Quality Assurance
The Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) Model Fidelity tool ensures robust, evidence-based practices are embedded within every agency. External assessment available.
Learn about SEQFEnabling disabled, neurodivergent, and disadvantaged people to access good quality careers and flourish — with the right support, the right job, and the right people behind them.
BASE provides a national voice for providers — offering guidance, training, and a rigorous quality framework to ensure best practice in supported employment everywhere.
The Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) Model Fidelity tool ensures robust, evidence-based practices are embedded within every agency. External assessment available.
Learn about SEQFFrom Job Coach Level 3 Certificates to Systematic Instruction. Accredited programmes designed for supported employment professionals. Delivered by Inclusive Trading CIC.
View training coursesJoin a national community of professionals sharing the same values. Access resources, regional networking, sector vacancies, advocacy support, and a 20% training discount.
Become a memberSupported Employment is an evidence-based model used successfully for decades to support disabled people — particularly those with a Learning Disability and/or Autism — into paid, mainstream employment.
The model identifies the most 'natural' ways to support people into employment, working in equal partnership with the jobseeker and the employer. It is a five-stage framework with core values and national occupational standards.
BASE serves practitioners, employers, job seekers, and commissioners. Choose your role to find the right resources and next steps.
Level 3 Certificate for Supported Employment Practitioners — nationally recognised, delivered by Inclusive Trading CIC with a 20% discount for BASE members.
The SEQF Model Fidelity tool gives your service a structured way to measure and improve quality against the evidence base. External assessment available.
Membership connects you to a national network, regional meetings, Learning.BASE, sector vacancies, and the BASE Community Platform — from just £125/year.
The professional benchmark for Job Coaches and SE practitioners across the UK — developed and maintained by BASE.
Supported Employment meets your real workforce needs whilst creating a genuinely inclusive workplace. The Job Coach handles the transition — you benefit from loyal, supported employees.
A Job Coach works alongside your new employee using Systematic Instruction to build skills on the job. Their presence is temporary; the employee's contribution is permanent.
BASE members operate across the UK. Use our membership directory to find an accredited supported employment provider ready to work with you.
Access BASE's free community training platform to build your organisation's understanding of disability, inclusion, and accessible workplaces.
Supported Employment starts with you — your strengths, your interests, your goals. Find out how the model works and what support is available to help you find a real, paid job.
Supported Internships give young people with SEND valuable experience in real workplace settings, with a Job Coach on hand to help you thrive.
Hundreds of BASE member organisations across the UK offer supported employment services. Find someone near you who can start your journey towards a real career.
Supported Employment is person-centred — it starts by understanding your goals and builds a job match around your unique strengths.
The SEQF provides a clear model fidelity standard for commissioners to specify, measure, and assure the quality of supported employment services in their area.
Our vision: a mixed economy of provision across Britain with Supported Employment at the heart, available for everyone from Education to Adulthood.
BASE and Inclusive Trading CIC design bespoke training and consultancy packages to build workforce capacity in your area — 15 years of specialist experience.
BASE responds to government consultations and tracks developments across Pathways to Work, Connect to Work, and the SEND policy landscape.
BASE partners with ASEE to bring the global community to ACC Liverpool. Inspiring keynotes, hands-on workshops, networking, and the annual BASE Awards — all under one roof.
BASE membership connects your organisation to hundreds of agencies across the UK working to open real employment opportunities for disabled people. Access training, advocacy, research, and a thriving professional network.
Delivered by Inclusive Trading CIC — a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader with 15 years' experience in employment support and inclusive recruitment.
All training incorporates the internationally recognised Supported Employment Model. Available as open cohorts or bespoke commissioned packages.
ACC Liverpool, 7–8 December 2026. BASE hosts the 16th European Supported Employment Conference with ASEE. Keynotes, workshops, the BASE Awards and up to 750 delegates.
