Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 12
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Locally-commissioned employment support will require close working between local government and a variety of partners,...
Recommendation
Locally-commissioned employment support will require close working between local government and a variety of partners, including the NHS. Integrated care systems (ICSs) have an important role to play in strengthening these partnerships. The Government’s ambition is for every area in England to be covered by an ICS. ICSs already bring together providers and commissioners of NHS services with local authorities to plan and deliver health and care services. We recommend that the role of ICSs be expanded to include collaboration with local government on the commissioning and delivery of localised employment support to disabled people, with equivalent work by devolved administrations also being supported.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government response details training and resources for Jobcentre staff and Disability Employment Advisers but does not address the recommendation to expand the role of Integrated Care Systems in commissioning localised employment support for disabled people.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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Employment Advisers in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services (EA in IAPT) support IAPT clients with depression and anxiety disorders. Our EAs work in 40 percent of clinical commissioning groups alongside therapists to support clients, who are both in work and out of work, to improve their mental health and remain in, get back to (if off sick) and find work. In 2020/21 29,000 people started employment support, in this financial year we expect around 36,000 to be supported. The Health and Care Bill is currently moving through Parliament. It includes a proposal to create Integrated Care Partnerships (ICPs) in England. ICPs will bring together the NHS, local authorities and other stakeholders to address the wider determinants of health, which include employment (although the extent to which employment will feature is yet to be agreed), Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
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