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Independent living: a good job
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, KILSBY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.2.96, 1996, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Careers are as vital to people with learning difficulties as to anyone else. The authors explain how supported employment can improve job prospects, wages and interaction with colleagues.
Financial costs and benefits of two supported employment agencies in Wales
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, KILSBY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(4), 1998, pp.303-319.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The costs and financial benefits accruing from two employment agencies were analysed over the two years of their operation. The analysis determined the net costs for society as a whole, the taxpayer and the supported employees, when reductions in welfare benefit payments and costs to previous day services, and increases in tax were taken into account. The results indicated that supported workers generally benefited financially as a result of their uptake of paid work but that costs outstripped financial benefits for the taxpayer and society as a whole. The results also indicated that the cost-benefit performance of the two agencies was improving over time, suggesting that the financial benefits of providing the service could ultimately outweigh the costs involved.