Launch of the new cross-Government employment strategy for people with learning disabilities

Valuing Employment Now – real jobs for people with learning disabilities

24 June 2009: The Government launched Valuing Employment Now – real jobs for people with learning disabilities. This sets out an ambitious goal to increase radically the number of people with learning disabilities in employment by 2025. The Government wants as many as possible of these jobs to be at least 16 hours per week. We aspire to close the gap between the employment rate of people with learning disabilities and that of the disabled population as whole. The current employment rate for disabled people as a whole is 48%. Closing this gap in today’s terms would mean around 45,000 more people with learning disabilities in work than we believe is currently the case.

To read more please  click to the link below

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_101401

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