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<p>DWP is committed to helping people with health conditions and disabilities, including
autism move nearer to the labour market and, when ready, into work, by building more
personalised tailored employment and health support.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of
DWP’s schemes and programmes are focused on helping people, including people diagnosed
with autism, prepare for and enter work. For example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Work
and Health Programme, which rolled out between November 2017 and March 2018, will
support around 275,000 people over five years - the majority whom (around 220,000)
will be disabled people who can volunteer for the programme at any time.</li></ul><p>
</p><ul><li>The new Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, which is
due to be rolled out across England and Wales at the end of 2019, will provide highly
personalised packages of employment support for people with both disabilities and
complex barriers to employment who are considered by DWP work coaches to be more than
12 months from the labour market without intensive support</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The
Local Supported Employment proof of concept is currently exploring how we can combine
central and local budgets to scale up delivery of Supported Employment locally. This
initiative is designed to explore how a matched funding model could support people
with a learning disability or autism who are known to adult social care, or who are
in contact with secondary mental health services.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Disabled people
who are already working, or who are about to enter work, can apply for in-work support
from Access to Work scheme. The scheme has a Hidden Impairment Support Team that provides
advice and guidance to help employers support employees with conditions like autism,
as well as offering eligible people an assessment to find out their needs at work
and help to develop a support plan.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, DWP is engaging with
employers through the Disability Confident scheme - supporting them to feel more confident
about both employing disabled people, including autistic people, and supporting disabled
employees to realise their potential. Over 11,500 employers have signed up to the
scheme so far.</p>
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