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A new contract for welfare: support for disabled people; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Social Security by Command of Her Majesty, October 1998
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Social Security
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Consultation paper setting out proposals on benefits for disabled people and people with a long term illness.
Does 'welfare-to-work' work? A systematic review of the effectiveness of the UK's welfare-to-work programmes for people with a disability or chronic illness
- Authors:
- BAMBRA Clare, WHITEHEAD Margaret, HAMILTON Val
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 60(9), May 2005, pp.1905-1918.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Welfare-to-work programmes promoting employment of people with a disability or chronic illness are an expanding aspect of welfare reform in the UK. This paper presents a systematic review of the evidence of the impact of UK policy initiatives on employment outcomes Both quantitative and qualitative studies were identified: 5,399 abstracts were located, from which 16 studies were critically appraised. Overall, each of the five main welfare-to-work strategies operating in the 1990s helped people with disabilities into work, who were previously on benefits. The proportion of participants gaining employment after involvement ranged from 11% to 50%, dependent on characteristics of participants, such as ‘job-readiness’, as well as wider labour market context. As most studies were uncontrolled, it was difficult to determine if the improved employment chances were due to the effectiveness of the welfare-to-work interventions themselves or to external factors. Wider impact, such as uptake of schemes as a proportion of the total target population, was weak. The qualitative components identified barriers and facilitators concerned with effective implementation, to aid design of future initiatives.
Health and employment: towards a New Deal
- Authors:
- EASTERLOW Donna, SMITH Susan J.
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 31(4), October 2003, pp.511-533.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article draws on lay perspectives to question some assumptions underpinning the government's New Deal for people with long-term illness or disability in Britain. Tracing out the interaction between health and employment trajectories, interviewees challenge the idea that over-generous benefits pave the route to non-employment. They also question the emphasis on matching skills to jobs as a pathway back to work. People experiencing ill-health do not lack the incentive to work and they are likely to be forced, rather than lured, into pensions and onto benefits. The New Deal aims to enhance labour supply, but the problems people experience are more about the organisation of work and the limited demand for their skills.
Children, poverty and disability
- Author:
- REITH Lorna
- Journal article citation:
- Poverty, 109, Summer 2001, pp.10-13.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
The Government has made an ambitious commitment to eradicating child poverty within a target of 20 years and has introduced a range of policy initiatives and increases in benefits. Asks whether these improvements will reach disabled children or children in families where a parent is long term sick or disabled, and looks at what the Government is doing to address their needs.
Strategies to promote the retention of disabled workers in eight countries
- Author:
- THORNTON Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 53, Spring 1999, pp.7-10.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Discusses job retention policy of policy makers and rehabilitation service providers in Western Europe to prevent people losing their jobs unnecessarily because of illness, injury or disability.
More than just a health issue: a review of current issues in the care of enterally-fed children living in the community
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, ROBINSON Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 7(3), April 1999, pp.216-224.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reviews the literature on support for children who are tube fed and makes a case for more co-ordinated and effective support services for families who are tube feeding a child at home. It is argued that national guidance should be developed which clarifies the position of all non-parent carers and staff who are willing to administer enteral tube feeds. Such guidance should also ensure that enterally-fed children have the same rights to educational and social services as other children and that families are given the opportunity to make informed decisions about the implications of enteral feeding prior to it being established.
Approaches to teaching health care in social work: a compendium of model syllabi
- Authors:
- COPELAND Valire Carr, et al, comps
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 155p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Alexandria, VA
Syllabi focusing on social work in health care. Contains course outlines on: case management with vulnerable populations; special fields of social work health settings; social work issues in health care; social work practice in health care settings; poverty, health and health policy; social work in health; health care issues, policies and programmes; health, illness and disability; clinical social work issues in health care; introduction to health services research; issues in maternal health; urban health care; social and preventive issues around AIDS; gender and chronic health conditions; and health care for the poor.