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Supported employment for people with learning disabilities in the UK: the last 15 years
- Authors:
- MELLING Kathy, BEYER Stephen, KILSBY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 16(2), April 2011, pp.23-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In the April 1997 issue of Tizard Learning Disability Review these authors wrote of their aspirations for the development of supported employment in the United Kingdom. This paper revisits these aspirations against a changing policy context with the introduction of Valuing People and Valuing People Now. It reviews developments in employment policy, innovation, the framework for funding supported employment and changes in the level of employment for people with learning disabilities since 1997. Despite significant improvements in policy, not much has changed for England in terms of the number of people with learning disabilities employed. However, there are a number of positive developments to draw on to ensure that this number increases. This article summarises the progress in this area over this 15 year period and the challenges that remain. It suggests the need for further action to deliver the Government's vision of employment inclusion and to secure the rights of people with learning disabilities to a place in the workplace.
Supported employment in Britain
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, KILSBY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 2(2), April 1997, pp.6-14.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper describes supported employment, its growth as an alternative day services and research which indicates potentially beneficial outcomes in the areas of increased employee income, social integration, satisfaction engagement in activity, employer satisfaction, and in the relationship between financial costs and savings.
A financial cost:benefit analysis of Kent supported employment: establishing a framework for analysis: an interim report
- Authors:
- KILSBY Mark, BEYER Stephen
- Publisher:
- Kent County Council
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- Maidstone
The aim of this study, commissioned by Kent County Council, is to develop a cost benefit framework that is robust enough to accurately identify the potential costs and savings to the local authority and taxpayer of delivering supported employment for people with learning disabilities through the Kent Supported Employment Agency service. The first phase of the 3 phase study, focusing on people with learning disability who had gained work from March 2009 to February 2010, is summarised in this report. The report sets out the method used, descriptive results, and cost benefit outcomes. The estimates show that there is a notional saving on average for people going into supported employment compared with average day service costs. The discussion of results notes that there are a number of uncertainties in the data, and that further work will be needed in phase 2 to obtain more detailed information and refine the analysis.
The costs and benefits of supported employment agencies
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, GOODERE Lara, KILSBY Mark
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 62p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a project looking at the operation and effectiveness of supported employment agencies for disabled people. Examines the net cost and financial benefits of the agencies and compares these with other employment schemes for disabled people. A number of non-financial benefits were also identified and discussed.
Financial costs and benefits of two supported employment agencies in Wales
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, KILSBY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(4), 1998, pp.303-319.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The costs and financial benefits accruing from two employment agencies were analysed over the two years of their operation. The analysis determined the net costs for society as a whole, the taxpayer and the supported employees, when reductions in welfare benefit payments and costs to previous day services, and increases in tax were taken into account. The results indicated that supported workers generally benefited financially as a result of their uptake of paid work but that costs outstripped financial benefits for the taxpayer and society as a whole. The results also indicated that the cost-benefit performance of the two agencies was improving over time, suggesting that the financial benefits of providing the service could ultimately outweigh the costs involved.