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Get a job...get a life
- Authors:
- KAEHNE Axel, BEYER Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, November 2009, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The authors consider the culture shift needed to get people with learning disabilities into the labour market. A specific government pilot 'The Getting a Life programme' is briefly described. The programme mainly targets young people in education and aims to change attitudes of stakeholders and create partnerships.
Generation gap
- Authors:
- KAEHNE Axel, BEYER Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 9(3), May 2009, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The results of a study looking at what works when it comes to transition to employment for young people with learning disabilities are presented. The study looked at five aspects of transition support, including what models of employment transition planning currently operate; what transitional planning leads to young people gaining and keeping employment; what ensures effective involvement of young people, their families and relevant agencies; what agency partnerships are essential; and what changes in central and local government policy are needed to improve transition pathways to employment.
Choice for young people with learning disabilities in post-education transition
- Author:
- KAEHNE Axel
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 14(2), June 2009, pp.37-43.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Governmental policy identifies choice as a central theme for support services to people with learning disabilities. Services are obligated to ensure that people's wants as well as abilities govern decisions on all important issues. As a consequence, young people with learning disabilities in transition are being offered career development options during transition review meetings. The paper will focus on the issues relating to choice during this post-education transition. The paper will argue that the processes necessary to sustain the capacity of the young person with learning disabilities to choose are not well understood. It will focus on the career choices for young people with learning disabilities during transition and will maintain that the availability of options is only one consideration. The capacity to choose and the types of support that are most effective in facilitating the capacity to choose are equally important. Some conceptual considerations will assist in identifying the shortcomings of current policy and practice.
Final report: evaluation of employment outcomes of project SEARCH UK
- Author:
- KAEHNE Axel
- Publisher:
- South West Employment Institute
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- Liverpool
An assessment of the employment outcomes of Project SEARCH sites in the UK since inception of the programme. Project SEARCH started at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio USA. The idea was to develop placements for people with intellectual disabilities in the hospital which could be utilised as springboards for lasting employment opportunities. As of July 2013 the UK had 17 active sites. In all cases, the sites are run by a collaboration or partnership between the host employer, an education provider or vocational training organisation, and a supported employment agency. About 36 per cent of all participants have found full time paid employment (defined as more than 16 hours per week). This amounts to 114 individuals out of 316 participants. Another 35 individuals have found part time paid employment (less than 16 hours per week), which amounts to about 11 per cent. The report suggests that an improved shared learning process for all sites, grounded in detailed outcome and good practice analysis, may be critical to the success of the programme. In addition, it acknowledges that in the UK the programme has been developed within the context of transition for young people with learning disabilities and as a result a comprehensive assessment of its success should take into account recruitment practices, the transition pathways involved and the links that Project SEARCH has with the statutory transition process. (Edited publisher abstract)
Can transition meetings in school be done in a person-centred way?
- Authors:
- KAEHNE Axel, BEYER Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, October 2011, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Transition from children’s to adults social services can be a time of upheaval for young people with learning disabilities. This article considers the quality of transition reviews and whether they can be done in a person-centred way. The study worked with a school in the northwest of England to examine the way in which they carry out transition review meetings, whether they meet the criteria of person-centred planning and, if so, how this ensures that everybody who should be involved in transition planning is effectively participating in the meeting. Records of transition meetings and transition plans for 43 pupils about to leave school were analysed. In addition, half of the families were contacted to find out their feelings about the meeting and the planning process. The findings indicated that the young people, their families, school and Connexions staff were consistently present at the meetings; however, social workers and staff from voluntary employment agencies only attended a minority of meetings. Only 44% of the meeting records and transition plans were ‘somewhat accessible’, while almost a third used highly technical language, effectively preventing the young person from understanding their own transition plans. The biggest problem was that many of the meetings did not discuss the whole range of needs of the young person or long-term planning. In particular, only 25% of transition plans outlined clear and actionable employment goals.
Views of professionals on aims and outcomes of transition for young people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- KAEHNE Axel, BEYER Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37(2), June 2009, pp.138-144.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The paper reports the findings of a study of professionals in strategic and operational positions who were involved in transition planning for young people with learning disabilities. Respondents were asked to comment on what they regarded as the optimal aim and outcome of transition from school to post-school placements. The results illustrate the problems and advantages of inter-agency partnerships in delivering meaningful post-school destinations for young people leaving school.