Community Partners Michael Redgrave Lead Community Partner ESES michael.redgrave@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

Community Partners East and South East Scotland will have 5 community partners; 2 Mental health partners 2 Young people partners 1 Pan disability partner

What will Community Partners do? Support development of a comprehensive menu of local support for people with a health condition or disability, Provide advice and support for DEAs by providing valuable insight into disability and the impact this can have on employment, Identify local specialist provision to support people with a health condition or disability Support engagement with employers and provide advice on access needs and Access to Work. This is the official line from the Enhanced Support Offer Not about only working with existing partners but finding new ones and using the CP’s work experience and lived knowledge of disabilities and long term conditions.

What will Community Partners do? Provide expert and or lived knowledge and experience of health condition or disability Take part in case conferences suggesting possible interventions Support Employer Engagement staff to overcome barriers to engaging with employers Use their expert knowledge and networks to enhance the roles of DEA’s, EA’s, WC’s and SEA’s

How do we do this? Be visible, accessible and responsive, build awareness Communication Work collaboratively with; employers, DEA’s, SEA’s, Disability Confident, WC’s and providers Sharing knowledge and good practice from CP’s through building a CP network Learning and development support for staff Support training Enhance understanding of disabilities and health conditions We need to be known to all the people with a vested interest in what we are doing and be accessible and responsive (this can involve supporting to find information and support for people) to the challenges and the needs of customers, employers and partner organizations. We have WC’s in post and we need to ensure that we utilize and develop the skills and knowledge that we already have at our disposal Build on the experience of customers

Community Partners – Will work across the District Working with young disabled people developing – Support hubs and parents forums Jobcentre Build capability of Work Coaches to enhance the support for disabled people and those with a health condition Work Coaches Jobcentre Jobcentre Providing disability insight by supporting case conferencing District office Jobcentre Customers Strengthen the District Provision Tool by identifying local provision and working with networks to create tailored support for customers Strengthening disability understanding Advising on Disability issues Delivering training DEA Jobcentre EA Partnership Teams Working with Partnership Teams to increase awareness of disability issues & strengthen local knowledge Develop District Mentoring Network Working with SEAs and EAs to build employer disability knowledge on the law, adaptations and support SEA

Community Partner Model Mental Health Partner Community Partner Model Pan Disability Community Partner Suggesting and Advising on the use of the Individual Support Fund (personal budgets) Identifying Provision– working in the community to identify provision Building Work Coach Capability Up skilling & advising work coaches and DEAs Advising on Complex cases Advising on the menu of local mental health support Providing insight into the impacts disability can have on individuals and employability. Mental Health Support Services – Advising on Access to Work routes & The use of case studies Acting as a role model and providing a soft challenge Building a better Understanding of Mental Health Training & development – delivering ad hoc disability training sessions Support for young disabled people Disability Confident – raising awareness of Disability Confident Community link – identify support & advice on other provision Developing Tailored provision Providing in sight into disabilities In work Support Advising on in work programme of mentoring Changing claimant attitudes to employment In work Support Mental Health Buddy - mental health support service is in work support Changing Employer attitudes Access to Work – raising awareness, support & advice Supporting the development of the Disability on line hub Identifying Provision– working in the community to identify provision Identifying learning pathways, work experience opportunities and support networks Young Person’s Community Partner Building a stronger employment - support offer for Young disabled people Building a network of support a package of support for young disabled people - working with the employers, LA, JCP, employers & the family

What does success look like? DEAs have insight into how specific disabilities can affect claimants ability to move into employment DEAs have an increased confidence to actively support Work Coaches and provide the necessary training DEAs have the confidence to advise Work Coaches to action complex cases Work Coaches have an increased knowledge of disability and the effects it can have on employment Work Coach understanding of local provision is strengthened and they have the confidence to refer claimants to disability specific provision Effective learning pathways, work experience and training opportunities developed for claimants A network of District mentors developed to offer tailored coaching and advice Increase in the number of joined up and tailored local provision to support claimants Increase in the number of local organisations providing specific support and working with JCP Community Partners National Network developed and actively sharing learning, best practice and information on service provision available Small Employer Advisors are confident to engage with employers and put in place packages of support for employers and employees with a health condition or disability Employers have a better understanding of disability issues and are offering more job opportunities