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GROUP DISCUSSION We need a new funding system for Supported Employment Services in Europe

GROUP DISCUSSION We need a new funding system for Supported Employment Services in Europe. Fernando Bellver + Regina Richardson, EUSE + AESE + EMPLEA Foundation. Rationale based on international treaties: UNCRPD, ILO, UE, EUSE, CEA, Constitution of States.

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GROUP DISCUSSION We need a new funding system for Supported Employment Services in Europe

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  1. GROUP DISCUSSION We need a new funding system for Supported Employment Services in Europe Fernando Bellver + Regina Richardson, EUSE + AESE + EMPLEA Foundation

  2. Rationale based on international treaties: UNCRPD, ILO, UE, EUSE, CEA, Constitution of States

  3. Answers of 11 countries to the Questionnaire on the funding system of Supported Employment (SE) Facts & Practice

  4. How are SE services funded?

  5. What scenarios do we find?

  6. How can a person obtain the support she/he needs to gain open employment?

  7. For how long can a person be in receipt of SE services?

  8. How do private organisations maintain their SE services?

  9. How often does a private SE service have to apply for public funds?

  10. Appraisal of public funds allocated for SE services

  11. Satisfaction with the legal framework for Supported Employment

  12. Funding system - Things to avoid Competitive call for tenders system To look for funding every year To consider SE as a temporary programme Time limited support services Bureaucratic workload Funding system insufficient and uncertain To require the service providers a permanent growing to get funding

  13. Proposal for a new funding system To fund the support services through a Supported Employment Labour Contract (SELC) Any employer should use this legal tool when he/she decides to hire a worker with disability + support needs Any worker with support needs is entitled to be hired by any employer in the open labour market The SELC has specific terms, requirements and advantages for employers and the other actors

  14. Key elements of the SELC Regulated by the State Target group – PWD + support needs (3 levels) Public Employment Service is involved Any employer may sign this kind of contract The employer pays the invoice of support services The employer deducts this invoice from his/her Social Security invoice monthly The employer may have other incentives

  15. Practical Case

  16. State’s invoice for 50 people w d Integrated Employment SELC (1- €350, 2- €250, 3- €150) Day Centres Sheltered Workshops 1 pax = €964/month 10,300 € / month 48,200 € / month

  17. Advantages of the SELC It is a steady funding system, simple and generalised for every person who needs it It involves the employer as the main actor of labour inclusion It involves the PES to promote real and integrated employment It allows service providers to maintain services and employment without having to apply for funds all the time

  18. It is much cheaper for the State than maintaining dependent pensioners inactive citizens It is a fair system because any person can be supported whenever he/she needs it The money follows the person It proves that a State improves its policies according to the UNCRPD Advantages of the SELC

  19. Conclusions Supported Employment is not well funded in the vast majority of countries Practitioners are not satisfied with the legal framework of Supported Employment The SELC can be a positive discrimination legal tool to generalise integrated employment It should be adopted by the States to meet the mandate of UNCRPD

  20. THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION Fernando Bellver fernando@euse.org

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