Employment Australia), Huw Davies (CEO of BASE), and Susie Rutkowski (Co-Director and Educational Specialist for Project SEARCH).

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How to harness social entrepreneurs

Publisher: 
Charities
Topics: 
Supported employment
Year of Publication: 
2019
Type: 
Report

UnLtd report suggests how social entrepreneurs can be harnessed to achieve improved employment rates for people with a disability. 

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