‘[We] have to do differently and better, [we] have to change’: a literature review on facilitators of meaningful and sustainable employment for people with disabilities

Hopkins, Sophie

‘[We] have to do differently and better, [we] have to change’: a literature review on facilitators of meaningful and sustainable employment for people with disabilities

Hopkins, Sophie

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Issue Date:: 2020-05

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Hopkins, Sophie
dc.date.accessioned	2020-05-29T02:17:23Z
dc.date.available	2020-05-29T02:17:23Z
dc.date.issued	2020-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/140985
dc.description.abstract	The literature review aims to answer the research question: what are the characteristics of current good practice in employment programs for people with disabilities? The paper reviews literature from 2013 to 2018 to identify the barriers to and facilitators of meaningful employment for people with disabilities. Eight good practice characteristics, derived from the literature, are explored in detail. Characteristics identified are interconnected and do not exist in isolation from each other. These characteristics include: consultation with people with disabilities; focus on capabilities; senior management support; inclusive recruitment and hiring practices; workplace adjustments/customised supports; mentoring/natural support; reducing bias in the workplace; and increasing knowledge of disabilities amongst staff.
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	UTS ePRESS	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	UTS Shopfront Student Series;No. 4
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	© 2020 in the text, Sophie Hopkins
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	People with disabilities -- Employment	en_US
dc.title	‘[We] have to do differently and better, [we] have to change’: a literature review on facilitators of meaningful and sustainable employment for people with disabilities	en_US
dc.type	Research Report
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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The literature review aims to answer the research question: what are the characteristics of current good practice in employment programs for people with disabilities? The paper reviews literature from 2013 to 2018 to identify the barriers to and facilitators of meaningful employment for people with disabilities. Eight good practice characteristics, derived from the literature, are explored in detail. Characteristics identified are interconnected and do not exist in isolation from each other. These characteristics include: consultation with people with disabilities; focus on capabilities; senior management support; inclusive recruitment and hiring practices; workplace adjustments/customised supports; mentoring/natural support; reducing bias in the workplace; and increasing knowledge of disabilities amongst staff.

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