Paper on mental health,
employment, learning and training
A Summary of the NIACE contribution to the Position
Paper for the South East Mental Health Employment
Partnership
This paper identifies evidence based practice around
mental health and employment, learning and training.
After explaining the NIACE perspective the paper looks
at government drivers such as the Leitch review and plans
from the Social Exclusion Unit. The drivers from the
national LSC are covered next, followed by the regional
LSC for the South East vision and strategy with an
estimate of progress to date for learners with mental
health difficulties. The next section describes the
features of good practice in learning and skills for
people with mental health difficulties giving examples of
such good practice in the south east. It considers the
role of volunteering in developing learning, skills and
employability and the estimated present level of provision
for learners with mental health difficulties in the south
east region. The paper ends with a review of supporting
publications. For more information contact
jenny.gartland@niace.org.uk.
