Work Choice

I have been invited by a major magazine to write an article exploring the quality of service provided to disabled people accessing welfare to work programmes. I would therefore like to interview both professionals and service users willing to tell me about their experiences.

I understand that Work choice was introduced in October 2010 to help the unemployed with disabilities to gain employment.

Can anyone tell me what actially happens on these schemes i.e is there interview help / work experience and are the sessions one to one or are they group sessions ? How often are clients expected to attend the sessions ?

The Direct-Gov website only gives brief information.

Many thanks

I was wondering what other peoples thoughts are about the so called 'Voluntary' part of the Workchoice programme.
Whats voluntary about it if people are only given a choice of one provider, the client is told they HAVE to use workchoice? and then told that current (none workchoice) providers are not allowed to support them?

Well here we have it my friends. The political show down has upturned the result that we all felt would be inevitable - Shaw Trust,major victor in the bid farce.

I have some grave concerns in respect of some of my staff having to TUPE across to Shaw Trust. I have been informed that some Shaw staff currently support up to 100 clients and this unbelievably does happen.There terms as mentioned before in this forum will not be as fair or favourable as LA's and one Shaw staff member stated "they really want their moneys worth out of you".