Information for Employers

Supported employment enables people who have traditionally faced challenges to accessing the job market, for example due to a long-term health condition or disability, to gain employment.

Just 4.7% of people with a learning disability are employed across the UK according to the NHS.

We can support your business to be more inclusive to people with a learning disability and enable you to explore supported employment within your organisation.

Some of the things we can support with include:

  • Matching people’s skills with a suitable employer
  • On-going peer support to the workforce for as long as it is required
  • Training
  • Support during the recruitment process
  • On-the-job support
  • Advice on reasonable adjustments.

We will tailor the support you need to make supported employment placements a success, both for you and your employee.

There are many benefits to our supported employment programme:

  • Employees have an improved sense of self-worth and can contribute to their local community
  • A more inclusive, diverse workforce
  • Reduced pressure on support provisions, including health, by promoting unpaid circles of support
  • An increasingly inclusive business community