Book Description

Supported employment is widely recognized as a major contributor to helping disabled people get into and sustain work. However, in the UK, supported employment is not yet delivering its full potential, at least in part due to a wider social policy framework that fails to accommodate this approach. Employment Programme and local authorities are developing Welfare to Work Joint Investment Plans, this report outlines a framework for a new approach. It pulls together key components of the existing system and identifies policies, structures and skills that need to be in place. The findings are based on wide consultation with relevant organisations and individuals from the UK and abroad.