An Employment Project as a Route to Social Inclusion for People with Learning Difficulties?

Gosling, V and Cotterill, L (2002) An Employment Project as a Route to Social Inclusion for People with Learning Difficulties? Learning Disability Bulletin.

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Abstract

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 the North West of England for people with learning difficulties, which sought to create opportunities for paid and/or integrated 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. Social welfare policies also mitigate against this aim, by failing to enable providers to translate the rhetoric of social inclusion into a reality. We discuss some of the obstacles preventing people with learning difficulties from inclusion into mainstream employment, by considering their impact upon the achievements of the North West project.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Source:HEG-endnote12-09 Note:
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Depositing User: EPrints Services
Date Deposited: 25 Nov 2010 11:11
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2010 05:16
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/14185
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