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ReHab NetWork
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
ReHab NetWork. A quarterly journal concerned with vocational rehabilitation, employment and rehabilitation issues. Annual ReHab NetWork awards are given for articles on good practice in helping disabled people to achieve their full potential in relation to work.
Vocational rehabilitation and Europe
- Editor:
- FLOYD Michael
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 132p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines contrasting solutions in Europe and the United States for improving employment opportunities for disabled people. Looks at: services disabled people need to help them get back to work; the impact of the Maastricht Treaty; lessons learned from the first Horizon programme and the second Helios programme; and recent developments in services and legislation in the United States.
Employment rehabilitation of disabled people: identifying the issues
- Authors:
- LAKEY Jane, SIMPKINS Rebecca
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 196p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study with three main objectives: to access the quality of local rehabilitation; to identify ways in which agencies should be monitored; and to identify ways in which local provision should be developed to meet the needs of all users.
What is work? Qualifying in vocational rehabilitation
- Author:
- FEGAN Colette
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 8(2), May 2004, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on other MSc in vocational rehabilitation at Sheffield Hallam University. The postgraduate course provides and academic and practical framework for anyone interested in supporting the work aspirations of people with disabilities, including those with mental health problems.
Computer work in sheltered employment: a systematic approach for qualification
- Authors:
- ZINK Klaus J., LEIDERMANN Frank, WEBER Harald
- Journal article citation:
- New Technology in the Human Services, 12(1/2), 1999, pp.33-38.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Human Service Technology
For people with disabilities, computer work offers a lot of opportunities for adequate occupation. This paper describes an approach of how to evolve and conduct accordant qualification measures. The concept includes an analysing methodology regarding task requirements and individual abilities. The approach has been developed and evaluated in cooperation with German and French sheltered workshops and vocational rehabilitation centres.
A vocational rehabilitation intervention for young adults with physical disabilities: participants' perception of beneficial attributes
- Author:
- BAL M.I.
- Journal article citation:
- Child: Care, Health and Development, 43(1), 2017, pp.114-125.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: This paper is about a program that supports work participation amongst young adults with chronic physical disabilities. The study aims to explore the barriers and facilitators they experienced in finding and maintaining employment after starting the program, the participant-perceived beneficial attributes of the program and participants' recommendations for additional intervention components. Methods: Semi-structured interviews (n = 19) were held with former intervention participants. Interviews were recorded and transcribed ad verbatim. Themes were derived using the phenomenological approach. Results: Physical functions and capacities, supervisor's attitude, self-esteem and self-efficacy and openness and assertiveness were experienced barriers and facilitators for finding and maintaining employment. Improvement of self-promoting skills and disclosure skills through job interview-training, increased self-esteem or self-efficacy through peer-support, a suitable job through job placement, improvement of work ability through arrangement of adjusted work conditions and change of supervisor's attitude through education provided to the supervisor were perceived as beneficial attributes of the intervention. Respondents recommended to incorporate assertiveness and openness skills training into future intervention programs. Conclusions: The findings suggest that programs supporting work participation should be designed to provide challenging, real-world experiential opportunities that provide young adults with physical disabilities with new insights, self-efficacy and life skills. Also, such programs should facilitate context centred learning. Former intervention participants evaluated job-interview training, sharing learning and social experiences with peers, job placement, arrangement of adjusted work conditions and education as beneficial attributes of the ‘At Work’ program. In addition, they recommended incorporating more training on assertiveness and disclosure. (Edited publisher abstract)
Concepts of rehabilitation for the management of common health problems
- Authors:
- WADDELL Gordon, BURTON Kim A
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 98p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There is now broad agreement on the importance of rehabilitation and the need for better occupational health and vocational rehabilitation services in the UK. The responses to the Green Paper 'Pathways to work' were generally supportive across the political spectrum. The key features of early intervention, easier access to more skilled support to seek and move into work, the development of new work-focused rehabilitation programmes, and engagement of key stakeholders - particularly employers and family doctors - were welcomed by a wide range of organisations. However, there is considerable uncertainty about what 'rehabilitation' is, and about its (cost)-effectiveness, particularly for the common health problems that cause most sickness absence and long-term incapacity.
Managing vocational rehabilitation
- Authors:
- TEOH Sing Siong, OSBORNE Howard, MILNE Alexandra
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 179p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Provides comprehensive guidance on how to plan, develop and manage vocational rehabilitation for the disabled and people with learning difficulties. Provides examples of typical operational policies, assessment techniques and commercial licensing agreements.