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Tools for inclusive activation: improving the social inclusion of people furthest from the labour market
- Author:
- EUROPEAN SOCIAL NETWORK
- Publisher:
- European Social Network
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 51
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This toolkit for senior social services professionals provides guidance and practice examples on inclusion strategies of people furthest from the labour market. These include the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities, young people, migrants and refugees, homeless people, people with mental illness or single parents. It is based on the findings from a literature review and a questionnaire focus group discussion from members of the Social European Network. Drawing on an analysis of the literature, a questionnaire and seminar discussion with members of the Social European Network, the toolkit covers three key areas of guidance when designing inclusive activation policy and practice. These are: coordination between services - which could involve care coordinators, On-stop-shops or public-private partnerships; availability and adequacy of resources; and designing pathways to inclusion for specific groups who are not immediately employable and need tailored support to integrate in the labour market. These populations include the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities, young people, migrants and refugees, homeless people or people suffering from mental illness, and single parents with caring duties. Practice examples include the Disability and vulnerable people employment strategy implemented in Gloucestershire County Council in the United Kingdom. (Edited publisher abstract)
Critical components in implementing evidence‐based practice: a multiple case study of individual placement and support for people with psychiatric disabilities
- Authors:
- BERGMARK Magnus, BEJERHOLM Ulrika, MARKSTROM Urban
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 52(3), 2018, pp.790-808.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
When developing Community Mental Health Services to support people with psychiatric disabilities, European countries are advocating evidence‐based practice (EBP). Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence‐based model designed to support people in acquiring and maintaining competitive employment. Implementation science is a growing research field, with a focus on components that impact the process of implementing EBP programmes. In this multiple case study, three IPS demonstration sites are followed for two years, in order to describe and analyze barriers and facilitators for implementation, according to constructs described in the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research(Damschroder et al. 2009). The results highlight the importance of strategic networking, as well as the need for planning and preparations carried out before the start of an EBP programme, since deficiencies related to these constructs are difficult to compensate for. (Edited publisher abstract)
Taking the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities seriously: the past and future of the EU structural funds as a tool to achieve community living
- Authors:
- QUINN Gerard, DOYLE Suzanne
- Publisher:
- National University of Ireland. Centre for Disability Law and Policy
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- Galway
In late 2010 the European Union ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). Confirmation of the convention has the potential to drive the evolution of a much more focused and robust set of EU-level responses in the form of legislation and policy change on disability. This essay focuses on one of the most important financial instruments of the EU, the Structural Funds, and its relationship to the UN CRPD. A major test of EU commitment to the convention is the need to radically amend the Regulations governing the EU Structural Funds to ensure compliance with the CRPD. The funds have been used in the past to fund the creation of new residential institutions for persons with disabilities (especially those with intellectual disabilities) in several recipient countries. However, this building of institutions is not a ‘mis-use’ of the Funds since the underlying Regulations are permissive toward this kind of use. The essay argues that there is a need to change the underlying Regulations to make it plain that EU monies cannot be spent to open new institutions and that they should, ideally, be spent to enable transitions to community living to occur.
Choice and control: the right to independent living: experiences of persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems in nine EU member states
- Author:
- EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
- Publisher:
- Publications Office of the European Union
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 84p.
- Place of publication:
- Luxembourg
Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) sets out the right to live independently and be included in the community. The aim of this report is to examine how persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental health problems in 9 EU Member States experience autonomy, inclusion and participation in their day-to-day lives. It also provides some examples of promising practices. The report draws on the findings of interview-based research (one-to-one and focus groups interviews) with persons with mental health problems and persons with intellectual disabilities carried out between November 2010 and July 2011 in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The results show that, although much has been done, more efforts are needed to ensure that persons with mental health problems and persons with intellectual disabilities have more choice and control over their lives and are included in the community on an equal basis with others. Most efforts to date have focused on deinstitutionalisation, but to achieve true independent living they should be accompanied by a range of social policy reforms in the areas of education, healthcare, employment, culture and support services.
