Employment

At NDTi, we are committed to the right of all people to engage in and benefit from real, paid employment. Employment offers financial rewards, the chance to use existing skills and develop new ones, self-respect and opportunities to contribute to and be valued by the community.

This applies to:

• People with learning disabilities
• People with mental health problems
• Older people
• Young people in transition to adulthood

We recognise that because of perceptions about ability, health, stage of life, support needs, confidence or history some people need highly skilled support to attain, maintain and fully engage in employment.

Employment may be working for an employer or being self-employed but all cases it means being paid the proper rate for the job and benefiting from the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities as other workers.

We are able to offer a range of employment focused consultancy, service development and training supports.

In particular, by drawing on the evidence of what works, we can support commissioners and providers to increase local employment levels of disabled people through:

• Reviewing local employment services against the evidence of what works, to recommend cost effective change strategies
• Adapting personal budget systems so people use them to achieve paid work outcomes
• Improving employment outcomes for young people through a focus on paid work throughout the transition into adulthood