Reports on a project in Havering that aims to address the difficulties faced by women with learning difficulties who wish to enter the open labour market.
Reports on a project in Havering that aims to address the difficulties faced by women with learning difficulties who wish to enter the open labour market.
Subject terms:
labour market, learning disabilities, supported employment, women, employment;
Explores issues affecting the lives of women with learning difficulties around the world, looking at different aspects of life, including work, family, relationships and community involvement. Based on the experiences of women with and without learning difficulties.
Explores issues affecting the lives of women with learning difficulties around the world, looking at different aspects of life, including work, family, relationships and community involvement. Based on the experiences of women with and without learning difficulties.
Subject terms:
interpersonal relationships, learning disabilities, life style, user views, women, families, employment;
Location(s):
Australia, Czech Republic, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Slovak Republic, United States
Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 8(3-4), July 2009, pp.117-131.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Place of publication:
Philadelphia, USA
Important factors in vocational rehabilitation are self-determination, choice, and preference, which have long been staples of social work practice. This article describes a model, the self-determined career development model, which is designed to enable people with disabilities to self-direct planning that leads to employment. Specifically, this model is applied to young women with intellectual and developmental disabilities to obtain non-traditional employment through self-regulated, customised employment planning. This article examines issues pertaining to self-determination in the context of vocational guidance and planning. Introducing the model and its use in secondary education and rehabilitation, the article outlines how the model consists of eight steps, each phrased as a question that must be answered in order to plan successfully – what are my interests or passions that might lead me to a job or career that I enjoy? What do I know about the job/career I am interested in now? What are some job opportunities that I can explore? What is my roadmap to explore potential jobs? What is my employment niche or college goal? What customised employment options will get me where I want to be? What supports are available? What is my action plan to achieve my goals? The article concludes with a discussion of the role of social workers in supporting consumer control and self-direction.
Important factors in vocational rehabilitation are self-determination, choice, and preference, which have long been staples of social work practice. This article describes a model, the self-determined career development model, which is designed to enable people with disabilities to self-direct planning that leads to employment. Specifically, this model is applied to young women with intellectual and developmental disabilities to obtain non-traditional employment through self-regulated, customised employment planning. This article examines issues pertaining to self-determination in the context of vocational guidance and planning. Introducing the model and its use in secondary education and rehabilitation, the article outlines how the model consists of eight steps, each phrased as a question that must be answered in order to plan successfully – what are my interests or passions that might lead me to a job or career that I enjoy? What do I know about the job/career I am interested in now? What are some job opportunities that I can explore? What is my roadmap to explore potential jobs? What is my employment niche or college goal? What customised employment options will get me where I want to be? What supports are available? What is my action plan to achieve my goals? The article concludes with a discussion of the role of social workers in supporting consumer control and self-direction.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, person-centred planning, rehabilitation, self-advocacy, sex discrimination, vocational rehabilitation, women, young adults, disabilities, employment, equal opportunities;
Identifies and highlights good equal opportunities policies and practices in 7 diverse local authorities in England and Wales. Includes sections on: disability; gender; ethnic groups; gay and lesbian rights; hourly paid and manual workers; older people; and travellers. Each section looks at employment practices and service provision.
Identifies and highlights good equal opportunities policies and practices in 7 diverse local authorities in England and Wales. Includes sections on: disability; gender; ethnic groups; gay and lesbian rights; hourly paid and manual workers; older people; and travellers. Each section looks at employment practices and service provision.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, lesbians, local authorities, local government, older people, physical disabilities, social care provision, travellers, women, black and minority ethnic people, children, employment, equal opportunities, Gypsies, gay men, gender;
Contains research findings, as well as accounts of the development and adaptation of relevant research methods. Chapters are grouped into 4 types of practitioner research: investigation; appraisal; innovation; and state of the art reviews. Includes papers on: placing people with learning difficulties in employment; emergency social service duty systems; women in social services management; perceptions of a children's observation and assessment centre; problem drinkers on probation; dealing with clients with mental health problems; assessment of user needs; applying life history work; recognising elder abuse; the tutorial system in social work education; the adoption of children with learning difficulties; and an agenda for practitioner research.
Contains research findings, as well as accounts of the development and adaptation of relevant research methods. Chapters are grouped into 4 types of practitioner research: investigation; appraisal; innovation; and state of the art reviews. Includes papers on: placing people with learning difficulties in employment; emergency social service duty systems; women in social services management; perceptions of a children's observation and assessment centre; problem drinkers on probation; dealing with clients with mental health problems; assessment of user needs; applying life history work; recognising elder abuse; the tutorial system in social work education; the adoption of children with learning difficulties; and an agenda for practitioner research.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, life story work, mental health problems, management, needs, physical disabilities, probation, research methods, social services, social work education, social workers, women, adoption, assessment, alcohol misuse, children, elder abuse, emergency duty teams, employment;
Includes chapters on: supporting families of children and adults with learning difficulties; achieving supported housing; supported employment and real jobs; continuing education for adults with learning difficulties; institutional trends in services; developing better relationships between health and social services; assessment and care management; making contracts work for people with learning difficulties; user participation in services; complaints procedures; developing better services for people from black and minority ethnic communities; gender issues; older people with learning difficulties; self advocacy; challenging behaviour; sexuality; parents with learning difficulties; poverty; and media images of people with learning difficulties. Also contains sections on services provision in the United States and Canada.
Includes chapters on: supporting families of children and adults with learning difficulties; achieving supported housing; supported employment and real jobs; continuing education for adults with learning difficulties; institutional trends in services; developing better relationships between health and social services; assessment and care management; making contracts work for people with learning difficulties; user participation in services; complaints procedures; developing better services for people from black and minority ethnic communities; gender issues; older people with learning difficulties; self advocacy; challenging behaviour; sexuality; parents with learning difficulties; poverty; and media images of people with learning difficulties. Also contains sections on services provision in the United States and Canada.
Subject terms:
independence, learning disabilities, mass media, multidisciplinary services, older people, parents, parents with learning disabilities, poverty, quality assurance, residential care, sexuality, sheltered employment, social care provision, supported housing, user participation, women, assessment, care management, complaints, contract procedures, contracts, education, families, employment, equal opportunities, health care;
An introduction to HIV_AIDS for social workers, and guidelines for counselling those affected. Includes the Kensington and Chelsea SSD guidelines for care of people with AIDS.
An introduction to HIV_AIDS for social workers, and guidelines for counselling those affected. Includes the Kensington and Chelsea SSD guidelines for care of people with AIDS.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, home care, law, learning disabilities, literature reviews, local authorities, occupational therapy, offenders, partners, pre-school children, prevention, residential care, social services, single parent families, social work methods, social workers, staff, terminal illness, training, visual impairment, voluntary organisations, women, young people, adoption, alcohol misuse, babies, child abuse, children, confidentiality, counselling, day services, deafness, death, drug misuse, discrimination, education, families, employment, ethics, foster care;