Supported employment and the National Disability Strategy
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Supported employment and the National Disability Strategy
Eithne FitzgeraldHead of Policy and Public AffairsNational Disability Authority
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Outline
• Facts and figures
• National Disability Strategy
• Promoting partnership
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Low participation in work
• A third of people with disabilities have a job v. three quarters of others (Census 2006)
• 60% of people with disabilities not working are restricted in type or amount of work they can do
• Raising employment rates will mean more emphasis on supporting people to get and to keep work
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Employment and disabilityCensus 2006
01020304050607080
others p.w.d physical sensory ID m.health Chrillness
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Highest level of education achieved Age 24 who have completed education (Census 2006)
05
10152025303540
Primary Lr Sec Upr sec Oth 3rdlevel
Degree +
Disabledothers
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Employment rates, disabled and other men by education level (age 25-34; Census 2002)
0102030405060708090
100
Primary Lr sec Upr sec Oth 3rdlevel
Degree +
DisabledOther
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Difficulty in types or amount of workpeople with long-term illness or disability QNHS 2002
Type of work Amount of work
0
20
40
60
80
100
at work not at work at work not at work
nonesomeLots
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National Disability Strategy Employment and disability commitments
• Develop a comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities
• Numerical targets for increased employment
• Develop and enhance FÁS supported employment programme
• Cross-departmental co-operation across Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Health; Social and Family Affairs
• Specific commitments to enhance supported employment; to bridge between HSE and mainstream training; systematic process of engagement with people with disabilities to establish employment aspirations
• 3% target mandatory under Part 5 Disability Act
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National Disability Strategy Targets Employment and disability
• Sectoral Plan– 7,000 more in work by 2010
• National Development Plan - 2016– participation in education, training and employment up 50%
– proportion at work up from 37% to 45% (QNHS)
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Comprehensive employment strategyNDA report - Key pillars
• Make work pay, remove benefit traps
• Equip pwd to compete in labour market now and future
• Enlist public and private sector employers
• Prevent flow into inactivity– School leavers
– People acquiring a disability
• Systematic process of engagement
• Comprehensive across individuals and levels of ability
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Supported employment Almost 4% of workers with a disability
• Two separate state-funded arrangements
• FÁS scheme– In principle 18+ hours a week– c. 900 in work; 1,100 in job assessment/job search phases
• HSE-funded supported employment– Less than 18 hours a week– c.1,000 receiving HSE or service provider job coach support
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Joined-up thinking• HSE review of Adult Day Services
• Decline in sheltered workshop nos. – opportunity for alternative forms of employment support
• Review of ETE Supported Employment programme
• Earnings disregard of 50% over €120 a week
• Social Welfare developments
• Commitment in Government programme on medical card continuation
• Importance of dovetailing changes in HSE, ETE and social welfare
• Less rigid conditions for FÁS support may allow more opportunities under FÁS rather than HSE umbrella
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Part 5 Disability Act
• Legal obligations on public bodies to– Promote and support employment of people with disabilities
– Achieve 3% target of employees with a disability
• People with ID under-represented in the public service relative to other employments
• Good models of partnership with local disability services and supported employment consortia could be built on
• Small bodies that find it hardest to reach 3% could use supported employment work experience placements
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Conclusion
• Lots happening in employment/disability policy• Opportunity for partnerships and joined-up
thinking• Supported employment partnerships with both
public and private sectors