Improving specialist disability employment services – public consultation
This consultation contains proposals to reform our disability employment services that help disabled people who have complex issues to find, retain and progress in work – the Job Introduction Scheme, Work Preparation, WORKSTEP, Access to Work and the role of Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentre Plus.
We are seeking views about the reforms proposed in the consultation. Particularly, we are interested to hear from disabled people, employers and organisations who represent the interests of disabled people.
Consultation in full
Large print
Rich text format
Easy read
- Easy
read – Improving specialist disability employment
services (4.0MB)
- pages
1 to 13 (1.3MB)
- pages
14 to 26 (706KB)
- pages
27 to 39 (1.0MB)
- pages
40 to 52 (844KB)
- pages
1 to 13 (1.3MB)
Easy read – rich text format
Welsh
- Welsh
– Improving specialist disability employment services (1.2MB)
- Welsh
large print – Improving specialist disability employment services (427KB)
Section by section – PDF
- Cover,
Ministerial foreword and summary (483KB)
- 1 – Introduction
and context for reform (179KB)
- 2 – The
case for change (537KB)
- 3 – Integrated,
flexible support (314KB)
- 4 – The
Disability Employment Adviser role (317KB)
- 5 – Access
to Work (259KB)
- Conclusion (43KB)
- Consultation
arrangements (57KB)
- Annex A – Consultation
questions (55KB)
- Annex B – Department
for Work and Pensions Commissioning Strategy (45KB)
- Annex C – Our
current disability employment services (54KB)
- Annex D – Research
report bibliography (83KB)
How to respond to this consultation
The consultation period begins on Monday 3 December 2007 and runs for 14 weeks until Monday 10 March 2008. Please ensure your response reaches us by that date.
We have listed the main questions we would like you to respond to at the end of chapters 2 to 5 and again in Annex A. You are, however, free to respond to any part of the consultation document.
You can respond by post, fax or email as follows.
Disability Employment Consultation
Disability & Work Division
Department for Work and Pensions
Level W10D
Moorfoot
Sheffield
S1 4PQ
Email: sheffieldmoorfoot.desconsultation@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Fax 0114 267 7215
Consultation events
We are also organising some public consultation events for people to give their views on the proposals.
We have organised the events in conjunction with the British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) and the Scottish Union for Supported Employment (SUSE). Events will take place in England, Scotland and Wales.
Copies of the consultation
Order copies of the consultation free of charge using the How to respond contact details above or from:
Phone 0114 267 7259
TextDirect 18001 0114 267 7259 (for people with speech or
hearing difficulties)
The lines are open Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm.
You can order versions in Welsh, Braille, easy read, English and Welsh large print formats and on audio CD. We will consider any additional requests for other alternative formats that may be required.
More information
You can get more information about this consultation using the How to respond contact details above.
Our About DWP consultations page has more information about the code of practice we follow and explains how we deal with responses.