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Difficult times, little help
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.1.91, 1991, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Disabled people often have great difficulty finding jobs - examines the government's current policies on employment and training.
Support in the workplace
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 15.3.90, 1990, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Examines various support schemes to help people with disabilities find rewarding jobs and adequate training.
Seeing sense
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.6.00, 2000, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A social worker explains how she intervened to help her visually impaired client when his employer what him to retire.
The price of independence
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 16.6.94, 1994, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government's refusal to promote the rights of disabled people has resulted in widespread protest. Investigates whether implementing anti-discrimination legislation will cost the government dearly.
Connecting services
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 27.7.04, 2004, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports on the first-ever national evaluation of the service and support Connexions offers to disabled young people. The evaluation has been running for two-and-a-half-years and is funded by the DfES, Learning Skills Council, and Connections. Researchers consulted 120 young disabled people, and 40 parents or carers in the Black Country, Cornwall and Devon, Humber, Nottinghamshire and south London. In addition, 108 partner agencies responded to a questionnaire, as did all the Connexions services in the study. The researchers also conducted 30 interviews with Personal Advisors.
Opportunity or exploitation?
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.3.99, 1999, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Investigates the function of social firms in offering secure employment for people who are disadvantaged in the open labour market.