1. Steve Chapman and Jo Kidd www.skillnetgroup.co.uk Kent Jobs Action Group

2. To make sure that more people with learning difficulties get real, paid jobs. Feeds into the Kent Partnership Board.

3. We meet every 2 months We meet in Maidstone The group is made up equally of people with and without learning difficulties Everyone is paid

4. What we have worked on… Worked on the big plan for jobs in Kent Put together our action plan.

5. A Day in the Life of Kent County Council

6. Feeding back to the Department of Work and Pensions

7. Advising the Government

8. Toolkit about Jobs “Better to work than be on benefits”

9. Tender to make a film about jobs

10. Media Workshop

11. What do we want to do next? Finish the toolkit and film Have a launch in February

12. Make sure that the big plans in Valuing People Now and Valuing Employment Now actually happen.

13. Work more closely with Jobs Centre Plus

14. South East Jobs Action Network

15. Thanks for listening Do you have any other questions? Thanks to CHANGE Picture Bank for some of the pictures. www.changepeople.co.uk www.skillnetgroup.co.uk