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Partners for progress: employers working with people with disabilities
- Author:
- BREUER Zoey
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 4(1), February 2000, pp.25-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Over the past five years many mental health organisations have participated in the European Union's HORIZON programme - a sub-division of the employment community initiative. As a result of this programme many innovative schemes supporting disabled and disadvantaged people in obtaining and keeping jobs have been set up in Britain and across Europe. This article summarises the work that has been done to inform and persuade employers that it is in their interest to make use of the skills of disabled people.
Sheltered employment in five member states of the Council of Europe: Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland
- Authors:
- SAMOY Erik, WATERPLAS Lina
- Publisher:
- Council of Europe
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 67p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Strasbourg
Comparative study looking at the situation of sheltered employment in the twelve Member States of the European Union. The data for each country is grouped under the following headings: institutional context; target population; access to sheltered employment; characteristics of the people in sheltered employment; and a discussion of the topics currently under debate around sheltered employment in each country.
Disability disqualifying clauses in selected countries: focusing on driving licenses and qualifications for medical professionals
- Author:
- SATO Hisao
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy and Social Work, 5, March 1997, pp.21-30.
- Publisher:
- Japan College of Social Work
This article examines the anomalies in legislation in Japan, Europe, Australia and the United States on the eligibility for driving licenses and possibility of gaining qualifications as medical professionals.
European social services
- Editor:
- MUNDAY Brian
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. European Institute of Social Services
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 401p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.