UK Dec 2018 - £40 million personalised support package for long-term unemployed disabled people launched

"Disabled people will be able to work with a dedicated key worker to get and stay in employment, the new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has announced today."

Re the 'light touch' reviews, I'll believe it when I see it.

(this may explain why the DWP were so interested to know about AfMEs DWP 'training' (?))
https://www.s4me.info/threads/action-for-m-e-hosts-dwp-spotlight-training.7539/

 

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Amber Rudd said:

Everyone, no matter what their background is, should have the opportunity to thrive in the workplace.

I see. So retired people? People with almost-zero brain activity? Children?

 

What employer wants disabled people who cannot reliably and consistently come to work? Who will employ pwME who faint on the job, get confused and lightheaded due to OI, can't recall what they're supposed to be doing, lose things all the time, can't understand instructions, have to pace, can't go with the flow, can't work overtime, can't take breaks when scheduled, can't problem solve, make decisions quickly, act quickly, fit in and socialize, work as an equal team member, drive long distances, stand for several minutes, sit for several minutes, and still function normally, rarely get colds or flu, and the list goes on.

 

400 quid per person for 21 months of support? Doesn't sound particularly realistic.

Edit: Actually 4000. My brain skipped a 0.

 

Years ago I met someone involved in administering a government "everyone can work" program. This person was very determined to ignore any reasoning that pointed out some people are too ill to work.

 

It is the difference between people with disabilities and people with a chronic illness. (Though, of course there is an overlap.)

If they are sincere and not just cost cutting (we wish!) many people with disabilities could work with the proper support. Some places, like our local council offices and local hospital are very good at helping people to stay in employment with things like wheelchairs which go high, stuff like that. Businesses are not so good. In the days when everyone just mucked in I knew a wheelchair bound maths teacher in a school with no lifts. She just waited at the bottom of the stairs until 4 pupils came along to carry her upstairs

Sadly I am cynical that this is more about paying a training business than helping anyone.

 

This

I've seen it all before, it's just a government scheme to make someone rich while appearing to 'care'.

 

This ongoing insanity from the government has been thoroughly dissected by the Spartacus report:

https://spartacusnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/richardsonbenstead-smokescreen-2017.pdf

It is a consciously chosen strategy to promote an ideological agenda, not about true compassion and helping 'disabled' people to lead fulfilling lives.

 

I’ve made a start on reading this. The introduction of the report concludes with this line:

!!!!