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Managing disability in the workplace: ILO code of practice
- Author:
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE
- Publisher:
- International Labour Organisation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- Geneva
Many persons with disabilities who want to work are not given the opportunity to do so. This code addresses this and other concerns while providing guidelines for employers in disability related issues in the workplace. The code covers work related and non work related disabilities and outlines the responsibilities for improving the employment prospects of people with disabilities particularly in the areas of recruitment, return to work, job retention and opportunities for advancement.
Employers' briefing paper 15: a practical guide to managing recruitment
- Author:
- EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY
- Publisher:
- Employers' Forum on Disability
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides practical guidance for employers on the managing of recruitment of disabled people. Under the Disability and Discrimination Act the employer has a duty to make 'reasonable adjustment' if a disabled applicant is at substantial disadvantage to others. The duty applies to all aspects of employment including recruitment and selection.
Social work strategies and tactics in the workplace: socialisation of people with disabilities
- Author:
- MOXLEY David P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(3), 2002, pp.43-59.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Those social workers who offer employment services can frame job development andplacement as a process of workplace socialization in which they facilitate the inclusion of people with disabilities in mainstream work settings. This paper examines the construct of workplace socialization and offers five specific strategies and related tactics for its facilitation in the context of social work practice in disability and rehabilitation.
Employers' perceptions and practice in the employability of disabled people: a survey of companies in south east UK
- Author:
- STEVENS Geoff Ruggeri
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(7), December 2002, pp.779-796.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article reports a foundation survey of the extent of employment of disabled people in three sectors of industry--transportation, IT and financial services--in two UK counties, identifies which specific disabilities and limitations on personal skills are seen by employers as the greatest impediments to employment, proposes a new model for analysis by using a modification of established recording models and provides a springboard for further work. The survey reported here was based on structured interviews with personnel officers conducted by telephone.
Modernising the workhorse: getting the best from service users
- Author:
- SNOW Rose
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(4), August 2002, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
It is argued that discriminatory attitudes to (ex) service users may threaten modernisation as they limit and shrink the workhorse and prevent committed workers form succeeding. This article summarises the report of the first National Conference of Survivor Workers which gives senior managers the knowledge needed to increase the size and capability of the workhorse.
Support staff in a sample of Australian community-based services for people with a disability: career intentions, personal characteristics and professional development needs
- Authors:
- DEMPSEY Ian, ARTHUR Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 27(3), September 2002, pp.201-214.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Staff characteristics and training are two influential factors in the design and development of human service systems. Despite close scrutiny of these components of service delivery in a variety of disciplines, relatively little is known about staffing issues in the disability industry. This article reports the characteristics, career intentions and professional development needs of staff from a wide variety of services for people with a disability in NSW, Australia. Staff were predominantly female, male staff were much less likely to regard their future career as lying in the disability field, and there was evidence that employers were providing some training to staff that addressed their professional development needs.
Recruitment that works
- Author:
- SCOTT-PARKER Susan
- Publisher:
- Employers' Forum on Disability
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide reflects Cenrtrica's experiences of a New Deal for Disabled People project in Manchester. It provides a framework for other employers who want to attract and employ seriously disadvantaged people in the labour market. Contents include: initial planning; action; helpful insights and guidelines; employers forum on disability service level agreement; work preparation course.
Theorising disability as political subjectivity: work by the UIC Disability Collective on political subjectivities
- Authors:
- JARMAN Michelle, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(5), August 2002, pp.555-569.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Disability studies have shown how therapeutic professionals and people with disabilities occupy opposite sides of a deep cultural divide, one that artificially bisects normalcy from 'abnormalcy'. The philosophy of political subjectivity provides an opportunity to analyse the nexus that exists between institutions and those who navigate them as professionals and 'clients'. This article seeks to theorise the subject positions that emerge as a result of this often volatile intersection by offering up four critical vignettes: (1) an analysis of the systems and networks that characterise disabled transport within the Chicago Transit Authority; (2) speech therapy training and clinical practices designed for those whose articulation is diagnosed as inferior; (3) an African American clinician's analysis of disability taxonomies applied to minority wards of the state of Illinois; and (4) an analysis of scapegoating at the national level in a class-action law suit regarding the 'missed' diagnosis of disability prior to birth.