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I can get a job: a step-by-step guide to getting a job
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Valuing People Support Team
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Valuing People Support Team
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- London
It is thought that less than one in ten people with learning disabilities have jobs. People don't think people with learning disabilities can achieve, so they don't get training and help to find jobs. Helping people find jobs is not seen as important. The rules about benefits can mean that people lose out if they get jobs. It can be difficult to move from 'supported employment' into other paid jobs that people might want. The Government wants more people with learning disabilities to have jobs. This book is a step by step guide to how to get a job.
I want to work: a guide to benefits and work for people with a learning disability
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Valuing People Support Team
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Valuing People Support Team
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
It is thought that less than one in ten people with learning disabilities have jobs. People don't think people with learning disabilities can achieve, so they don't get training and help to find jobs. Helping people find jobs is not seen as important. The rules about benefits can mean that people lose out if they get jobs. It can be difficult to move from 'supported employment' into other paid jobs that people might want. The Government wants more people with learning disabilities to have jobs.
Able to work: report of the National Employment Panel's Employers' Working Group on Disability
- Author:
- THOMPSON Mark
- Publisher:
- National Employment Panel
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 84p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The focus of this report is how to help as many disabled people as possible to fulfil their potential in the labour market. It sets out a clear vision of what the government wants to achieve and why it is so important. And it makes a wide range of recommendations, both for employers and for several different arms of Government, which will help to deliver that vision.
An independent review of the work capability assessment: year five
- Author:
- LITCHFIELD Paul
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 105
- Place of publication:
- London
Reflects on the evolution of the work capability assessment since its introduction and considers some of the issues that the Department for Work and Pensions might need to take into account in the years to come. The WCA is designed to determine eligibility for employment and support allowance. It is a functional assessment based on the premise that eligibility should not be determined by the description of a person’s disability or health condition but by how their ability to function is affected, which may vary considerably between individuals. The report shows that the number of people assessed and found fit for work has significantly declined. It also highlights that perceptions of the WCA remain overwhelmingly negative and discusses the barriers that individuals with a learning disability face with the WCA process. The review identifies a number of key principles that the department should take into account in redesigning the WCA : any assessment should not only be fair but be perceived as such; there must be clarity of purpose - determining benefit eligibility and supporting employment outcomes may not be compatible objectives; residual elements of the medical model of disability should be eradicated in favour of a bio-psychosocial model; departmental staff should be at the heart of the assessment and should drive information requirements; any revised assessment should exploit information already provided to the DWP, rather than duplicating effort and incurring unnecessary expense; and decision makers and HCPs should see a representative range of cases and have appropriate training in the capability impact of common conditions. (Edited publisher abstract)
New deal for disabled people: an in-depth study of Job Broker service delivery
- Authors:
- LEWIS Jane, et al
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 241p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) was introduced in 1998 and 1999 as a series of pilots to help disabled people move into, or stay in, paid employment. The ‘national extension’ of NDDP, introduced in 2001, aims to support and test innovative ways of helping people on incapacity benefits move into sustainabe employment. NDDP services are delivered by a range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations known as ‘Job Brokers’. This report presents findings from the second wave of qualitative research carried out in late 2003/early 2004. This element of the research forms part of a larger programme aimed at providing the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with a comprehensive evaluation of NDDP. The report of findings from Wave One of the qualitative work was published in 2003 (Corden et al.,). The overall aim of the qualitative research was to explore the organisation, operation and impacts of the Job Broker service from the perspective of key stakeholders, including users and providers of Job Broker services, and staff of Jobcentre Plus offices.
The keys to life: unlocking futures for people with learning disabilities: implementation framework and priorities 2019-2021
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A framework to implement the 'Keys to life' learning disability strategy in Scotland. The priorities for delivery are guided by four rights-based outcomes: a healthier life; choice and control; independence; and active citizenship and participation in community and society. The framework sets out plans to raise the profile of employing people with a learning disability, as well as improving experiences in school and improving the transition from school to further education or employment. It also covers healthy relationships and the right to become a parent. The framework was created in partnership with the Scottish Commission on Learning Disabilities (SCLD) and the Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory. (Edited publisher abstract)
Special educational needs: an analysis and summary of data sources
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This document provides a combination of analysis and links to the key data sources on children and young people with special educational needs (SEN). It looks at: prevalence and characteristics; education attainment; preparation for adulthood; absence and exclusion; and the experience of the SEND system. The report reveals that across all schools, the number of pupils with special educational needs has fallen from 1,301,445 in 2015 to 1,228,785 in 2016 (14.per cent of pupils had special educational needs in 2016, a fall from 15.4 per cent in 2015). Moderate Learning Difficulty is the most common primary type of need overall, with 24.2 per cent of pupils with special educational needs having this primary type of need. Autistic Spectrum Disorder remains the most common primary type of need for pupils with a statement or EHC plan. 57.3 per cent of children who had been looked after continuously for 12 months for whom data were available had a special educational need (SEN) in 2015/16, and their most common type of need was ‘Social, Emotional and Mental Health’. (Edited publisher abstract)
Valuing people now: summary report March 2009-September 2010: including findings from Learning Disability Partnership Board self assessments 2009-2010
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- London
All 152 Learning Disability Partnership Boards produced an annual report setting out the progress they made from April 2009 to March 2010. The information from these was used by nine Regional Boards to create summary reports for each region. This report brings together the key findings from the regional reports and additional national data to illustrate progress achieved in delivering Valuing People Now (the three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities published by the Department of Health in 2009). It provides summary information about the local Partnership Boards reports, key findings on the priority areas of health, housing, and employment, and progress in other areas including personalisation, transition, including everyone, hate crime, and advocacy. It also identifies further progress needed and provides examples of good practice at a regional and local level.
Helping people to work: easy read
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government has introduced benefit reforms that permit the disabled, single mothers and older people claimants to try out work, and to return to protected levels of benefit more easily if a job doesn’t work out. For those who are considered more work ready such changes make a real difference. This easy read book sets out their rights and obligations. However, fears persist among claimants that they may fall outside of the protection afforded by such rules or that their continued incapacity might be drawn into question if they try out work.
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.