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Personal safety
- Author:
- SCOPE
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Personal safety for physically disabled people is about recognising possible dangers and knowing what steps can be taken to stay safe.
Adoption preparation differences between adoptive families of children with and without special needs
- Authors:
- WIND Leslie H., BARTH Richard P., BROOKS Devon
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 8(4), 2005, pp.45-74.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
A sizable proportion of special needs adoptions result in a disruption/dissolution or a displacement. Researchers emphasize the importance of comprehensive preparation to support adoption adjustment. This article examines the differential receipt of preparatory services based upon child and family characteristics and the child's risk history. Analyses of three types of preparatory services identified through factor analysis, including general, biological, and behavioral information/ services, confirm differential preparation of adoptive families. However, three variables were predictive of receipt of all types of preparation, including type of adoption, kinship status, and pre-adoptive risk history. Implications for practice and research are presented. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Business support strategies for improving retention and reintegration of disabled employees in SMEs: a review of evidence and recommendations for pilot delivery within action two of the London Workforce Futures Equal Programme
- Author:
- TRINOVA
- Publisher:
- London Workforce Futures Partnership
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 93p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The London Workforce Futures Equal Development Partnership aims to develop a new coherent strategic policy framework and a co-ordinated best practice service model to address the identified needs of both SME employers and disabled employees for more responsive and flexible support, to reduce the current perceived fragmentation of service delivery. The programme of work specifically focuses on: the needs of SMEs; to enable them to adapt to the needs of workforce members. This will include an emphasis on implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act; the needs of disabled people (particularly those with mental ill-health) from black and minority ethnic communities, older people and lone parents; piloting innovative models of support using an employer-focused approach, new strategies, solutions and competency models (to enable effective reintegration and retention of employees who are suffering from physical or mental health problems as well as those who are at risk of drop-out from the workforce due to physical or mental stress)
Jobless or working poor in the Kyrgyz labour market: what role for social policies?
- Authors:
- BERNABE Sabine, KOLEV Alexandre
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 39(4), August 2005, pp.409-430.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper attempts to identify the multiple aspects of vulnerability in the Kyrgyz labour market. Particular attention is devoted to the working poor and precarious workers. This analysis is undertaken using the Kyrgyz Poverty Monitoring Survey, which is the only survey to date that allows a comprehensive analysis of poverty and labour market outcomes in the Kyrgyz Republic. The period under investigation covers the years 1997 to 1998, for which data are available. The results point to the extreme vulnerability of individuals with less education and women, who cumulated a high risk of being unemployed, of remaining longer in unemployment, of being discouraged unemployed and, if employed, of being low-paid or working in precarious jobs. Other groups facing a high risk of exclusion, both from and within employment, were people with disabilities, individuals living in rural or depressed areas, young people and internal migrants. The multiple aspects of vulnerability in the Kyrgyz labour market, in particular the large overlap between work and poverty, have important implications for the design of effective social policies.