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Smoothing the path to work
- Author:
- TINDALE Sharon
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 4.10.90, 1990, pp.26-27,.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reports on the Worklink scheme in Kirklees which helps disabled people find work and prepare for it.
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.
Beyond childhood disability to adult autonomy: a seminar in honour of Professor Frederic Brimblecombe
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 4(1), 1990,
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Papers from the seminar include topics on services for disabled children; opportunities for and needs of young disabled adults in education and employment; from institutions to community care.
Employment options for the 1990s
- Author:
- ELLIS N.
- Journal article citation:
- Contact, 65, Autumn 1990, p.7,9.
- Publisher:
- Royal Assocation for Disability and Rehabilitation
Reviews "Empowerment and Training for People with Disabilities", the report of the Department of Employment on Government services to help disabled people to find and keep employment.
1992: the social dimension
- Author:
- EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 89p.,tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Luxemburg
An overview of social developments in EC Member states, stressing the importance of a 'European social area' complementing and interrelating with economic union in 1992. Includes chapters on employment, young people, disabled persons, poverty, workers' mobility and job security.
Employment: a review of the work undertaken to increase training and employment opportunities for people with disability
- Author:
- BIRMINGHAM. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Birmingham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Outlines proposals and strategy for creating and improving real employment opportunities for people with learning disabilities, including an examination of the scope for collaboration between departments within Birmingham City Council.
Women and disability: the experience of physical disability among women
- Author:
- LONSDALE Susan
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 186p.,tables,biliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Describes the experience of physical disability through detailed interviews with women of different ages, races and background. Explores the impact of gender on the process of being or becoming disabled. Analyses key social policies in the fields of employment and income generation. Concludes by considering ways in which women with disabilities can achieve greater independence and self determination.
Code of good practice on the employment of disabled people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Employment Service
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Employment Service
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 52p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Aimed primarily at personnel and other managers in both the public and private sectors. Covers the law relating to employing people with disabilities; an examination of some employer concerns about recruiting; good practice in recruitment and selection; options to consider for employees who become disabled; and guidance on drawing up a policy or policy statement. Also contains a section for directors and senior managers recommending specific policy objectives and how to achieve them.
National carers survey: care to work; vol. 2 comments from respondents taking part
- Author:
- OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
- Publisher:
- Opportunities for Women
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 165p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Volume 2 of a survey. Contains comments by the participants. Volume 1 contains report and conclusions. The survey aims to show how women and men combine employment with caring responsibilities for children, elderly people, and people with disabilities. Also looks at the role of government, and carer support schemes in the workplace, including nurseries, carer leave schemes, and flexitime, as well as asking respondents what they would like from their employers.
Social services made simple. 4th ed
- Authors:
- BYRNE Tony, PADFIELD Colin F
- Publisher:
- Heinemann
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 512p., tables, diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides a historical background to the modern welfare state, and chapters on social security, various client groups, housing, employment, offenders, social work, Social Services Departments finance, and complaints procedures.