An employment project as a route to social inclusion for people with learning difficulties?
By: Gosling, Vashti.
Contributor(s): Cotterill, Lesley.
Series: Disability & Society 15 (7) 2000: 1001-1018.Publisher: 2000Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): SOCIAL INTEGRATION | EMPLOYMENT | EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES | BARRIERSSummary: Government policy to reduce social exclusion focuses on increasing employment opportunities and incentives especially for disadvantaged groups. This paper discusses the findings of an evaluation of a project in England for people with learning difficulties, which sought to create opportunities for paid and/or intergrated employment. The findings suggest that this goal can be undermined by many factors such as the isolation of social care services from employers and the disinclination of service organisations to include users, carers and staff in the development of new service approaches. [AJ]Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Government policy to reduce social exclusion focuses on increasing employment opportunities and incentives especially for disadvantaged groups. This paper discusses the findings of an evaluation of a project in England for people with learning difficulties, which sought to create opportunities for paid and/or intergrated employment. The findings suggest that this goal can be undermined by many factors such as the isolation of social care services from employers and the disinclination of service organisations to include users, carers and staff in the development of new service approaches. [AJ]
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