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Employment support agencies in the UK
— current operation and future development needs | | Author(s) | Richard Wistow, Justine Schneider |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 15, no 2, March 2007 |
| Pages | pp 128-135 |
| Source | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Employment bureaux ; Managers ; Attitude ; Employment schemes [elderly] ; Cognitive impairment ; Physical disabilities ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Disabled people are amongst the most excluded in society, while people with learning disabilities have the lowest rates of employment. Supported employment is a new approach to tackling this problem; however, its development has been incremental. In this article, the authors explore some of the features of agencies providing employment support to disabled people. They also describe the views of managers of 31 employment support agencies, based on semi-structured telephone interviews. 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 managers what would help them in delivering employment opportunities to disabled people. Managers' responses 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 implementation in employment support. Taken together, their views can be used to guide the development of supported employment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070413236 A |
| Classmark | WJ2: T6: DP: GD: E4: BN: 3F |
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