Meeting date: February 22, 2023
Focus Group: My Life Focus Group Meetings
Agenda items
- Item 1.
- The support people are offered to find employment
- Item 2.
- Employment Film
- Item 3.
- Employing People With Learning Disabilities and reasonable adjustment
- Item 4.
- What do you want to talk about at future meetings?
Who attended
4
Self Advocates
1
Families & Carers
4
Key Organisations
1
Provider Organisations
1
Board Members
Agenda items
- Michelle Nummelin
- Department of Work & Pensions
- Kat Murray
- Ace Anglia
- Stacey Riches
- Ace Anglia
- Jemma Debenham
- Ace Anglia
Video
Item 1. The support people are offered to find employment
- You Said
- There is an Accessible job search website called Evenbreak.
- You Said
- It is a good place for disabled people to look for jobs for people with a health condition.
- You Said
- How many Disability Employment Advisor are in Suffolk?
- Response
- DWP have a Disability Employment Advisor in each of their 12 centres across Suffolk.
- You Said
- A self-advocate used to work somewhere but was being asked to do too many different tasks and when he couldn’t do them, he was sacked.
- Response
- An employer could have been spoken to about reasonable adjustments.
- Response
- There is a Health Adjustment Passport – GOV.UK
- Response
- There is a Health Adjustment Passport helps someone who has extra needs to show employers or potential employers of additional needs.
- You Said
- Employers need to understand and be aware of people’s needs.
- Response
- DWP can speak to potential employers about a person’s suitability and possible trial runs.
- You Said
- Is there a section on the health passport for communication needs – there is plenty of space to put this – but can there be a specific section put in solely for communication.
- Response
- Please email Michelle at DWP.
- You Said
- Voluntary work should be work that is not taking advantage by having someone do work that someone would normally get paid for.
- You Said
- Work experience should be for a fixed time, usually up to 8 weeks. Most of the time it’s unpaid but helps people gain experience which can be put on their CV..
- You Said
- Can DWP help with self-employment for people with disabilities?
- Response
- The Job Centre doesn’t help with this but there are other companies that can. Access to Work can also help with needs.
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