Report on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European disability strategy 2010-2020 (2010/2272(INI))
- Author:
- EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
- Publisher:
- European Parliament
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
The basic premise of this report is that the human rights of people with disabilities must be upheld. It suggests that the Member States should not only sign and ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Disabled and its additional protocols, they should also consider developing national policies and strategies on disabilities in harmony with the European Commission’s European Disability Strategy (EDS) and the EU2020 strategy, as well as reviewing the existing national-level documents on this matter. In line with the EU2020 strategy, one of the most important objectives is increasing the employment level for the nearly 80 million people with disabilities living in the EU. The focus must be on long-term investment for people with disabilities rather than short-term expenditure. In terms of implementing the EDS, there is a need for more detailed and precise deadlines and mechanisms to be determined, particularly with regard to strengthening the role of the European Parliament. Issues considered in this report include: civil and human rights; the importance of data collection and consultation; demographic changes and a barrier-free environment; free movement of persons and barrier-free services; equal opportunities; investing in people with disabilities; and the fight against poverty.
The impact of living arrangements and deinstitutionalisation in the health status of persons with intellectual disability in Europe
- Authors:
- MARTINEZ-LEAL R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 55(9), September 2011, pp.858-872.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Despite progress in deinstitutionalisation, relatively little is known about the health of people with intellectual disability (PWID) who live in large institutions or those living in small residential services, family homes or independently in the community. Nor are there any international comparisons at the European level of the health status and health risks of PWID living in fully staffed residential services with formal support and care compared with those living in unstaffed family homes or independent houses without formal support. A total of 1269 persons with ID and/or their proxy respondents were interviewed in 14 EU countries using the P15 multinational assessment battery to collect data on health indicators relevant to PWID. Participants were grouped according to their living arrangements, formal support and stage of deinstitutionalisation. Obesity and sedentary lifestyle were prevalent along with illnesses such as epilepsy, mental disorders, allergies or constipation. There were more cases of myocardial infarction, chronic bronchitis, osteoporosis and gastric or duodenal ulcers among participants in countries at the early stage of deinstitutionalisation. There were important deficits in variables related health promotion such as screening and vaccination in family homes and independent living arrangements. The authors point to the important differences between different living arrangements depending on the level of formal support available and the stage of deinstitutionalisation.
A comparative study of the situation of supported employment in Europe
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, DE URRIES Francisco de Borja, VENDUGO Miguel Angel
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 7(2), June 2010, pp.130-136.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A web-based questionnaire about the services at agencies offering supported employment (SE) in the European Union (EU) yielded responses from 184 organisations from mostly, Spain, Finland and United Kingdom, (also Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal and Romania) in October-December 2006. Most respondents offered a wide range of services, with 83% offering SE (50% beginning in last 5 years). Services such as vocational training and sheltered work provision were offered by 40% and 25%, respectively. Significant variation in the provision of the 5 elements of SE, vocational profiling, job finding, analysis and placement, job training and support (skilled job trainer/on-the-job co-worker) and follow-along services was evident which could disadvantage people with intellectual or learning disabilities (ID). Funding of SE varied with 22% relying on short term European financing. People with ID were the largest (35%) group of users of SE. Working hours varied with 73% working over 24 hours-a-week and a minority on permanent contract, except in the UK where SE remains largely part time (37% less than 12 hours-a-week) suggesting poor harmonisation within welfare benefit legislation provision across the EU, disproportionately affecting people with ID, say these authors. Variation in models used, financing, hours of support (already low, say these authors) may lead to less effective SE and a call is made for follow-up studies.
International perspectives on special educational needs
- Editors:
- BROCK Colin, GRIFFIN Rosarii
- Publisher:
- John Catt Educational
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 329p.
- Place of publication:
- Saxmundham, Suffolk
This book includes discussions from a wide range of countries, with some emphasis on cases from Europe and North America whence the main trends towards provision for learners with special educational needs have emerged. In general, the authors are concerned with policies and patterns rather than the technical discussion of particular forms of disadvantage and detailed pedagogical responses to the challenges they present. The book illustrates, how policies and provision in respect of special educational needs are affected by the globalisation/localisation relationship.
STEPS - Structure Towards Emancipation Participation and Solidarity: a European project to combat discrimination against people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- ERNST Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 7(4), October 2002, pp.4-9.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
People with learning disabilities are one of the most marginalised groups in European society, rarely recognised as full citizens with equal rights. The European action programme STEPS focuses on structures, instruments and methods to combat discriminations against people with learning disabilities and aims at full participation and free access to material, cultural and social resources. Partnerships between providers, social welfare administrations, universities and groups of people with learning disabilities in five European countries are defining the project. From England, the Tizard Centre, Parkside NHS Trust, and Kensington and Chelsea Social Services are partner members in the network, and the overall project is financed by the EU community action programme to combat discrimination.
Weighting for justice
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Luke
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(7), March 1999, pp.224-225.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Looks at how the Human Rights Act could throw out of court much current UK legislation on mental health and learning disabilities.