Knowledge Base

The knowledge base is a free source of information both for supported employment and for disability / employment support generally. In addition to contributions from BASE and its member organisations, the knowledge base also acts as an archive for initiatives such as Valuing People Now.

Listed below are the most recent knowledge base contents that meet your search criteria. To find content, use the filters to select and add topics, a type of content, a publishing source, or a year of publication. Note that many topics require you to select a subtopic from a list which appears after you select the main topic. You can clear your search by clicking Reset.

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Working Well: a plan to reduce long term sickness absence

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Sickness absence, Health & Wellbeing
Year of Publication: 
2017
Type: 
Report

IPPR has published a report addressing the high numbers of people leaving work as a result of acquiring a disability or long term health condition. The report, Working Well: a plan to reduce long term sickness absence, makes the case for a new 'Fit Pay' policy that would give employers the incentive to work with staff to keep them healthy and in work.

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Dynamic Purchasing System

Publisher: 
Central Government
Topics: 
Jobcentre Plus, Commissioning
Year of Publication: 
2017
Type: 
Guidance

DWP's Dynamic Purchasing System is used to purchase local support for individuals and groups of customer. The attached presentation describes how it works. 

Providers must register at http://bravosolution.co.uk and upload a Pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) before submitting details of their offer. It is recomended that providers seeking to upload Supported Employment as a single intervention enter it as one of the routeway provisions.

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Mental Health in the West Midlands Combined Authority

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Mental health
Year of Publication: 
2017
Type: 
Research

This study was commissioned by the West Midlands Mental Health Commission, a task force set up by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), to assess the current costs of mental ill health and current service provision across the region. It was led by the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham in partnership with the Centre for Mental Health.

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Longitudinal study of transitions experiences of blind and partially sighted young people (Phase 2)

Publisher: 
Charities
Topics: 
Sensory impairment
Year of Publication: 
2017
Type: 
Research

This longitudinal research project was designed in 2009 by a team from RNIB and VICTAR (Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research at the University of Birmingham). The key objectives of the project are:

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Effective employment support in Brighton

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Supported employment, Disability employment gap, Disability Confident
Year of Publication: 
2016
Type: 
Research

The Learning and Work Institute was commissioned by Brighton & Hove’s Equalities and Inclusion Partnership (EquIP) to conduct research into the barriers to employment, volunteering and skills development for disabled people and individuals with long term health conditions in Brighton & Hove, and to provide recommendations on how the council and their partners can remove such barriers, so that disabled people in Brighton & Hove are able to compete effectively for jobs and maintain employment and/or volunteering opportunities. 

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An Inclusive Future: Ensuring disabled people play a key role in the changing world of work

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Strategy
Year of Publication: 
2016
Type: 
Report

This policy report from Labour MPs, disabled people, and experts on disability and work, with a foreword from Yvette Cooper, chair of the Changing Work Centre, puts forward a number of proposals to ensure disabled people play a key role in the changing world of work. With action from government and employers to remove the barriers of today and tomorrow, we can put inclusivity at the heart of the future of work.

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IAPT annual report 2015-16

Publisher: 
Central Government
Topics: 
Mental health, IAPT
Year of Publication: 
2016
Type: 
Report

This report examines activity, waiting times and outcomes in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme from 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016.

IAPT is run by the NHS in England and offers NICE-approved therapies for treating people with depression or anxiety. 

There were 953,000 people who entered treeatment but only 396 people received employment support (low intensity) asnd only 57 people received high intensity employment support.

http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB22110

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Realising Aspirations for All: improving access to employment for people who are deafblind

Publisher: 
Charities
Topics: 
Sensory impairment, Reasonable adjustments
Year of Publication: 
2016
Type: 
Research, Report

Deafblind people can work, however many will need specialist support to enable them to do so.  Sense campaigns to ensure those deafblind people who want to work get the support they need to gain employment and those deafblind people who work are supported to do their job well and can progress in their career.

Sense has written a report about the barriers deafblind people face when looking for work and when in employment and learn about the solutions that can help more deafblind people to gain and sustain employment.

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Supported employment for people with severe mental illness: systematic review and meta-analysis of the international evidence

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Commissioning, Individual Placement & Support (IPS)
Year of Publication: 
2016
Type: 
Best practice, Research

Individual placement and support (IPS) is a vocational rehabilitation programme that was developed in the USA to improve employment outcomes for people with severe mental illness. Its ability to be generalised to other countries and its effectiveness in varying economic conditions remains to be ascertained. Aims To investigate whether IPS is effective across international settings and in different economic conditions. Method

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Mapping the employability landscape for people with learning disabilities in Scotland

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Strategy, Scotland, Customer engagement
Year of Publication: 
2016
Type: 
Report

This report from the Scottish Commission for Learning Disability maps the employability landscape for people with learning disabilities in Scotland. The report details the findings, and includes conclusions and specific recommendations for a variety of stakeholders. Four key action areas have been identified. They include the need to: * Overcome the low expectations held by parents, schools, colleges and employers.

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