1. Jobs By Gill Budden Department Work and Pensions

2. What do we mean by jobs? We mean real jobs with proper wages or self-employment We do not mean volunteering or work experience, unless this is part of a plan to get real paid work

3. Valuing People jobs vision – based on citizenship 1.Belief – we are all employable and have gifts to offer 2.Citizens have a right to work 3.Responsibility – citizens are expected to work and are challenged when they do not work

4. Partnership Board Jobs Survey 2011 Sent out to: People with a learning disability that get a service from the Medway Team for Adults with a Learning Disability, Adult Social Care Students at Mid Kent College supported learning courses Shout Out members

5. Number of surveys? Over 490 surveys were sent out 177 surveys were returned 720 people on the Medway GP Learning Disability Register

6. How many people have a job? 17 people out of 177 people have a paid job (10%) 23 people out of 177 people volunteer Only 3 people out of 177 have a paid job and volunteer Just over half the people who returned the survey wanted a paid job

7. What support is needed to have a paid job? About a third of people, who returned a survey, thought they needed… Transport to be provided to and from work to get a paid job Support in a workplace Just over half (51%) of people, who returned a survey, thought they needed more training to get a paid job Nearly everyone (95.7%) on Mid Kent College supported learning courses thought that they needed more training to get a paid job

8. Who did people ask for job support? Just under half (48%) of the people who returned a survey and answered this question said that they had asked ‘nobody’ for job support A quarter of people (25.9%) who returned a survey, said that they had asked either Medway Youth Trust or Job Centre Plus for job support A fifth (20%) of people, who returned a survey, said that they had asked their family to support to find a paid job

9. When did people ask last ask for job support? 16.8% of people, who returned a survey, said that they had asked for help to find a paid job in the last 6 months A fifth (19.2%) of people, who returned the survey, said that they had asked over 6 months ago for support to find a paid job Half the people who returned a survey did not answer this question

10. What did the survey find out about Disability Employment Advisors? 14% of people who returned the survey had seen a Disability Employment Advisor 71% of people who returned the survey said that they had not seen a Disability Employment Advisor

11. What next? Valuing People says that Learning Disability Partnership Boards need to have an jobs plan There needs to be a BIG change in Medway for EVERYONE if more people are going to be in paid jobs Partnership Board activity