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.

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Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Social return on investment
Year of Publication: 
2020
Type: 
Report
Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Individual Placement & Support (IPS), Social return on investment
Year of Publication: 
2020
Type: 
Research

The Mental Health and Employment Partnership (MHEP) Social Impact Bond (SIB) was  designed to create partnerships between agencies to drive innovation and collaboration. It sought to increase investment in Individual Placement Support (IPS) with the aim of better supporting unemployed people with severe and enduring mental health conditions back into employment.

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Supported Internships
Year of Publication: 
2020
Type: 
Research

This research aimed to explore: 

  • The models and approaches to delivery of supported internships available for young people with EHCPs in England. 
  • The factors perceived to be associated with success for supported internships. 
  • Perceived barriers to the success of supported internships, and how these may be overcome. 
Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
DWP, Disability employment gap, Commissioning
Year of Publication: 
2020
Type: 
Report

This report, from the Centre for Social Justice, assesses DWP's nationally contracted disability employment provision. The report is critical of performance over recent years and highlights some of the problem areas including commissioning processes, funding models and supply chain management. It suggests ways of making better use of the expertise within the voluntary sector and makes a series of recommendations.

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Disability employment gap
Year of Publication: 
2019
Type: 
Research

This report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) looks at the use of employment quotas in improving employment outcomes for disabled people.

Publisher: 
Commissions & Regulatory Organisations
Topics: 
Health & Wellbeing, Sickness absence
Year of Publication: 
2020
Type: 
Report

This report from the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, Good Work for Good Health, demonstrates how the occupational therapy workforce can be capitalised upon to reduce the disability employment gap.

Publisher: 
Charities
Topics: 
Supported employment
Year of Publication: 
2019
Type: 
Report

UnLtd report suggests how social entrepreneurs can be harnessed to achieve improved employment rates for people with a disability. 

Topics: 
Supply chain contracting, Procurement
Year of Publication: 
2019
Type: 
Guidance

The Employment & Health Related Services Umbrella Agreement (EHRSUA) is a framework-style agreement for the provision of employment and health related services. The objective of the agreement is to provide employment and health related support services helping people who are unemployed, disabled, have a health condition or barrier to work to select, train for, obtain and retain employment. Only providers accepted onto the umbrella framework are permitted to bid for high value DWP contracts.

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Disability Employment Gap
Year of Publication: 
2019
Type: 
Report

The TUC has published a report looking at the disability pay gap. The current disability pay gap for all employees stands at 15.5%. This pay gap means that disabled people effectively work for free for the last 57 days (or 8 weeks) of the year and stop getting paid today. 

The analysis also found that disabled workers earn on average £1.65 per hour less than non-disabled workers, which is a gap of around £3,000 per year based on a 35-hour week.

Publisher: 
Charities
Topics: 
Inspection
Year of Publication: 
2019
Type: 
Report

Jersey Employment Trust has undertaken a full service review, carried out by Dr Mark Kilsby, Julie Allan and Dr Steve Beyer. The review found outstanding practice across both the employment team and the training and development team.

The team now supports 270 people in paid jobs, many of them seasonal, working an average of 24 hours/week. The team has become a preferred supplier of staffing for many local employers.

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