Lots of people with learning difficulties want a job. Some people need help to get a job. Supported employment is when you get the help you need to get and keep a real job. Plain Facts 5 tells you more about supported employment.

A group of people got together to find out the kinds of problems people have with getting jobs. They were called the Policy Consortium for Supported Employment.

They wanted to find out if people had any ideas for making things better. They made a plan for everyone to get the support they need to have a real job.

The Consortium found:

Supported employment can work well.

Lots of people still do not get a chance to try supported employment.