Employer Resources

Toolkits and e-guides (South London Partnership)

Employment Gap: A guide for employers and people with a learning disability

Co-produced, easy read guide for employers and people with a learning disability.

Next Steps in London

A guide to support choosing your best next steps into the world of work,brought to you by the four London Careers Hubs. This
guide provides information on the pathways and routes available as you move through education and training into employment.

London PAL Guide Digital version

Mayor of London Inclusive Employer Toolkit

The Mayor’s Workforce Integration Network (WIN) toolkits contain practical guidance and links to resources and are tailored to various organisation sizes. Actions span across five themes, including commitment, recruitment practices, retention, inclusive culture and supplier diversity. 

Employers Inclusion Toolkit

Interested in welcoming a more diverse workforce to your business? This toolkit explores supporting those with disability and long term health conditions at work

Recruitment guides	www.gov.uk/employing-staff and www.gov.uk/topic/business-tax/paye
	www.acas.org.uk/hiring-someone
	www.gov.uk/browse/employing-people/recruiting-hiring
	www.cipd.org/uk/knowledge/factsheets/recruitment-factsheet/#recruitment
	Recruiting social care staff (adultsocialcare.co.uk)
	www.gov.uk/guidance/check-which-professions-are-regulated-in-the-uk
Employment Schemes for Employers (such as apprenticeships)	https://find-employer-schemes.education.gov.uk/
	Merton Council Training Apprenticeship Fund
	Mentor – MentorDigital \| Tools, resources and guidance all in one place (natwestmentor.co.uk)
Free HR Templates for employers:	www.acas.org.uk/templates-for-employers
Free HR Templates for employers:	CIPD Diagnostic Tool to support employers
Non-UK employees	www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work
Non-UK employees	www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-shortage-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-shortage-occupations
CIPD Cost of Living advice / support for employers	CIPD Cost of LIving employer support
CIPD Cost of Living advice / support for employers	www.hse.gov.uk/disability/best-practice/overview.htm
Help to support workers with long-term health conditions or disability	www.hse.gov.uk/disability/best-practice/talking-toolkit.htm
	Access to Work Mental Health Support Service resources for Employers
	www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk/commitment/
	www.hse.gov.uk/stress/
	www.hse.gov.uk/workers/employers.htm
	Toolkit: www.hse.gov.uk/stress/talking-toolkit.htm
	www.hse.gov.uk/disability/best-practice/overview.htm
	www.mind.org.uk/workplace/mental-health-at-work/
	www.beyondautism.org.uk/professionals/resources/employability/toolkit/
	http://www.cipd.co.uk/Images/responding-to-suicide-risk-in-the-workplace-guide-June2021_tcm18-96241.pdf
	Support with employee health and disability
	Bullying in the workplace – BeyondAutism
	Employability toolkit – BeyondAutism
	ACRE Autism Employment Toolkit – for the Employment Profiling Assessment services for Adults on the Autism Spectrum.
	Employing disabled people and people with health conditions – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
	The Business in the Community and Public Health England – Mental Health toolkit.
	The Department of Work and Pensions autism and neurodiversity toolkit
	Do-IT Solutions Neurodiversity Workplace Toolkit
	How to implement the Thriving at Work Mental Health Core Standards in your workplace).
	Crohn’s & Colitis UK’s Are You IN? toolkit
	Work Routes (an expansion of the Work and Health programme)
	The little book of menstruation, menstrual health and menopause (a guide for employers)
	Access the HSEs Working Minds campaign here
	Mental health at work: reasonable adjustments \| Acas
	Guide: Tips for supporting people with disabilities at work
	Home \| British Association for Supported Employment (base-uk.org)
	https://www.rehab4addiction.co.uk/
	Home – Status Employment
	Richmond Business Hub – Richmond Business Hub
	Resource Library – Disability:IN (disabilityin.org)
	Healthy Workplaces – Richmond
	Career & Salary Progression: 20+ Tips for Growth \| S1jobs
	Read Employer Engagement and the SEND Reforms Guide (PDF)
Young People with SEND and Supported Internships	Internships-Work-Resource-Pack-for-Local-Authorities
	British Association for Supported Employment employer resources
	An Employers Guide to Supported Employment (external link)
	Employer Champions for Supported Internships here
Support for Mature Individuals	Age Without Limits
	Good Recruitment for Older Workers – An Employer Toolkit
	Take a Midlife MOT – Job Help
Childcare Support	Supporting people with childcare \| Reed in Partnership
Childcare Support

Organisations that support employers

Organisation	Summary
Better Working Futures	Find fully funded recruitment and training service
Care Trade	Helping organisations support diversity, and become more confident with autism and neurodiversity
Corndel	Training provider for employers
JobCentre Plus	Recruitment advice for employers, work trials and advice on recruiting people with a disability
Noo Thinking	Noo Thinking is a consultancy, focused on effective communication, based in South London.
People Plus	Helping create social value with free recruitment services
Super highways	Advice, training and IT support for small charities and community organisations
SWL Social Care Academy hub	Careers advice and guidance for those seeking work in Adult Social Care
Work Match	Free tailored recruitment service to find local candidates
WorkFit	Provides info, support and training to employers hiring someone with Downs Syndrome