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Labour Market and Social Integration Conference, Bratislava 24.11.2015
EASPDEASPD Nonprofit NGO, established 1996
Voice of 11000+ social service providers in Europe 130 members from 29 countries
EASPD plays key role at European level, working for an inclusive Europe and full implementation of UN CRPD
Main objective: Effective and high quality service systems, that promote equal opportunities for people with disabilities throughout Europe
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Key Partners and StakeholdersKey Partners and Stakeholders
European ParliamentEuropean CommissionEuropean Economic and Social CommitteeCouncil of EuropeUnited Nations
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Key Partners and StakeholdersKey Partners and Stakeholders
Social Services Europe Social Platform Citizen Action Service Semester Alliance International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues AAATE GLADNET Erasmus Student Network COFACE European Expert Group on Transition from Institutional to Community Based Care
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‘Create a Wales that values and includes every child, young person and adult with a learning disability’
LDW MissionLDW Mission
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LDW MembershipLDW Membership
80 full members: all NGOs
Service providers
Advocacy groups
Parent/carer groups
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LDW ActivitiesLDW ActivitiesInformation
Training
Policy & Practice influence
Projects
Consultancy
Easy Read translation service
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Transition to AdultTransition to Adult
www.realopportunities.org.uk
9 MunicipalitiesAge 14-17Person centred planningExtensive progamme of training
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DeclarationDeclaration
fundamental right to be able to work on equal basis
strive to achieve this right, despite many challenges
far lower participation in labour market variety of work and employment modelsensure that all who have capability and
interest in working supported to come closer to jobs in open labour market.
Collaborate with all stakeholders
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UNCRPD – UNCRPD – Article 27Article 27
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‘the right of persons with disabilities to work, on an equal basis with others; this includes the right to the opportunity to gain a living by work freely chosen or accepted in a labour market and work environment that is open, inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities’
Report by European Commission
Sheltered workshops
Reasonable accommodation
Supported employment
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Day service differencesDay service differences
Great variety across Europe‘Provide productive activities for
disabled individuals who are unable to access the open labour market.’
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Sheltered workshopsSheltered workshops
Sheltered workshopsSheltered workshops
Sheltered workshops are not economically viable without public subsidies
Potential intangible benefits, i.e. quality of life benefit to sheltered employees, should be measured in a full economic assessment of the value of sheltered workshops
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Reasonable Accommodation and Sheltered Workshops for People with Disabilities: Costs and
Returns of Investments European Commission 2015
Reasonable accommodation measures are cost-beneficial
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Reasonable accommodationReasonable accommodation
3 stages
- place
- train
- maintain
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Supported employment modelSupported employment model
Supported employment outcomesSupported employment outcomes
U.S. studies:Conclude that supported employment is significantly cost-beneficial versus sheltered workshops: benefit-cost ratio of 4.2 in favour of supported employment with monthly net benefit to individual of US$475.35, based on 104,213 supported employees with intellectual disabilities
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Cimera, R.E. (2008). The cost-trends of supported versus sheltered employment. Journal of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Remploy“increase employment opportunities of disabled people and those who experience complex barriers to work”
network of 54 local business sites
employ 2 500 + , some 2 200 with disabilities
subsidy per job of almost GB£25,000 for each supported disabled person
2009/10, all worked at deficit: GB£63m17
Pattern in Wales: Pattern in Wales: Sheltered workshopsSheltered workshops
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Pattern in GermanyPattern in Germany
Workshops funded by penalty payments by employers re quota law
2013684 main sheltered workshops301,093 disabled people 33 232 took part in vocational
training; 252,415 working in main workshops, 15,446 in daycare centres
Federal Working Group of Sheltered Workshops BAG WfbM
Pattern in FrancePattern in FranceSheltered workshops open to people with
disabilities whose productive capacity is less than 33 % of non disabled person
Govt part-finances Etablissements et services d'aide par le travail (ESAT), cannot provide more than 50% of wage of participant
At least 5 % (with a target of 20 %) of total wages must be made up of income made by the sale of goods and services
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2009:
2010: study identified structural deficit of 5 - 7 % for ESATs, not always able to be covered by other economic activities
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Pattern in FrancePattern in France
UNCRPDUNCRPD
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Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
UNCRPD – UNCRPD – Article 19Article 19
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‘the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community’
What is our responsibility?What is our responsibility?
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Promote UNCRPD
Legal status as citizens
Promote transition to opportunities and support in open labour market
Create incentives in policy and funding
EASPD
James CroweLearning Disability Wales
www.learningdisabilitywales.org.ukjim.crowe@learningdisabilitywales.org.uk
Pattern in Wales: Pattern in Wales: Reasonable Reasonable
accommodationaccommodationAccess to Work programme:
Provides funding towards additional disability-related costs of special equipment, adaptations to workplace, personal assistance, travel to work,
Supported 37,300 people of whom 45 % would be unemployed.
For every GB£1 spent, net return of GB£1.48 to govt
Supported employment : No clear funding channel 25