Policy & research organisations

Working Well: a plan to reduce long term sickness absence

Publisher:

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.

Mental Health in the West Midlands Combined Authority

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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Welfare Earnback - an invest to save approach to the Work and Health Programme

Publisher:

Policy & research organisations

Topics:

Commissioning, Work and Health Programme

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

News, Report

IPPR North has looked at the potential effectiveness and value of taking an 'invest to save' approach to the new

Peer support for employment : a review of the evidence

Publisher:

Policy & research organisations

Topics:

Long-term unemployed, Disability, Third sector

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Report

The Work Foundation has published a review of the evidence relating to peer support Peer support is the process through which people with similar experiences support one another, both emotionally and practically. For those with disabilities or health conditions, peer support can be a highly beneficial component of a treatment plan, and as such it is reasonably widely used.

Autism and cost-effectiveness of Supported Employment

Publisher:

Policy & research organisations

Topics:

Autism, Commissioning, Supported employment

Year of Publication:

2015

Type:

Research

The objective of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of supported employment compared with standard care (day services) for adults with autism in the United Kingdom. A decision-analytic economic model was developed, which used outcome data from the only trial that has evaluated supported employment for adults with autism in the United Kingdom.

City Deals and Skills

Publisher:

Policy & research organisations

Topics:

LEPs

Year of Publication:

2015

Type:

Report

Over the last five years, various aspects of employment and skills policy have formed a significant element of devolution policies. City Deals and Growth Deals in particular have focused (to varying degrees) on aspects of youth employment programmes, adult skills provision and vocational training in order to respond to the needs of specific areas.

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