August 2018

Halton seeks support to develop internships offer

31/08/18

Halton Borough Council wish to engage a service to build on work undertaken so far, to ensure that Halton can make available an appropriate offer of Supported Internships for young people age 16-25.

The Council wishes to achieve the following outcomes:

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Call for evidence: Supporting inclusive workplaces for everyone

28/08/18

ERSA has issued a call for evidence about Supporting inclusive workplaces for everyone – Health Related Pathways to Work

A Health and Wellbeing Alliance project, led by Homeless Link and Win/Win Alliance involving ERSA and Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM), is supporting Public Health England (PHE)’s Health and Work team to work towards inclusive workplaces for everyone.

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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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Speaker announcement - Sean Russell

14/08/18

We can announce that Sean Russell, Director of Implementation at West Midlands Mental Health Commission, will address the BASE conference in November.

Sean Russell is Superintendent within West Midlands Police and is the Force lead for Mental Health. He is seconded to the West Midlands Combined Authority as the Director of Implementation for the Mental Health Commission. Recently he has been appointed at the Director for implementation of the Mental Health Commission Action plan and is working across the West Midlands Combined Authority footprint to reduce the burden of mental ill health, improve people’s lives and encourage healthier more productive communities.

This includes the Thrive IPS initiative. Thrive Into Work will see individual placement and support (IPS) specialists placed in GP surgeries and health and community settings across the region. Under this research trial they will work with primary and community health teams to integrate employment support and health services. 

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