1. 2 work and income’s focus responding to the economy jobs with a future partnering for results...
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Work and Income’s focus
• Responding to the economy
• Jobs with a future
• Partnering for results
• Value for money
• Organisational excellence
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Work and Income
• 147 Service Centres
• 3,800 staff
• 47,000 face to face meetings a week
• 125,000 phone calls a week
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Partnering
Community Links • share our resources with other agencies around
common clients
Integrated service response • Work differently with clients who have high multiple
and complex needs through an integrated cross-agency approach
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We support all people to move towards employment
• We always look at what people can do, not what they can’t
• Getting people working to their capacity
• Support will be provided to people based on their needs, so they can start a job and progress
• We maximise the job opportunities we have so people have employment options
• We help meet the recruitment needs of employers
• We build people’s skills to meet the needs of the labour market
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Help to get back to work
• Job Search Services• Health and Disability teams• Labour market teams
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Purchased services
• PATHS (Providing Access to Health Solutions)• Targeted Health Interventions (THI) • Mainstream• Employment related financial assistance• Work bridge• Supported Employment • Outward bound• LSV (Limited Service Volunteer)
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Mainstream Supported Employment Programme
• Mainstream provides a package of salary, training subsidies and other support, to help people with significant disabilities get work in the State sector
• Currently 229 people are participating in Mainstream across a range of employers
• Approximately 43% of participants move into fulltime permanent work
• Of this, approx 33% remain in work with their initial placement employer
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Vocational services and supported employment
• Funding for vocational services and supported employment for this financial year is $86 million
• 41% used for contracts for employment services
• 49% used for contracts for community participation services
• 8% used for contracts for Very High Needs
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SB/IB clients into work
• In the year ending 30 October 2010, 10,465 people receiving IB recorded receiving income from employment
• During the same period 5,551 people receiving SB or SBH recorded receiving income from employment
• 914 IB clients moved off benefit and into work
• 8,067 people receiving either SB or SBH moved off benefit and into work
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A fair benefit system
• Payments will be made to those who genuinely need them
• People will understand that receiving support brings mutual obligations
• Resources will be targeted to those who need them
• Support will be provided so that people can help themselves
• People have a right of review when they don’t agree with decisions made by us
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Health and Disability related benefits
• Invalid’s Benefit
• Sickness Benefit
• Domestic Purposes Benefit – Care of Sick or Infirm
• Disability Allowance
• Child Disability Allowance
• Civilian amputee assistance
• Live Organ Donor Assistance
• Veteran's Pension
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Child Disability Allowance
• There are 43,096 children for whom CDA is paid (as at August 2010)
• Uptake of CDA has increased by 27% since August 2005
• We continue to implement a range of initiatives to improve uptake including:
• profiling CDA information in a larger range of Ministry publications
• presentations to doctors and other health and disability organisations
• making information available at relevant community agencies and groups
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Review rights
• Work and Income is committed to service excellence.
• If we’ve made a decision that you don’t understand or agree with, please talk to us first.
– If you still disagree with our decision, you can ask for it to be reviewed. We have forms available for you to use or you can write to us.
• For more information about your rights and what you can expect from us go to
– www.workandincome.govt.nz/individuals/your-rights-and-responsibilities
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Thank you and any questions
For more information please go to our website:
www.workandincome.govt.nz