Supported Employment: A Case Study to Highlight Experiences and to Inform Support Practices

Gemma Bend

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-42966-9_10

Supported Employment: A Case Study to Highlight Experiences and to Inform Support Practices

Gemma Bend

Open University

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Abstract

Regardless of the route to enter employment disabled employees are likely to experience ableism, where they are discriminated because of their difference in abilities compared with abled-bodied individuals. By drawing on the data from ethnographic field notes and semi-structured interviews this chapter analyses the daily workings of, and the experiences of individuals who work in a manufacturing sheltered employment workshop that accommodates disabled employees in the UK. Four themes are discussed: capability and possibility; disability as an asset; support: assistance or hindrance; and transition: moving on from sheltered employment. Finally based on the data analysed recommendations are made for organizations and employers that promote inclusive employment practices to support disabled employees.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Handbook of Disability at Work
Editors	Sandra L. Fielden, Mark E. Moore, Gemma L. Bend
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	10
Pages	169-185
Number of pages	17
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030429669
ISBN (Print)	9783030429652, 9783030429683
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42966-9_10
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2020
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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