eSAY National Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum Disorder Dataset V4.0 Map

Employment Status

Definition : Employment status indicates the person’s economic position in the labour market in terms of whether he or she is currently employed in paid work, seeking to be employed in paid work or is not economically active, either by choice, age or other restrictions.

Purpose : Improving access to employment opportunities is a key element of “The same as you?” so this can be an important element in monitoring implementation of local and national strategies.

Codes : Social Care Data Standards Project

Code	Value/Definition
01	Regular paid employment – full time A. Person is in non-open employment B. Person is in open employment
02	Regular paid employment – part time A. Person is in non-open employment B. Person is in open employment
03	Self employed
04	Looking after home/family
05	Engaged in voluntary work (unpaid) A. Seeking paid employment B. Not seeking paid employment
06	Unemployed – available/fit for work A. Person would require a non-open employment opportunity B. Person could take an open employment opportunity
07	Unemployed – not available/fit for work
08	Full time education (pupil or student)
09	Retired A. Career Completion B. Medically retired
10	Not applicable
11	Permanently sick/disabled
99	Not known

Support in the workplace

Code	Value/Definition
00	None
01	Support from a job coach
02	Support from colleagues
99	Not Known

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