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Progression through partnership: a joint strategy between the DfES, DH and DWP on the role of further education and training in supporting people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities to achieve fulfilling lives
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government is committed to improving the life chances of people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. It wants to develop services which centre around the needs of disabled people and provide seamless support to help everyone achieve their full potential. This report sets out a vision of how the departments most closely involved in this area will work together to deliver high quality support and incentives for young people and adults with learning difficulties and/or disabilities in further education and training.
Improving work opportunities for people with a learning disability: report of a working group on learning disabilities and employment: a report to ministers and the Learning Disability Task Force
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 83p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report is of the Working Group on learning disabilities and employment. The Working Group’s report is to Ministers and to the Learning Disability Taskforce. The working group was co-chaired by officials from Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health (DH) and its membership was drawn from people with a learning disability, local authorities, the voluntary sector and managers of supported employment factories. Only one in six people with a learning disability are in paid work. This compares with nearly half of all disabled people and close to three quarters of the wider population and is clearly unacceptable. The Government is committed to improving the employment outcomes for people with learning disabilities and is interested to hear the views and recommendations of those such as this working group. The Department is committed to a cross-government approach and will continue to work closely with colleagues in DWP on this agenda. One of the things that the Department of Health is doing is looking at grants made to Voluntary Organisations. They had a list of priorities for Section 64 grants from next year. The deadline for applying for Section 64 grants was 28th July 2006. The Voluntary Organisations had to support one of the priorities in their application form. One of the priorities this year was ‘supporting employment related opportunities for people with a learning disability as an alternative to traditional day centres.’ The Department of Health think this is a very important area.
Disability Discrimination Act: consultation document: guidance on matters to be taken into account in determining questions relating to the definition of disability
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (as amended), the Government can publish statutory guidance which provides advice on matters to be taken into account by adjudicating bodies, such as courts and tribunals, when they are determining whether a person is a disabled person for the purposes of the Act. The existing guidance was written in 1996 and is now being revised and updated. The closing date for responses to this consultation document was 31 October 2005
A new deal for welfare: empowering people to work
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 101p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The White Paper details legislative proposals for: reforming incapacity benefits; a £360 million roll out of Pathways to Work across the country by 2008 extending support to lone parents and older workers; reforming housing benefit; transforming support for people living in our cities; and delivering support to meet the needs of everyone.
Helping people achieve their full potential: improving specialist disability employment services: public consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 88p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Central proposals in the consultation include developing and enhancing the role of Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentre Plus so that each individual gets support that is tailored to their needs to help them achieve their employment goals; and moving away from separate programmes of support such as the Job Introduction Scheme, Work Preparation and WORKSTEP towards a single integrated programme which provides a more personalised employment service for disabled people. The proposals in the consultation complement other major reforms by the DWP aimed at supporting those who need the most help to find, retain and progress in work; including the modernisation of Remploy, Pathways to Work and a Flexible New Deal all of which will offer additional specialist help for people with greater support needs.