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Changes to procurement of Work and Health Programme

21/09/16

DWP has published changes to the procurement process for the Work and Health Programme and issued a revised indicative timetable for the process.

DWP has issued the following statement on the Bravo Solution website:

Thank you for your interest in the Work and Health Programme. DWP is very keen to work with the market and listen to your views, ensuring that we in are in a position to create the most suitable and effective programme for the customer group.

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LGA calls for devolution of Work & Health Programme

02/09/16

The Local Government Association has issued a press release calling on the Government to ensure it avoids repeating the mistakes of its flagship Work Programme when it's replaced by new Work and Health Programme (WHP). Thousands more disadvantaged jobseekers and people with disabilities and health conditions would be supported into work if funding and responsibility for the new Work and Health Programme (WHP) is devolved to all local areas, councils say today.

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Report maps LD employment needs in Scotland

19/08/16

More than 120,000 Scottish adults with a learning disability are in need of help finding work, according to a new report from the Scottish Commission for Learning Disability. The estimate, based on the number of school leavers who education authorities say have a recognised learning disability, is a huge increase on previous estimates.

Around 26,000 people with a learning disability are known to Scotland's councils, but they tend to be those with the highest needs in receipt of social services.

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1 in 8 employers still not Disability Confident

11/08/16

The Government is being urged to do more to help people with disabilities secure jobs after new research revealed that one in 10 businesses felt unable to support an employee with a disability or long-term health condition.

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Two new evaluation reports from DWP

05/08/16

DWP has published two evaluation reports about pilot projects.

The first report evaluated the Intensive Activity Programme (IAP) trial which aimed to help new benefit claimants move into work sooner.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/intensive-activity-programme-...

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Diagnostic tool to exclude jobseekers with learning disabilities?

04/08/16

DWP documents posted on the Bravo Solution website seem to confirm that the new Work and Health Programme (WHP) will only cater for those jobseekers who are considered close to the labour market. BASE is disappointed by the tone of the document which seeks to identify a tool that will categorise people into one of 4 groups:

  1. Willing and able to work
  2. Willing but not able to work
  3. Unwilling but able to work
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Disability Apprenticeship Taskforce Report : Recommendations & the Government's response

11/07/16

The Disability Apprenticeships taskforce led by Paul Maynard MP has published its recommendations. BASE submitted views earlier this year.

Recommendations

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Key statistics on people with disabilities in employment

05/07/16

The House of Commons library has published a briefing report that highlights some key statistics related to the disability employment gap.

The 2015 Conservative Party manifesto included a commitment to “aim to halve the disability employment gap” by transforming “policy, practice and public attitudes, so that hundreds of thousands more disabled people who can and want to be in work find employment.”

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"Retention Deficit" - new report by Resolution Foundation

14/06/16

The Resolution Foundation has published a report examining the retention of jobs for people with disabilities. The report finds that the odds of people with disabilities who have been unemployed for more than a year returning to work diminish at twice the rate of non-disabled people. The report, Retention Deficit, calls on the government to revise its “seriously misguided” policy focus on disabled people on benefits.

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Is Welfare to Work, working well?

14/06/16

Is welfare to work, working well? Improving employment rates for people with disabilities and long-term conditions The

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