Supported employment

An Employer's Guide to Supported Employment

Publisher:

Charities

Topics:

Employers, Supported employment, Recruitment

Year of Publication:

2018

Type:

Guidance

An Employer's guide to Supported Employment, published by the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, is aimed at Line Managers, Human Resources Leads & others responsible for recruitment within the

BASE & ADASS publish top tips for local authorities

17/05/18

BASE has been working with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) to produce some guidelines for local authorities to help them raise the employment rates of adults with disabilities.

Economic impact of inclusion of disabled persons in the labour market

Publisher:

Policy & research organisations

Topics:

Individual Placement & Support (IPS), Supported employment, Commissioning

Year of Publication:

2017

Type:

Research

This study, published by EASPD, assesses the literature review of cost-benefit analyses from a taxpayer perspective of the labour market inclusion of persons with disabilities. It includes an extensive and structured overview of global literature over the last 30 years.

The main findings are that:

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.

Improving Lives The Work, Health & Disability Green Paper

31/10/16

Government publishes "Improving Lives The Work, Health & Disability Green Paper"

The long-awaited Green Paper on disability employment has been launched . The Government is seeking views on what it will take to transform employment prospects for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions via a consultation [closing date 17 February 2017]

Gloucestershire Cost-Benefit analysis

Publisher:

Local Government

Topics:

Supported employment

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Research

This analysis was commissioned by Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) to identify the financial costs and benefits associated with GCC’s Employment Service (GES). The service sits within GCCs Employment and Enablement Team and currently provides beneficiaries, who mainly have learning disabilities, with support to enable them to access paid work.

Cost Benefit Analysis: Gloucestershire CC

Publisher:

Local Government

Topics:

Funding, Commissioning, Local Government, Supported employment

Year of Publication:

2016

Type:

Research

Gloucestershire CC has published an independent cost:Benefit analysis of its employment service. The report was authored by Mark Kilsby, Julie Allan and Steve Beyer and looked at activity between 1 April 2013 and 30 November 2014. During this period they found that: • 91 beneficiaries with learning disabilities were supported in paid work over the period; • 75 paid jobs were obtained over the period at a rate of 3.75 jobs per month; • 11 people left their jobs over the period; • 81 people with learning disabilities were in work at November 30th 2014.

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.

Supported Employment Outcomes

Publisher:

Supported Employment Associations

Topics:

Commissioning, Supported employment

Year of Publication:

2014

Type:

Framework

The Scottish Union of Supported Employment (SUSE) has published a report into the measurement of outcomes. The report, aimed at the Scottish Government, proposes a set of outcome indicators.

The disability and health employment strategy: the discussion so far

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;

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Government publishes "Improving Lives The Work, Health & Disability Green Paper"

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