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Real work: supported employment for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BASS Malcolm, DREWETT Robert
- Publisher:
- Sheffield University. Joint Unit for Social Services Research
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 74p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Report describing the findings of research into the experiences of people with learning difficulties entering employment with the assistance of supported employment agencies.
Supported employment for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 3 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Contains three booklets on supported employment for people with learning difficulties: survey of supported employment services; supported employment and people with learning difficulties (by Alison Wertheimer); and the real jobs initiative 1990-92 - an evaluation.
Job success for persons with developmental disabilities
- Author:
- WIEGAN David B.
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 157p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In the United States, out of roughly three million individuals with a learning disability, less than a third are active in the labour market. Drawn from the author's extensive experience and real success, this book provides a comprehensive approach to developing a successful jobs program for persons with developmental disabilities. The majority of persons with developmental disabilities are unemployed or still work in sheltered programs, where it is almost impossible to reach their full potential. Job success, while possible, requires a system based on a business model based on proven economics, rather than the traditional social services model. By employing a step-by-step procedure for gaining insight into the client, analysing market opportunities, matching the client to a job, and supporting the client after placement, service providers can help individuals make a successful transition into community-based employment. This book aims to be essential reading for profit and non-profit rehabilitation service organisations, private job development businesses, government funding agencies, special education job placement programs, transition specialists, and families of persons with developmental disabilities.
Longitudinal investigation of vocational engagement
- Authors:
- SPREAT Scott, CONROY James William
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 12(4), 2015, pp.266-271.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The vocational engagement of 216 individuals with an intellectual disability was followed over a 15-year period. Engagement was operationally defined as activity in five simple categories: competitive, supported, or sheltered employment, plus prevocational and nonvocational daytime activities. Authors sought a long-term view of trends in vocational and nonvocational engagement among all people who were receiving residential and day supports in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and for whom data collection visits had been conducted during the entire 15-year period. This was intended to assess what progress toward eventual employment has been made over the past two decades, and this information was aimed toward policy initiatives related to Employment First models. Authors selected all people for whom on-site quality-of-life data were collected continuously from 1994 to 2009. Their primary types of daytime activities were reported, and the number of hours in each type were submitted to analysis. The overall amount of vocational, prevocational, and nonvocational activities changed sharply during the 15-year period. Vocational and prevocational activity declined, while nonvocational engagement more than doubled, both in numbers of people and hours. During the same time period, the number of employed individuals consistently declined, as did the total number of hours worked. The decline was primarily evident in segregated forms of vocational activity, such as sheltered workshops and prevocational activities. There was no collateral increase in the use of more integrated forms of employment. Age did not appear to be a factor in this decline. The current emphasis on Employment First models would seem to be justified in view of this sample's longitudinal engagement outcomes. However, this analysis was done in only one state, and results must be compared and contrasted to those in other states. (Publisher abstract)
Understanding quality of working life of workers with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- FLORES Noelia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 24(2), March 2011, pp.133-141.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Previous studies have shown that individuals with intellectual disabilities can be successful at work. Benefits for the individual include an increased social status, social integration and improved social networking. This paper investigated the perceived quality of working life for those with intellectual disabilities, and examined participants’ perceptions in relation to perceived job demands and resources and their impact on job satisfaction. Five hundred and seven workers with intellectual disabilities, employed in either sheltered workshops or supported employment in Spain, completed questionnaires on the quality of working life. Findings indicated that perceived low job demands and elevated social support from co-workers and supervisors improved the quality of working life. The authors concluded that the study confirmed the impact of job demands and available resources on satisfaction with employment for workers with intellectual disabilities partaking in supported employment.
Social capital through workplace connections: opportunities for workers with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- HALL Allison Cohen, KRAMER John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 8(3-4), July 2009, pp.146-170.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Disability research now emphasises community participation, inclusion, and integration, with recent thinking shifting away from formal support systems to community support. This qualitative study examined the experiences of individuals with intellectual disabilities in sheltered workshops and compared them to those in community employment. In particular, the study investigated how employment affects opportunities for the creation of social capital, with social capital referring to relationships between individuals and benefits and resources that are mutually produced from those relationships. Primary respondents were twenty nine individuals with intellectual disability, and secondary respondents were twenty three family members and twenty nine employment services staff. Findings revealed that a form of social capital was created through workplace connections. Community employment did not increase social capital per se, but it did produce social opportunities not available in the workshop. The authors note that the role of family members emerged as critical in the support of community employment and its potential for social capital development.
SEQA: Supported Employment Quality Assurance
- Authors:
- O'BRYAN Anne, O'BRIEN John
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 62p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Looks at ways of ensuring quality supported employment for people with learning difficulties, placing emphasis on collaboration between agencies.
Employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a literature review
- Author:
- ALMALKY Hussain A.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 109, 2020, p.104656.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This review examined various studies regarding the employment outcomes for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) within the United States. This review provides a snapshot of the individuals' employment rate, setting, income, quality of life, and well-being. A thorough literature review was conducted to retrieve studies and gather information. The studies were retrieved from Proquest, Ebscohost, Emerald, Google Scholar, and Web of Science. Other databases included Eric and PsycINFO. The inclusion criteria were the studies published after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, as well as the studies published in English and limited to the population of the United States. A total of 27 studies were included in the review. The results indicated that the employment settings for individuals with IDD, such as sheltered, supported, or competitive employment, have different impacts on working hours and weekly wages. This paper also established that the employment of individuals with IDD has a positive influence on their self-esteem, self-confidence, career progression, and independence levels, especially in integrated employment. Furthermore, this review demonstrated that the work of such individuals provides a source of income and enables them to contribute to the national economy through taxes. However, the review suggests that there is still a need to improve the employment of such individuals in order to increase the employment outcomes to significant levels. There is a need to mainly focus on enhancing sheltered employment whose results are relatively lower when compared to the other forms of work. Practices and research implications were also discussed. (Publisher abstract)
Commissioning effective employment supports (for people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems): a practical review tool for commissioners
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- Bath
A practical tool to help commission and provide cost effective employment support that also achieves good outcomes for people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems. The review tool provides a number of questions and identifies data to collect to help commissioners gain an insight into the effectiveness of current provision and identify further action. The questions focus more on individualised employment support (supported employment for people with learning disabilities and Individual Placement and Support for people with mental health problems) and self-employment as the NIHR School for Social Care commissioned research on which the toolkit is based found these options delivered the best employment outcomes. Key findings from the research are also included. (Edited publisher abstract)
WORKSTEP customer survey
- Authors:
- PURVIS Ann, LAW Rebecca, LOWREY James
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 127p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents the findings from a two stage piece of research into customer experience and a baseline of the existing WORKSTEP customers. WORKSTEP is supported employment programme aimed to help disabled people find and retain work either in jobs in the open labour market, via supported placements with mainstream employers, or within supported businesses established to employ disabled people. The first stage was a quantitative survey of 1,009 WORKSTEP customers. Stage two consisted of a smaller qualitative survey of 98 customer interviews. The survey was carried out between October 2008 and July 2009. The baseline data collected will feed into an evaluation of the Work Choice Programme, which is set to replace WORKSTEP in October 2010.