Resources
The Disability and Skills Unit is dedicated to supporting disabled people to pursue their goals, ambitions and aspirations for work, education and skills development.
Resources from Inclusive Practice Training for careers and enterprise advisers
Recommended job vacancy site where employers are committed to looking beyond people’s disabilities to identify what skills they have to offer.
2020 Webinar Presentations
Information on learning, training and work for young disabled people
One-page-profile
Georgie Ralphs presented a webinar on the benefits of a one-page-profile and why this has been useful throughout her life, how it has been instrumental in helping people who meet her to better understand what matters to her, what she is good at, and how they can provide great support.
- See a YouTube video link of Georgie talking about her one-page profile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0DNl8z6xPw
- Download a blank template of a One-Page Profile
Other resources
DR UK briefing on government initiatives to increase apprenticeships for disabled people - 22 May 2018
Careers Guidance And Advice For Disabled Young People – Briefing - November 2017
Work related factsheets and guides - This resource includes information on work, education and benefits, Access to Work and apprenticeships.
Inclusive Practice in the Workplace - Adam Hyland and Atif Choudhury from DnA - 23 March 2017
Supporting apprentices with learning difficulties and disabilities - Liz Davies and Lauren Bennett, Learning and Work Institute - 23 March 2017
Able to Enable Supported Mental Health Internship Programme - Sarah Riches, Barclays - 23 March 2017
New SEN systems for post-16 Education and Skills - Andre Imich - 23 March 2017
Employing disabled people –Why and How - Graham Whippy - 23 March 2017
Inclusive apprenticeships - Liz Sayce of Disability Rights UK - 23 March 2017
DR UK contributes to Barclays disability and careers toolkit - Disability Rights UK and Barclays working in partnership to increase awareness around Disability & Early Careers employment. 2 December 2016
Tony Stevens - about DR UK - 18 October 2016
David Hill - Equalities in Apprenticeships: The Department of Employment's Approach - 18 October 2016
Stuart Edwards - DWP presentation on Access to Work - 18 October 2016
Claire Hodgkins of Remploy on supporting apprentices - 18 October 2016
Rundip Thind from DR UK on apprenticeship issues raised by disabled people - 18 October 2016
Dr Nasser Siabi Chief Executive Microlinkpc on transitions into the workplace - 18 October 2016
Adjustments for disabled students
Applying for Disabled Students Allowances
News
05 December 2019
