Disability

Publisher: 
Policy & research organisations
Topics: 
Disability, Education & training
Year of Publication: 
2015
Type: 
Report, Research

Disability Rights UK has published a summary of the Closing the Skills Gap reports. The report highlights their findings on the skills young disabled people need to get into employment; and on skills for people who acquire impairments or conditions during working life. Their findings, based on the two reports, stress: * the importance of peer to peer support * a need for disabled people to be able to exercise choice and control There are critical success factors from the 2 reports:

Publisher: 
Central Government
Topics: 
Disability, Mental health, Supported employment
Year of Publication: 
2013
Type: 
Report

The Government has published a discussion paper on the Disability and Health Employment Strategy. The paper sets out a range of proposals to further improve employment support. It will be followed in 2014 by publication of the government’s delivery plan. The proposals focus on: • supporting employers to recruit, retain and develop disabled people and people with health conditions; • enabling more young disabled people and people with health conditions to make a successful transition from education to employment;

Publisher: 
Central Government
Topics: 
Disability, Fulfilling Potential
Year of Publication: 
2014
Type: 
Report

This toolkit, created under the Fulfilling Potential banner, shows what data has been published about disability and how that data can be used. This is a toolkit created for Disabled Peoples User Led Organisations (DPULOs), other small organisations and charities. It aims to provide guidance to help organisations find and use data with confidence to support their work by, for example, the better targeting of services and/or resources to meet the needs of disabled people. There are three main chapters to the document:

Publisher: 
Central Government
Topics: 
Disability, Education & training, Children
Type: 
Guidance

Transitional protection for specialist provision is being introduced in response to a specific concern that there may be a reduction in the number of students placed in specialist provision between now and 2015. The department will offer a level of protection for specialist provision in independent specialist providers (ISPs) and in eligible further education (FE) institutions over the next two academic years.

Publisher: 
Central Government
Topics: 
Disability, Learning disabilities, Mental health
Year of Publication: 
2013
Type: 
Consultation, Report

Department for Work & Pensions. Consultation outcome Extending labour market interventions to in-work claimants Policy: Simplifying the welfare system and making sure work pays This call for ideas sought views on how we can support people in work and in receipt of Universal Credit to help them: • increase their earnings • develop their skills and qualifications • achieve financial independence

Publisher: 
Central Government
Topics: 
Disability, Policy
Year of Publication: 
2013
Type: 
Research

The aims of ‘Fulfilling Potential: Building Understanding’ are: * to provide an analysis of the current evidence on disability in the UK to inform the development of the next stage of work on Fulfilling Potential – the development of actions, outcomes and indicators * to inform public understanding and prompt debate about disability and the issues faced by disabled people * to raise awareness, drive a change in attitudes and support an increase in commitment to improving the lives of disabled people in the UK today The main document is structured in two parts:

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