Search results for ‘Subject term:"learning disabilities"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 5 of 5
Support on the job
- Author:
- LITTLE Mathew
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 24.7.12, 2012, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Young people with special educational needs seeking jobs often come up against reluctant or inflexible employers. The Realistic Opportunities for Supported Employment Project (Rose) at Havering College of Further and Higher Education works with students with learning difficulties when they have finished Havering College courses, and actively seeks to find them paid employment. It uses job coaches to work alongside them in the first weeks of work. One young person explains how the Rose project has helped him. The article also draws parallels with the Rose project and the recently announced government supported internship pilot scheme.
Personalisation and supported employment
- Authors:
- DAVIES Huw, MEILLING Kathy, WILSON Paul
- Publisher:
- British Association for Supported Employment
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- Tottington
For most people, employment is essential to gain a sense of engagement and fulfilment. However, for many people with learning disabilities who are actively seeking work, only a few actually have a job. Published jointly with the British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD), this guide sets out what the key issues around personalisation and supported employment are, particularly for people with a learning disability and people with autism. It describes the supported employment model and current funding streams that can be used. The guide explores some of the challenges for jobseekers and for supported employment providers and how these might be overcome.
Enabling self-determination for older workers with intellectual disabilities in supported employment in Australia
- Authors:
- MCDERMOTT Shannon, EDWARDS Robyn
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 25(5), September 2012, pp.423-432.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Promoting self-determination for people with disability is recognised to be an essential element of disability service provision. The aim of this qualitative study was to understand the extent to which older people with intellectual disability working in supported employment can make self-determined choices about retirement. The study aimed to explore the views of older people with disability and service providers to understand the elements that impact on people’s decision to retire. A total of 76 people participated in semi-structured interviews, including 33 older people with intellectual disability working in supported employment, 10 people who had retired and 30 service providers. The findings showed that service providers strongly supported the right of people to retire. However, people with disability almost never reported the ability to make self-determined choices about retirement. Barriers to self-determination included an association between retirement, poor health and meaningless activities, which was perpetuated through structural service gaps. To address this requires more flexible services, better information about retirement, exposure to real experiences and assistance to express preferences and participate in problem solving throughout the lifespan.
Active support: enabling and empowering people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 240p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Active Support is a proven model of care that enables and empowers people with intellectual disabilities to participate fully in all aspects of their lives. This book provide a comprehensive overview of Active Support and how it can be used in practice, based on the theory and research underpinning the methods involved. It describes how to engage people with intellectual disabilities in meaningful activity as active participants, and looks at the communication style needed to foster positive relationships between carers and the people they are supporting. Highlighting the main issues for those trying to put Active Support into practice, the book explains what is needed on a day-to-day basis to support the implementation, improvement and maintenance of the approach, along with possible solutions for the difficulties they may encounter. Finally, it examines how to integrate Active Support with other person-centred approaches, drawing on examples from various organisations and individual case studies. This book is designed for anyone professionally concerned with the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities, including psychologists, behaviour specialists, social workers, care managers, occupational therapists and inspectors and regulators of services.
Economic evidence around employment support
- Authors:
- WILKINS Anita, et al, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- NIHR School for Social Care Research
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
Supporting disabled people into paid work is a policy priority for local authorities, and commissioners need evidence on which to base investment decisions. The School for Social Care Research (SSCR) commissioned the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) to carry out a scoping review to see what economic evidence is currently available within published literature. The review particularly focuses on two client groups: people with learning disability, and those with mental health problems. The review found that the field of employment support in the UK is currently characterised by a complex, interrelated array of approaches, pilots and schemes, which frame the issue in a variety of ways. In order to present evidence relating to these different approaches, the researchers grouped them into six main categories of models of support, and presented them in tabulated format, referencing any related economic evidence found for each approach. They found that there is a limited body of economic evidence, mainly focussing on particular kinds of employment support e.g. Supported Employment, and Individual Placement and Support (IPS). The evidence is often comparative (e.g. forms of cost-benefit analysis) rather than absolute (e.g. looking at cost-effectiveness, and how many successful job outcomes can be expected for a given financial input). There are also many gaps and inconsistencies in the evidence, compounded by variable and liberal interpretation of certain models as practiced, particularly Supported Employment. The review concludes by making a number of recommendations for future study, and raising further questions that need answering in order to help local authorities commission effective support. (Edited publisher abstract)