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<p>The Disability Confident (DC) scheme was launched in November 2016 and supports
the Government’s commitment of helping one million more disabled people into work
by 2027. Disability Confident provides employers with the knowledge, skills and confidence
they need to attract, recruit, retain and develop disabled people in the workplace.
The scheme is designed as a journey, with all employers starting at Level 1 and progressing
through the scheme at their own pace. Accreditation for each level lasts for 3 years.
No employer is too small or new to start the journey and even the most experienced
employer will still find new techniques and best practice that can help them.</p><p>
</p><p>As of 13/9/2019, the latest published figures show that over 13,600 employers
are signed up to the scheme nationally at the following levels: Level 1 - DC Committed
(10,031), Level 2 - DC Employer (3,336), Level 3 - DC Leader (244) of those, 62% are
small or micro employers and 80% are SMEs. All main Government departments are DC
Leaders (Level 3) and over 83% of Local Authorities signed up, with good penetration
of NHS and blue-light services. In Crawley there are 17 Disability Confident organisations;
7 DC Committed (Level 1) and 10 DC Employer (Level 2).</p><p> </p><p>Of the 157,000
jobs currently advertised on the DWP Find a Job website, over 20,000 are from DC employers
– totalling 13%. Over the last 5 years the number of disabled people in employment
has increased by around 1.06 million since Q2 2013, and currently stands at 7.7 million.</p>
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