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

pippa.suse@btinternet.com

http://www.susescotland.co.uk

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