In the Spring Budget the government committed to addressing the disability employment gap by getting more disabled people into work. If the government is going to make good on this commitment it needs to look hard at one of the biggest barriers holding disabled people back from paid employment: the job search itself.
There are 1.6 million people living with complex disabilities in the UK, and while work isn’t the right outcome for everyone, many of them do want to work. With the right support, there’s no reason that they can’t. We hear from people every day who are thriving in paid work, supported by schemes such as Access to Work. However, new research from Sense shows that many people with complex disabilities are being denied at the first hurdle, the job search, because they aren’t getting the support they need to find work.
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