Developing Employment Strategies

Valuing Employment Now: Requires all local Learning Disability Partnership Boards to write, implement and review a strategy to make employment a real choice and opportunity for people with a learning disability.

Building a Society for All Ages: The Government’s framework for a new national strategy on ageing sets out the intention to extend working life, bring forward the review of a default retirement age, and extend support to enable employers and employees extend working life and promote best practice.

Vocational Services For People With Severe Mental Health Problems: Commissioning Guidance: Department of Health (2006) sets out the needs for employment supports within services for people with mental health problems. Click here for access to current Government advice on this issue.