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Welfare rights: juggling benefit options
- Author:
- BATEMAN Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.4.99, 1999, p.29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the rules which apply to people claiming benefits while working.
Benefit fails mentally ill people
- Author:
- WHITELEY Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.9.96, 1996, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how the Disability Living Allowance is failing people with mental illnesses by focusing on people with physical disabilities.
Child abuse and disability in an Ontario community sample: does social capital matter?
- Authors:
- TONMYR Lil, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 8(2), May 2006, pp.23-30.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Researchers have established a link between abuse and physical and mental disability , but most abused individuals do not experience disability. While some survivors are severely harmed by their experiences of abuse other survivors of similar exposure appear to have no long-term health problems. The study examines whether the presence of social capital accounts for these differences. Cross-sectional data from the Ontario Health Supplement were used to assess the association between child abuse, age, social capital (social connections and disruptions in living circumstances and relationships), cultural capital (education and occupation) and financial capital (money) and disability in a female community sample of 4,238. The results suggest that abuse (physical and sexual) and financial capital are associated with disability, but not social capital.
Impact of the national minimum wage on disabled people
- Authors:
- SCHNEIDER Justine, SIMONS Ken, EVERATT Greg
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 16(5), August 2001, pp.723-747.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The survey reported here found disparities in the impact of the introduction of the National Minimum Wage on disabled people. These were associated with age, gender, impairment and type of employment setting. The main determinant of whether individuals gained from the NMW was their status as claimants of welfare benefits. The authors also found evidence that paid hours had been reduced to implement the NMW with no net increase in earnings, possibly to enable people to enable people to retain benefits entitlements. They make recommendations about how the anomalies can be tackled. It may be unrealistic to expect the Act to have been implemented fully so soon after it became law and some of the anomalies found may eventually disappear. However, many of the inequalities uncovered by this survey are not addressed by the NMW, specifically those inequalities associated with impairment and gender.
Reaping the benefit?
- Author:
- SNELL Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.3.98, 1998, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government's onslaught on benefit fraud has dealt a double blow to mentally ill people on disability benefits. Reports on how both their health and their incomes are at risk.
Disability benefits: where next; a consultation paper from MIND's policy department
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines the proposals in the Governments green paper 'A new contract for welfare' and invites readers to comment so that MIND can include any relevant points in its response to the paper. Also details the 'Disability Earnings Concession' and invites comments.
Benefit protection
- Author:
- SCOTT Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.9.03, 2003, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the complexities of involving users with mental health problems, learning difficulties and disabilities in service planning if their state benefits are to be protected. Discusses areas of relevant legislation: the benefits system, the Minimum Wage Act 1998, and employment law.
Attitudes towards disabled staff and the effect of the National Minimum wage: a Delphi survey of employers and disability employment advisors
- Authors:
- SCHNEIDER Justine, DUTTON Jillian
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(3), May 2002, pp.283-306.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on a Delphi study on a drawing on the expertise of a national sample of 100 employers of disabled people, and a similar number of Disability Employment Advisors (DEAs). It presents their existing attitudes towards disabled employees before analysing the effect of the NMW on these views. Differences between employers and DEAs were found in relation to the perceived costs and obstacles to employers of taking or retaining disabled staff, the problems presented by specific disabilities and the motivation shown by disabled staff. There was general agreement that the NMW has benefited disabled people by making low paid jobs better paid. Some disabled employees appear to have been adversely affected by the interaction of the interaction of the NMW with the Supported Placement Scheme (SPS, now Workstep) and the benefits system. Concludes that understanding employers' perspectives may facilitate the promotion of work opportunities for disabled people.
Key indicators of personal social services for Northern Ireland 2001
- Authors:
- MOONEY Eugene, TAGGART Kieran, MCLAUGHLIN Jacqui
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 170p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Stormont
This publication provides detailed comparative information on social services expenditure and provision across the four Boards and eleven Trusts in Northern Ireland and across all major programmes of care.
Promoting social welfare: first annual report of the Chief Inspector Social Services Inspectorate Northern Ireland 1994
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health and Social Services. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health and Social Services. Social Services Insp
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 132p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Annual report organised under the following headings: planning and delivery; social and economic conditions; older people; disabled people; people with learning difficulties; people with mental health problems; and children and families.