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Raised horizons
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.5.07, 2007, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reports on how measures to help disabled people into work are being hindered by employers' attitudes and a lack of confidence among those wanting to work.
Evaluation of residential training provision
- Authors:
- GRIFFITHS Rita, DURKIN Stuart, MITCHELL Alison
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 117p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Residential training is an employment programme designed to help long-term unemployed adults with disabilities and serious health conditions who are unable to access suitable local training to move off benefits into sustained employment or self-employment. This evaluation looks at the effectiveness of the programme.
Constrained labour: material employment when children have disabilities
- Authors:
- GORDON Meg, ROSENMAN Linda, CUSKELLY Monica
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 20(3), May 2007, pp.236-246.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study compared the workforce participation levels of mothers with and without dependent children with disabilities to provide recent data that could be considered representative of the range of families with dependent children with disabilities. Secondary cross-sectional data from a representative Australian household survey were used and subject to quantitative analysis. Significantly lower levels of workforce participation were found among mothers of children with disabilities compared with mothers without children with disabilities. There was no evidence of a lesser desire to work. Mother's partnership status and having a child with a severe/profound activity limitation each impacted on the nature of the differences in level of workforce participation. The results raise concerns about the particularly low levels of part-time work among some mothers of children with disabilities, and about the impact of having a child with severe/profound activity limitations. Questions are raised about the impact of sole parent status in combination with having a child with a disability.
Living the dream
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.02.07, 2007, p.30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Pathways Community Interest Company is a social enterprise providing personalised training to people with mental health problems and physical disabilities. They also work with employers to help them address discrimination. The author looks at the work of the company, which operates throughout Cheshire and the Wirral.
Helping people achieve their full potential: improving specialist disability employment services: public consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 88p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Central proposals in the consultation include developing and enhancing the role of Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentre Plus so that each individual gets support that is tailored to their needs to help them achieve their employment goals; and moving away from separate programmes of support such as the Job Introduction Scheme, Work Preparation and WORKSTEP towards a single integrated programme which provides a more personalised employment service for disabled people. The proposals in the consultation complement other major reforms by the DWP aimed at supporting those who need the most help to find, retain and progress in work; including the modernisation of Remploy, Pathways to Work and a Flexible New Deal all of which will offer additional specialist help for people with greater support needs.
Discrimination law handbook
- Authors:
- PALMER Camilla, et al
- Publisher:
- Legal Action Group
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 866p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
Since the publication of the first edition of Discrimination Law Handbook there have been major changes to anti-discrimination law, with new definitions and new rights against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, religion or belief and age. The scope of the Disability Discrimination Act has been increased and public authorities have new positive duties to promote disability equality and gender equality. There is far greater protection from discrimination both in employment and in other areas of people's lives, but never has it been more difficult to understand and advise on the law, scattered as it is in a variety of Acts, regulations, Codes of Practice and Directives. Written by a team of discrimination and law experts, Discrimination Law Handbook navigates this complex route map. It is the only fully comprehensive, up-to-date guide to anti-discrimination laws. It provides an unrivalled blend of authoritative guidance, detailed explanation of UK and EU law and practical, accessible advice.
A question of sport
- Author:
- VERERS Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.6.07, 2007, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
To mark National Childcare Week, the author asks whether the measures to make it easier for the parents of disabled children to return to work go far enough.
Employment support agencies in the UK: current operation and future development needs
- Authors:
- WISTOW Richard, SCHNEIDER Justine
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 15(2), March 2007, pp.128-135.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Disabled people are amongst the most excluded in society, while people with learning disability have the lowest rates of employment. Supported employment promises to address the gaps, but it is a new approach, one whose development has been incremental. The present authors explore some of the features of agencies providing employment support to disabled people, together with their managers' views. This paper describes semi structured telephone interviews with the managers of 31 employment support agencies. The survey sought to understand the types of service provided, the staff and caseload numbers, the training offered, and the targets used. The authors also asked the managers what would help them in delivering employment opportunities to disabled people. The responses of the managers highlight gaps between current policy and practice. Particular attention is given to the use of targets, fragmented funding and what managers consider is required to improve employment opportunities for disabled people. Managers endorsed the vision expressed in current policy, and identified numerous obstacles to its implementation in employment support. Taken together, their views can be used to guide the development of supported employment.