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Able to work: report of the National Employment Panel's Employers' Working Group on Disability
- Author:
- THOMPSON Mark
- Publisher:
- National Employment Panel
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 84p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The focus of this report is how to help as many disabled people as possible to fulfil their potential in the labour market. It sets out a clear vision of what the government wants to achieve and why it is so important. And it makes a wide range of recommendations, both for employers and for several different arms of Government, which will help to deliver that vision.
Access to work blocked as disabled people remain unaware of initiative
- Author:
- TAYLOR Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.8.03, 2003, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how many employers and disabled people are still unaware of the government's Access to Work scheme. Highlights the lack of publicity given to the scheme
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.
Weedbusters
- Author:
- RUFF Bryan
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 42, Summer 1996, pp.5-8.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Describes an initiative from the London Borough of Waltham Forest's Garden Services Section which involves people with disabilities working for people with disabilities.
Disabled lives: many voices, one message
- Author:
- MORRIS Jenny
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation, BBC Education
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 28p.,illus.list of orgs.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Booklet challenging the way disabled people have been devalued and denied the right to a home, a job and a family life. Covers issues such as charities, independent living and the growth of a disability culture.
The education and employment of disabled young people
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Developing positive aspirations is a key factor in securing good educational and occupational outcomes, and an important component of autonomy. This study compared the aspirations of young disabled and non-disabled people, and examined the extent to which those aspirations were achieved.
New deal for disabled people: an in-depth study of Job Broker service delivery
- Authors:
- LEWIS Jane, et al
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 241p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) was introduced in 1998 and 1999 as a series of pilots to help disabled people move into, or stay in, paid employment. The ‘national extension’ of NDDP, introduced in 2001, aims to support and test innovative ways of helping people on incapacity benefits move into sustainabe employment. NDDP services are delivered by a range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations known as ‘Job Brokers’. This report presents findings from the second wave of qualitative research carried out in late 2003/early 2004. This element of the research forms part of a larger programme aimed at providing the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with a comprehensive evaluation of NDDP. The report of findings from Wave One of the qualitative work was published in 2003 (Corden et al.,). The overall aim of the qualitative research was to explore the organisation, operation and impacts of the Job Broker service from the perspective of key stakeholders, including users and providers of Job Broker services, and staff of Jobcentre Plus offices.
The employment of disabled people in the public sector: a review of data and literature
- Authors:
- HIRST Michael, et al
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 169p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The proposed duty on the public sector to promote disability equality will require employers to take action in areas which are currently under-developed such as: involving disabled staff; training and awareness raising; monitoring disability within the workforce and among job applicants; and taking an organisation-wide strategic approach. Guidance needs to convince employers of the value to them of taking action, involving a prior understanding of what motivates them to change.
Out of touch: local government and disabled people's employment needs
- Authors:
- PIGGOTT Linda, SAPEY Bob, WILENIUS Fred
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(6), October 2005, pp.599-611.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In autumn 2003 the authors contracted to undertake a study in two district council areas of ways in which they could meet their Local Public Service Agreement (LPSA) targets in respect of disabled people returning to work. The authors undertook a literature review of barriers to work, interviewed a number of people involved in working with unemployed people and a number of disabled people in these areas. All the employment organisations we had contact with were working to an individual model of disability and the need to change their orientation became the central recommendation of the first phase of this study. This was rejected by those funding the study. At the end of the first year none of the organisations active in this area was able to identify a single disabled person who had returned to work as a result of their help. We conclude that central government policies are doing little to change the perception of the employment needs of disabled people within local government.
A chance to work?
- Author:
- CRIDDLE Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 10(1), September 1998, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
Evaluates careers education and guidance provision for students with mild or moderate learning difficulties or disabilities.