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<p>The Community Partner roles were time limited and funded for a two-year period,
which comes to an end in March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Community Partners have made
a valuable contribution including helping us understand good provision better, helping
build disability awareness and working with local employers to inform them of advice
available and good practice in employing disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>A review of
existing roles identified that there was some overlap in the support provided. In
order to remove the overlap and focus on key areas, two new job roles will be introduced
from April 2019:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A revised Disability Employment Adviser role,
bringing together the current role and incorporating elements of the Community Partner
and Small Employer Adviser roles.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>A new Disability Employment
Adviser Leader role, to manage a team of Disability Employment Advisers and incorporate
the external facing elements of the Community Partner and Small Employer Adviser roles.</li></ul><p>
</p><p>These new roles will be instrumental in driving the government’s commitment
to providing high quality support to disabled people and those with health conditions.
The new roles are initially funded for two years and will be fully embedded in the
Jobcentre network. They will be fully evaluated to inform future discussions about
how the support they deliver may be continued.</p><p> </p><p>There will be no reduction
in resources and we anticipate that these changes will improve the support offered
to disabled people, including those with mental health conditions.</p>
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