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Supported employment and job coaching: best practice guidelines
- Author:
- VALUING PEOPLE NOW
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Employment is a priority for people with a learning disability as set out in Valuing People Now. Supported employment is a well-evidenced, personalised approach to working with people with significant disabilities, including people with learning disabilities and autism, to access and retain open employment, with support. The purpose of this document is to give the final definition of supported employment after consultation with a range of stakeholders (including people with learning disabilities, family carers, providers of supported employment and employers) following publication of the draft definition in March 2010. It covers what supported employment is and its guiding principles, who provides supported employment, and the supported employment model. This document is primarily aimed at supported employment practitioners and commissioners to ensure that more people with significant impairments get and keep jobs.
Making it work: embedding a supported employment approach in vocational education and training for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- JACOBSEN Yola
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 138p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
The purpose of this book is to provide information about the supported employment process and how this can be embedded in vocational training and courses for people with learning difficulties. It focuses on how people with learning difficulties who are learners in the post-16 education and training sector can be supported to develop the skills and gain the necessary experience to move into employment and have real jobs in ordinary settings. The book was developed in consultation with providers who are developing a supported employment approach in their courses, and case studies are provided throughout to illustrate how this work is being put into practice. The book focuses on: the voice of the learner; disability rights legislation and learning and skills policies; principles and processes of supported employment; person-centred approaches in vocational courses and training; supported employment in the learning and skills sector; collaborative working; curriculum development and supported employment; working with parents and carers; and working with employers. The book is aimed at practitioners and managers working with people with learning difficulties in further education colleges, adult and community learning services, work-based learning and voluntary sector organisations.
Regional SEN Transition to Employment Initiative (Real Opportunities): impact of the Real Opportunities project
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, et al
- Publisher:
- Real Opportunities
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- Ystrad Mynach
An evaluation of the Real Opportunities project, which set out to address gaps in the support for young people with a learning disability, severe and complex needs and/or an Autistic Spectrum Disorder going through transition, by providing services designed to tackle the problems directly. The project provided a broadly integrated service approach linked to schools, driven by a person centred approach, with the availability of hands-on support to deliver selected transition goals. The report presents an overview of the project and the key problems in transition and considers the impact of this intervention in relation to: transition key workers, person centred planning, supported work experience, inclusion work, independence, and engaging peer mentors. (Edited publisher abstract)
Valuing employment now: real jobs for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 102p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This sets out the cross-government strategy and action plan needed to increase the number of people with learning disabilities in employment. Contents include: growing the presumption of employability; joint working to create individual paths to employment; better work preparation at school, college and adult learning; the role of personal budgets and social care; increasing high quality job coaching; clearing up confusion about the benefits system; promoting self-employment; the need for employers to see the business case; transport to get to work; addressing barriers with where people live; employment for the most excluded adults with learning disabilities; people with learning disabilities and their families leading the way; better data and performance management.