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Getting in, staying in and getting on: disability employment support fit for the future
- Authors:
- SAYCE Liz, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 150p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report suggests changes to government policy in order to support disabled people to work in any role in any sector by doubling the numbers of people able to use Access to Work. It suggests raising the overall numbers securing specialist disability employment support to 100,000 within existing resources. This would be achieved by ensuring government funding is spent where it can have most impact, by better partnership working to maximise the contribution of government, employers, service providers and disabled people themselves; and by reducing the costs of assessments, driving down costs of services and equipment, encouraging suppliers to compete, empowering employees and employers to have far easier access to information, peer support and cost-effective solutions. Government-funded support would be focused on the person and their employer, not the facility, so disabled people can use that support in whatever type of employment they pursue.
Working our way to better mental health: a framework for action
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 103p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The framework, which focuses on the role of employment in improving mental health and well-being, is the result of joint working between government departments in England, Scotland and Wales, and advice from specialists. It is designed to improve well-being at work for everyone, and to deliver better employment results for people with mental health conditions, supporting them into work, helping them to stay in work, and assisting them to return to work after sickness absences. It identifies 6 key areas for action: changing attitudes to mental health, improving health and well-being at work for the whole population, swift intervention when things go wrong, coordinated help tailored to individuals' needs both in and out of work, building resilience from early years and throughout working lives, and coordinated action across government. The report sets out the government's programme for action on employment and mental health.
The disability and health employment strategy: the discussion so far; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- TSO
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 91
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper marks a shift in the Government’s approach to the employment of disabled people and individuals with health conditions. The focus is to move away from supporting individuals in separated, segregated employment. Instead, the Government is looking to work with individuals and employers to ensure that the talents, skills and capabilities of disabled people and people with health conditions are given the opportunity to thrive. This paper sets out a range of proposals to further improve employment support, both for disabled people and for people with health conditions who do not consider themselves disabled. These include: supporting employers to recruit, retain and develop disabled people and people with health conditions; and enabling more young disabled people and people with health conditions to make a successful transition from education to employment. The paper proposes a new Gateway to employment services that will focus an individual’s particular strengths and support requirements, rather than health condition or benefit. Also proposed are improvements to specialist and mainstream offers of support, and developing more effective approaches for supporting people with mental health problems to get into work. Annexes include what works in supporting disabled people and people with health conditions back into work. Delivery plans are to be published in a further paper in 2014. (Edited publisher abstract)
Disability living allowance reform: public consultation: executive summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government proposes to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with a new benefit, Personal Independence Payment. The Personal Independence Payment will continue to be a non-means tested, extra costs benefit. The aim is that Personal Independence Payment will be easier to understand, more efficient, and will support disabled people who face the greatest challenges to remaining independent and leading full and active lives. Key to the benefit will be an objective assessment of individual need. This consultation seeks views, particularly from disability organisations and disabled people, to inform policy for reforming DLA and introducing the new objective assessment. The public consultation applies to England, Wales and Scotland. This executive summary provides an overview of background information about DLA, the reasons for the reform, and the proposals for the new benefit.
Disability living allowance reform: public consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government proposes to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with a new benefit, Personal Independence Payment. The Personal Independence Payment will continue to be a non-means tested, extra costs benefit. The aim is that Personal Independence Payment will be easier to understand, more efficient, and will support disabled people who face the greatest challenges to remaining independent and leading full and active lives. Key to the benefit will be an objective assessment of individual need. This consultation seeks views, particularly from disability organisations and disabled people, to inform policy for reforming DLA and introducing the new objective assessment. The public consultation applies to England, Wales and Scotland. This document provides: background information about DLA and the reasons for the reform; proposals for the new benefit; the claims process for the new benefit; and the Impact Assessment and Equality Impact Assessment. A number of specific questions are highlighted throughout the document.
No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility: public consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 129p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The government says that the Green Paper sets out plans for improving support and work incentives to create a system that rewards responsibility. The majority of people of working age – who can work now or at some point in the future – and their families will no longer be on benefits for life. There will also be greater choice and control (sanctions) over the support that is provided.
Voluntary reporting on disability, mental health and wellbeing: a framework to support employers to report voluntarily on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- London
The voluntary reporting framework has been developed by the government in partnership with leading businesses and third sector organisations to support employers to voluntarily report information on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. It also sets out the benefits of increased transparency in the workplace, guidance on how data can be collected and where it can be reported, and links to further support. The aim is that greater transparency and reporting will act as effective leavers in creating cultural change and a more inclusive society. The framework is aimed at organisations with over 250 employees, but can be used by employers of any size. (Edited publisher abstract)
Child poverty strategy: 2014-17
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 122
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out the action the government is taking to tackle child poverty through: supporting families into work and increasing their earnings; improving the living standards of low-income families, focusing on increasing incomes, reducing costs of necessities and preventing problem debt; preventing poor children becoming poor adults through raising their educational attainment. In addition, it sets out the action that is needed by employers, local agencies and the voluntary and community sector to end child poverty. This strategy is based on findings of an evidence review, which examined a wide range of research from academia, government departments, and private research institutions (both domestic and international), to identify the key factors that make it harder for some families to get out of poverty and the key factors that make some poor children more likely to become poor adults. The document includes a review of the progress on the 2011-14 Strategy, an outline of the approaches taken by the devolved administrations, specific data and information relating to local areas and vulnerable groups and the government’s response to the consultation on the draft Child Poverty Strategy 2014-17. (Edited publisher abstract)
Fulfilling potential: building a deeper understanding of disability in the UK today
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 106p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Fulfilling Potential is an ongoing activity aimed at finding new ways to enable disabled people to realise their potential. It is about making the United Nation Convention on the Rights of Disabled People a living reality for disabled people in Britain. This document summarises the analytical evidence on disability in the UK. Its aims are: to inform the development of the next stage of work on Fulfilling Potential; to inform public understanding and prompt debate about disability and the issues faced by disabled people; and to raise awareness, drive a change in attitudes and support an increase in commitment to improving the lives of disabled people in the UK. The main document is structured in 2 parts. Part 1 provides analysis of the number of disabled people in the UK as well as looking at the way disability develops over the life course and at the fluctuating nature of disability. Part 2 focuses on the lives of disabled people by looking at trends in outcomes and barriers to taking part in different areas of life. The evidence is structured around the themes of early intervention, choice and control, and inclusive communities.
Personal independence payment user-centred design: strand 1 report: research summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is in the process of introducing a new benefit called Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) from 2013, for people between the ages of 16-64. User-centred design research was commissioned in order to ensure that claimants are central to the design and development of PIP. This research summary reports the key findings the first part of this ongoing programme of research which aimed to explore how the application process for PIP could be designed to meet the needs of both existing DLA claimants as well as potential PIP claimants. This research consisted of 21 focus groups and 46 face-to-face in-depth interviews conducted in September and October 2011. The key findings are presented for the following stages of developing a PIP application: deciding whether to apply; application; awaiting the decision; decision; and ongoing relationship. Key findings relating to communication channels and issues for specific customer groups are also presented. The majority of current DLA claimants do not feel that they have been treated particularly well in the past. The introduction of PIP presents an opportunity to signal a break with this perceived poor treatment and to develop processes and procedures that deliver a better claimant experience. Ways to achieve this improvement are suggested.