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Disability, benefits and employment: a report of research carried out by the Policy Studies Institute on behalf of the Department of Health; an evaluation of Disability Working Allowance
- Authors:
- ROWLINGSON Karen, BERTHOUD Richard
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 243p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings of research carried out as part of the Department of Social Security's evaluation of Disability Working Allowance (DWA), a cash benefit designed to help disabled people to work. The research used large scale surveys and qualitative interviews to analyse how far DWA is meeting its objectives. The role of DWA is explored against the background of the overall system of disability and incapacity benefits, and the wider labour marked experiences of disabled people.
Desirable outcomes of of WORKSTEP: user and provider views
- Authors:
- MEAH Angela, THORNTON Patricia
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 110p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In this report disabled people said it was important to set themselves goals and experience achieving them. Achieving things through their jobs, they said, encouraged them to set goals outside work, like learning to travel independently or to drive. Going to work gave disabled people the chance to meet new people and make friends. This was especially important to people with learning disabilities who complained of feeling bored when ‘stuck at home’. The routine of work was important to people with mental health conditions. They said it offered a distraction from their condition and gave them a sense of an ‘ordinary life’. Disabled people said that having a job was a sign of ‘wellness’ and getting on with life.
A vocational rehabilitation intervention for young adults with physical disabilities: participants' perception of beneficial attributes
- Author:
- BAL M.I.
- Journal article citation:
- Child: Care, Health and Development, 43(1), 2017, pp.114-125.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: This paper is about a program that supports work participation amongst young adults with chronic physical disabilities. The study aims to explore the barriers and facilitators they experienced in finding and maintaining employment after starting the program, the participant-perceived beneficial attributes of the program and participants' recommendations for additional intervention components. Methods: Semi-structured interviews (n = 19) were held with former intervention participants. Interviews were recorded and transcribed ad verbatim. Themes were derived using the phenomenological approach. Results: Physical functions and capacities, supervisor's attitude, self-esteem and self-efficacy and openness and assertiveness were experienced barriers and facilitators for finding and maintaining employment. Improvement of self-promoting skills and disclosure skills through job interview-training, increased self-esteem or self-efficacy through peer-support, a suitable job through job placement, improvement of work ability through arrangement of adjusted work conditions and change of supervisor's attitude through education provided to the supervisor were perceived as beneficial attributes of the intervention. Respondents recommended to incorporate assertiveness and openness skills training into future intervention programs. Conclusions: The findings suggest that programs supporting work participation should be designed to provide challenging, real-world experiential opportunities that provide young adults with physical disabilities with new insights, self-efficacy and life skills. Also, such programs should facilitate context centred learning. Former intervention participants evaluated job-interview training, sharing learning and social experiences with peers, job placement, arrangement of adjusted work conditions and education as beneficial attributes of the ‘At Work’ program. In addition, they recommended incorporating more training on assertiveness and disclosure. (Edited publisher abstract)
Workers with disabilities and the challenges of emotional labour
- Author:
- WILTON Robert D.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 23(4), June 2008, pp.361-373.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper explores the implications of emotional labour for workers with disabilities, drawing on qualitative data from interviews with 59 respondents who had disabilities and who worked in service sector occupations. The analysis illustrates that employer demands for emotional labour may prove difficult for workers with a range of disabilities, including psychiatric diagnoses, learning difficulties and physical impairments. Analysis also points to the ways in which the non-accommodating nature of many workplaces often forces workers with disabilities to engage in "extra" emotion work in the interests of fitting in and concealing/downplaying their impairments.
Work after stroke: focusing on barriers and enablers
- Authors:
- LOCK Sarah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(1), January 2005, pp.33-47.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Previous research on work after stroke has used quantitative methods and a medical model approach to identify factors that influence return to work. This study uses an inclusive, qualitative methodology (focus groups) to begin to explore stroke survivors' own perspectives about what helps and hinders paid or voluntary work after stroke. The research was conducted in partnership with Different Strokes, a British organisation of stroke survivors. Five focus group discussions were held with 37 stroke survivors and 12 of their supporters. Data was analysed using an adapted Framework approach to identify themes within and across individuals and groups. Factors representing barriers to or enablers of work were identified in four key themes: rehabilitation process, employer agency, social structural and personal. The study found evidence of social oppression via infrastructure, institutional structures and practices, and some individuals' attitudes. Alongside this, some supportive individuals, practices and strategies were identified.
Celebrating diversity: Scope annual review 2002/03
- Author:
- SCOPE
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Annual report. Scope’s membership, consisting of disabled people, their families, carers and representatives of over 250 affiliated groups, elect members of Executive Council, which also has co-opted trustees.The Council is supported by 13 Partnership Committees around England and Wales, the majority of which are chaired by local disabled people. The Committees, supported by Community Teams, contribute to the outcomes of the organisation's national work and also establish their own plans to support over 1,000 groups and organisations that address needs identified by disabled people locally. Scope's schools and college are supported by seven governing bodies, made up of parents, community representatives and staff. At least 3.4% of Scope staff state they are disabled.
Disability
- Author:
- THORNTON Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, October 2001, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Disabled people face many physical barriers in the home, in participating in sport and exercise and in employment. Looks at a range of recent research which examined housing adaptations and home equipment, practical support in employment, opportunites for young people to participate in sport and physcial activity among disabled adults.
Disability and isolation: a joint SSI/Arthritis Care study of isolated people with arthritis
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate, ARTHRITIS CARE
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 26p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report outlining the main concerns expressed by a sample of disabled people and their carers and identifying issues for service delivery, mainly in health and social services, but also for transport, education, housing and employment.
Disability and social change: private lives and public policies
- Authors:
- SHAH Sonali, PRIESTLY Mark
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Combining critical policy analysis with biographical accounts, this book provides a socio-historical account of the changing treatment of disabled people in Britain from the 1940s to the present day. It explores how public policies and institutional care have influenced the types of life-choices and the opportunities available to people. It also asks whether life has really changed for disabled people. A key strength of the book is how it uses biographical methods in new and critical ways to examine social and historical change over time. Chapters cover: Policy, history and biography; Telling stories; Keeping it in the family; Living with medicine; Learning about life; and Working for a living. Especially relevant for researchers, students and policy makers.
Young disabled people: aspirations, choices and constraints
- Author:
- SHAH Sonali
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 124p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Based on research funded by the European Social Fund, this publication examines the career-related decisions and aspirations of young disabled people. A comparison is made between young disabled people in special and mainstream education in relation to the origins of their career-related decisions, and their perceptions of how they will achieve their goals. The book also covers social and personal factors that may act as barriers to young people's choices, such as disabling barriers (physical, social and attitudinal), impairment, friends, family background and relationships, education system, government policy and the expectations of others.