supported employment a creative solution september 2012 welfare to work
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Supported Employment
A Creative Solution
September 2012Welfare to Work
Our Vision: Equality of opportunity for people disadvantaged in the labour market to access paid employmentOur Purpose: SUSE is the lead body for supported employment in Scotland, working with all who have a professional interest in supported employment, to develop the understanding, adoption and quality of supported employment.
www.susescotland.co.uk
SUSE
• A consensus supported employment works• Current Developments:
– Supported employment is being professionalised– Creative tools and programmes being piloted
• Supported employment fills a gap, and evidence it is cost effective
• More needs to be done to redesign existing services and increase supported employment.
Key Messages
“At every qualification level, disabled people are more than three times more
likely than non-disabled people to be without a job but want to work”The Perfect Partnership, EHRC 2012.
The Current Situation
Supported Employment Services provide individualised support to secure people
with disabilities, long term conditions and multiple barriers to work a sustainable, paid
job in the open labour market.
Supported Employment Works
Scotland:• Local authorities should establish supported employment services
(Scottish Parliament, 2006)• The Supported Employment Framework for Scotland (COSLA and
The Government 2010)UK• Valuing People Now (2009, England)• Review of specialist employment services (Sayce for DWP, 2011)• DWP Work Choice
Supported Employment in Policy
Supported Employment in Practice
Success Factors:• Meeting the needs
of individual and employer
• Job matching
• Ongoing support
Employers say:“suits her, suits us”
“know what our requirements are”
“amazing during redundancy consultations
Current Developments
Clydeside Community Initiative – Scottish Business Diversity Winners 2011
• EUSE Standards
• The Supported Employment Framework
• SQA PDA in supported employment practice, level 7 and level 8
• National Occupational Standards.
S.E. Professionalisation
• PDA in Supported Employment Practice at SCQF level 7– Values and Principles – Engaging with Clients– Promoting Equality and Diversity in the Workplace– On and Off the Job Support.
A pilot of the PDA is being offered by Stow and Motherwell colleges from November 2012.
New Qualification
• PDA in Supported Employment Advanced Practice at SCQF level 8
• Knowledge and skills to : – manage staff and resources in supported
employment services– develop and sustain relationships with employers
and relevant partner agencies
• 4 component Units: 2 mandatory and 2 optional Units.
New Qualification
• DWP Work Choice• DWP Innovation Fund
– Social Impact Bonds– Perth YMCA and Greater Merseyside Connexions
• Right to Control Pilot in Stockport– Mix of DWP and Local Authority Money– Personalised Budget Pilot. Paid 3*£2,000
Delivering SE – Payment by results
• Self Directed Support
• Self Employment
• Individual Placement and Support (IPS) in Scotland
• Project Search
• Promoting enhanced Access to Work
Delivering SE – current initiatives
• Partnership between college, employer, se provider
• 2 Existing Sites in North Lanarkshire• 1 New Site in South Lanarkshire Sept 2012• 4 New Sites starting in 2013
Aberdeen, Glasgow, East Ayrshire, Falkirk• 3 Additional Sites in the development phaseThe Scottish Centre fore Learning Difficulties www.scld.org.uk
Project Search
• Evidence based supported employment for people with mental health issues
• Recommended in the 2012-2015 Mental Health Strategy
• Employment support workers within CMHTs• IPS Pilots Sites run by SAMH with 3 NHS
Boards; The Works in NHS Lothian; NHS GGC and NHS Highland.
IPS
It costs to get people into work but it pays.
Supported employment
Health and social care
Cost Benefit
Estimated cost per employment outcome between £7,000 and £10,000:
– North Lanarkshire Supported Employment cost per job was £7,216 (2007)
– Kent Supported Employment Service £9,900 per person
– Real Job cost per job £8,725 per job
Cost per job outcome
• For the individual:– People with learning difficulties £62.30 per week better off in
work
• For Local Authorities:– £11,200 pp for day services. £9,910 pp for S.E.
• For the Health Service:– Spending pp on MH Services declined by 60% (Schneider et al).
• For Government:– Potential saving of 12p for every £1 invested
Benefits are greater than the costs
• Providers: delivering quality, overcoming fears, delivering within a personalised marketplace
• Commissioners, health and social care professionals: The presumption of employment
• Commissioners: reconfiguring services in line with the evidence base
• Policy makers: promoting existing policy
The Challenge
Supported employment:• Reduces need for adult health and social care• Focuses on improving outcomes:
– Securing employment for disabled people– Tackling inequality– Tackling poverty
• Contributes to a vision of a Wealthier, Healthier, Safer and Stronger Scotland.
A Creative Solution
Pippa CouttsScottish Union of Supported Employment
http://www.susescotland.co.uk
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