August 2018

Learning disability and autism a national clinical priority for NHS

28/08/18

Autism and learning disability have been named as one of the 4 clinical priorities for long term planning within the NHS. 

On 18th June the Prime Minister set out a funding settlement for the NHS in England for the next five years. In return, the NHS has been asked to set out a long term plan for the future of the NHS by Autumn, setting out its ambitions for improvement over the next decade, and its plans to meet them over the five years of the funding settlement. 

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Greater Manchester sets learning disability employment target

28/08/18

Greater Manchester has set a target of achieving 7% employment rates for people with learning disabilities across all of the Greater Manchester boroughs by 2020. The target is included within its GM Learning Disability Strategy and flagged up in a letter to all authorities in the region.

The letter, from Lord Smith of Leigh, the Chair of Greater Manchester Health and Care Board, states:

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South Yorkshire starts major IPS trial

20/08/18

A £7.9m pilot has been officially launched to help South Yorkshire people with disabilities and health conditions to stay in employment and rejoin the workforce. The 'Working Win' scheme aims to assess the best type of support for those who are out of work, or struggling in employment due to health problems.

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Work experience opportunities at Channel 4

17/08/18

Channel 4 is seeking applications for their 4Talent work experience programme. They have a variety of departments involved this time around including Content Management, Sales, Film4, Legal and Commissioning.

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Consultation on support for ex-offenders

17/08/18

The Ministry of Justice has issued a Call for Evidence to improve their understanding of:

1. Inclusive Recruitment Practices

What are employers doing, if anything, to create fair opportunities for ex-offenders to compete for jobs within their organisations in the UK?

What information or support would help employers to make the decision to remove the criminal conviction declaration tick-box from their job application forms?

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Ethical warehouse space to rent in London

16/08/18

The Camden Society’s fulfilment and distribution social enterprise, Mailout, has 787 square feet of warehouse space available to rent in Central London from August 2018. The Camden Society is looking for an ethically minded partner who would like to take advantage of a great storage and work space in Kentish Town and who is excited by the prospect of offering opportunities to people they support.

Please see the attachment for further details.

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Consultation on Work & Health Programme statistics

15/08/18

From late autumn 2018, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plans to release regular experimental statistics about the Work and Health Programme (WHP). These will provide information about the number of:

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NDTi announces new Chief Executive

13/08/18

NDTi has announced the appointment of Paul Marshall as the new Chief Executive of the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi).

 

Paul has nearly 20 years’ experience in leading social change and joins NDTi from Liverty, one of the country’s largest social housing providers, where he was Director of Community Engagement. He previously worked in local government and housing in the North East, driving inclusion, community benefit, service transformation and decentralsation.

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