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<p>This Government is committed to enabling young disabled people to fulfil their
potential and achieve their aspirations. We provide a wide suite of programmes and
initiatives to support them, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Jobcentre support for schools,
which targets young people that schools identify as being at risk of becoming NEET
(not in employment, education or training), or who may otherwise be disadvantaged
in the labour market – for example those with a health or disability issue.</li><li>The
Young Person’s Supported Work Experience programme, which will offer a personally
tailored supported work experience opportunity to enable young people (aged 18 – 24)
to benefit fully from time in the work place. This proof of concept is being tested
in five districts.</li><li>The Local Supported Employment (LSE) proof of concept ‘place
and train’ model, which aims to move disabled people into real jobs, at the going
rate of pay, with support for both the individual and employer.</li><li>Supported
Internships, which, all qualified post-16 education providers in England have been
able to deliver Since September 2013. These are personalised study programmes, based
primarily at a prospective employer, for young people with complex learning difficulties
and/or disabilities.</li><li>Access to Work, which already offers support to disabled
people undertaking a number of opportunities that help them to prepare for paid employment,
including work experience, apprenticeships, supported internships and traineeships.</li></ul><p>DWP
also recognises the value of voluntary work in developing skills which can be transferred
into the world of paid work, as well as benefitting local communities and wider society.</p><ul><li>Disabled
young people who are claiming Universal Credit can have their weekly work search hours
reduced by up to 50 per cent to accommodate voluntary work.</li><li>Those who are
receiving Employment and Support Allowance can try out work when this has been agreed
beforehand with their work coach, without their benefit being affected. Restrictions
on this Permitted Work were relaxed in April 2017 so that any ESA claimant can do
this work within certain limits.</li></ul>
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