Jobs

By Gill Budden Department Work and Pensions

What do we mean by jobs?

• We mean real jobs with proper wages or self-employment

• We do not mean volunteering or work experience, unless this is part of a plan to get real paid work

Valuing People jobs vision – based on citizenship

1. Belief – we are all employable and have gifts to offer

2. Citizens have a right to work

3. Responsibility – citizens are expected to work and are challenged when they do not work

Partnership Board Jobs Survey 2011

Sent out to:

•People with a learning disability that get a service from the Medway Team for Adults with a Learning Disability, Adult Social Care

•Students at Mid Kent College supported learning courses

•Shout Out members

Number of surveys?

Over 490 surveys were sent out

177 surveys were returned

720 people on the Medway GP Learning Disability Register

How many people have a job?

• 17 people out of 177 people have a paid job (10%)

• 23 people out of 177 people volunteer

• Only 3 people out of 177 have a paid job and volunteer

• Just over half the people who returned the survey wanted a paid job

What support is needed to have a paid job?

• About a third of people, who returned a survey, thought they needed…• Transport to be provided to and from work to

get a paid job• Support in a workplace

• Just over half (51%) of people, who returned a survey, thought they needed more training to get a paid job

• Nearly everyone (95.7%) on Mid Kent College supported learning courses thought that they needed more training to get a paid job

Who did people ask for job support?

• Just under half (48%) of the people who returned a survey and answered this question said that they had asked ‘nobody’ for job support

• A quarter of people (25.9%) who returned a survey, said that they had asked either Medway Youth Trust or Job Centre Plus for job support

• A fifth (20%) of people, who returned a survey, said that they had asked their family to support to find a paid job

When did people ask last ask for job support?

• 16.8% of people, who returned a survey, said that they had asked for help to find a paid job in the last 6 months

• A fifth (19.2%) of people, who returned the survey, said that they had asked over 6 months ago for support to find a paid job

• Half the people who returned a survey did not answer this question

What did the survey find out about Disability Employment

Advisors?• 14% of people who

returned the survey had seen a Disability Employment Advisor

• 71% of people who returned the survey said that they had not seen a Disability Employment Advisor

What next?• Valuing People says that

Learning Disability Partnership Boards need to have an jobs plan

• There needs to be a BIG change in Medway for EVERYONE if more people are going to be in paid jobs

• Partnership Board activity