Evening the Odds (Briefing 35)

Employment support, mental health and Black and minority ethnic communities

People from Black and minority ethnic communities are less likely to use employment support services and less likely to succeed in gaining employment than their white British peers.

Specialist mental health employment support staff need to adopt an evidence-based approach with the capacity to address issues of racism and stigma.

This briefing suggests some targeted actions that might help to make change happen.

A project example

In 2006, we carried out the evaluation of the AKABA project to support young Black men with mental health problems into paid employment. It was a partnership between Kush Housing and Outreach Services, Mellow, Access Employment and the Centre.

Download the AKABA final report (179 KB)