Personal Support Package

External partners and small employers

presentation

Date: March 2017

Version: 1.0
 Purpose of this presentation

The presentation will give:

The background to the Personal Support Package and why it is

being introduced
Details of the Personal Support Package
Overview of what each measure is

These presentation slides can be used together or individually

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 Background
In the Summer Budget 2015, the Chancellor announced that the
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Related Activity
Component (WRAC) of 29.05 per week and the Universal Credit (UC)
Limited Capability for Work element of 126.11 per month will be
removed from April 2017

Employment and Support Allowance

This change applies to new claimants only who make their claim on
or after 3 April 2017 and are placed in the ESA Work Related Activity
Group following a Work Capability Assessment, unless the claimant
is in one of the ESA protected groups (see slide 4)

Universal Credit
This change applies to Universal Credit claimants who, from 3 April
2017, are found to have Limited Capability for Work following a Work
Capability Assessment. They will not get the Limited Capability for
Work payment unless the claimant is in one of the Universal Credit
protected groups (see slide 5)

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 ESA Protected Groups

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 Universal Credit Protected Groups

Universal Credit Protected Groups

The change will not affect, for example:

Existing claimants who are getting the limited capability for work payment in
Universal Credit before 3 April 2017
Existing Universal Credit claimants who make a claim before 3 April 2017 on
the grounds of having a health condition or disability and are later found to
have limited capability for work following a work capability assessment
Existing Universal Credit claimants who have a work capability assessment or
review after 3 April 2017 and are assessed as having limited capability for
work this include claimants who were previously found to have limited
capability for work and work-related activity and who, following that review, are
now found to have limited capability for work.
Existing claimants who made their claim to Universal Credit before 3 April
2017 and are found fit for work, who request a mandatory reconsideration or
appeal and are then found to have limited capability for work.

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 Background
The Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper was
developed jointly by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the
Department of Health and sets out this Personal Support Package for people
with health conditions and disabilities

We want people with health conditions and disabilities to have the same
opportunity to benefit from the positive effects that work can have, focusing
on what they can do instead of what they cannot

The Government has announced a new Personal Support Package that will
deliver tailored support to people through jobcentre work coaches. This
package will start from Spring 2017

Two new elements to the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claim
process are also being introduced for new ESA claimants:
1. The ESA mandatory health and work conversation will support
claimants with health conditions at an early stage in their ESA claim
2. An ESA Claimant Commitment that will align the ESA new claims
process with the Universal Credit model

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 Personal Support Package
The Personal Support Package is a range of support that will:

Be voluntary for eligible people

Give people having limited capability for work the opportunity to access
personalised support to help them move closer to work

Give specific groups with particular needs, targeted and tailored support,
for example young people or those with mental health conditions

Expand and improve the quality of support we offer so we can help people
with fewer barriers move towards work

Give employers the ability to help those with health conditions progress
into work and to be able to recruit people with confidence

Give DWP evidence of what works, particularly for claimants with complex
barriers to work

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 Personal Support Package
New Initiatives
1.Small Employer Offer
2.Journey to Employment (J2E)
3.Mental Health Training for work coaches
4.Community Partners
Changes to contracted provision
5.Work Choice
6.Work and Health Programme
7.Specialist Employability Support (SES)
8.Access to Work
Proofs of Concept
9.Jobcentre Plus led Specialist Employability Support (SES)
10.Specialist Advice (ESA claimants affected by the Work Related Activity
Component changes only)
11.Local Supported Employment
12.Young Persons Supported Work Experience
13.Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) intensive support
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 Personal Support Package

Employment and Support Allowance claims process new elements

1. ESA Health and Work Conversation

2. ESA Claimant Commitment

Work and Health Unit Trials

1. Group work
2. C-Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
3. Employment advice in Improving Access to Psychological therapies
(IAPT)
4. Health-led trials

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 Personal Support Package - eligible claimants
Personal Support Package Claimant Group
ESA WRAG ESA Support UC LCW
Group
Community Partners

Small Employer Offer

Journey to Employment Job Clubs

Work Choice

Work & Health Programme

Specialist Employability Support

Access to Work

JCP Led Specialist Employability Support 1

Specialist Advice 1

Local Supported Employment 1

Young Persons Supported Work Experience 1

Intensive WRAG Support Trial 1

1 Proofs of concept

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