Written question asked by Alex Chalk (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 October 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 October 2022. It was answered by Claire Coutinho (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 October 2022 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Job Centres: Autism
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to progress the collaboration between the National Autistic Society and Department for Work and Pensions on testing ways to make jobcentres more inclusive of people with autism.
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Our Autism Accreditation test project, developed with the National Autistic Society (NAS), showed how we could build the knowledge and skills of our work coaches and improve our support for autistic jobseekers. This led to all 15 Jobcentre test sites meeting the standard and achieving accreditation. We are currently considering how we can achieve similar accreditation for all Jobcentres.
Our Autism Accreditation project is part of wider action to improve employment opportunities for autistic people. We are working with Local Authorities to provide employment support to Learning Disabled and Autistic people through Local Supported Employment (LSE) and started testing Access to Work Plus to help meet the extra costs of workplace adjustments for those with the most profound barriers to employment. This is in addition to our existing Jobcentre Plus support that can be accessed by customers with autism, including priority access to the Work and Health Programme in England and Wales, Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES), our Disability Employment Advisors (DEAs) who have expertise in supporting customers with health conditions into work, and our Youth Offer (for 16-24 year olds) with specialist Youth Employability Coaches for young people with barriers to work.
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- Written question
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- 65876
- Session
- 2022-23
- Subjects
- Autism Jobcentres
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