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Learning for Work:
Employability and adults with disabilities
This event is now FULL
| Date: | Monday 14 May 2007 |
| Venue: | Thistle Marble Arch, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London W1A 4UR |
| Ref: | C14-52/05/07 |
| Fee*: | £150 (includes lunch, tea/coffee) |
[Background & Aims] [Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
This joint NIACE and Remploy conference, which is supported by the European Social Fund, will consider the implications of current Government policy on practice when supporting disabled adults in the transition from education and training into employment, and in particular the LSC’s national strategy in this area, “Learning for Living and Work”. Many disabled people who are unemployed want to work and there is currently a huge emphasis from the Government on vocational skills training and the drive to support disabled people off Incapacity Benefit and into employment. In the post-16 education sector, there is a recognition of the importance of closer collaboration between education and training, employers and supported employment agencies to bring together the skills and employment agendas. ‘The LSC’s ambition in this area is far reaching and reflects the Government’s wider intervention strategy to deliver the skills and access to in-work support needed to enhance disabled people’s employability.’ Learning for Living and Work: Strategy for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LSC 2006)
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Aims
This conference will provide an opportunity for employers, education and training providers, supported employment providers, policy makers and experts on disability and employment for adults to come together to:
 | discuss the current policy context and how it will affect delivery of education and vocational training to increase employability for disabled people |
| consider how we can all start to work together to make it happen |
| gather information about key players we will be working with |
| learn about current interesting practice developing in this area of work |
| propose ideas and develop plans for taking this work forward |
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Audience
The conference will be of interest to:
| Managers and practitioners from the Further Education sector including FE Colleges, Adult and Community Education, independent training providers, Workbased training providers |
| Supported Employment providers |
| Employers |
| Voluntary sector organisations |
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Programme
| 09:30 | Arrival and Registration (Tea/Coffee available) |
| 10:00 | Welcome and Introduction to the day Chair: Chris Banks, Chair of the Learning and Skills Council |
| 10:10 | Keynote Address: Learning for work Melanie Hunt, National Director of Learning, the Learning and Skills Council |
| 10:30 | Keynote Address: ‘What employers want and what they could do’ Sir Digby Jones, former Chief Executive, CBI and the Government’s Skills Envoy |
| 10:50 | Questions to speakers |
| 11:05 | Keynote Address: The Government perspective Anne McGuire MP, Minister for Disabled People, Department for Work and Pensions (tbc) |
| 11:25 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11:40 | Workshops 1. Increasing economic participation through sustainable employment: Taking forward the recommendations of the LSC Learning for Living and Work Strategy 2. Pathways to learning in employment for people with mental health difficulties: Train to Gain a real opportunity? 3. Supported employment and further education: Putting good practice into action 4a. Partnerships for change: Education and supported employment working together - Bury College and Bury Employment Support and Training (Morning ONLY) 4b. RODES: The DWP review of Disability Employment Services - where next? (Afternoon ONLY) 5. Engaging with Employers: Demand-led solutions and the challenges for providers 6. Foundation Learning Tier - Update on progression pathways to work |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | What learners want Representatives from the LSC Learners with Disabilities Panel |
| 14:20 | Workshops (repeated) |
| 15:35 | Plenary Session |
| 16:00 | Close of Conference (Tea/Coffee available) |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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