Supported employment in Spain

Verdugo, M.; Urríes, Francisco de Borja Jordán de; Bellver, Fernando

doi:10.3233/jvr-1998-11308

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“…Some national studies of SE have been conducted in the past that have provided largely noncomparable data for some countries because of measures or concentration on specific client groups. These include England and Wales (Beyer et al., 1996; Beyer, 2001; Beyer, Thomas, & Thornton, 2003), Finland (Saloviita & Pirttimas, 2007), Norway (Spjelkavik, Frøyland, & Evans, 2004), the Netherlands (van Erp et al., 2007), Scotland (Hunter & Ridley, 2007;Ridley, Hunter, & Infusion Co‐operative, 2005), and Spain (Jordán de Urríes & Verdugo, 2003; Jordán de Urríes, Verdugo, & Vicent, 2005a;Verdugo & Jordán de Urríes, 2001; Verdugo, Jordán de Urríes, & Bellver, 1998b; Verdugo, Jordán de Urríes, Bellver, & Martínez, 1998a).…”

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A Comparative Study of the Situation of Supported Employment in Europe

Beyer

Urríes

Verdugo

2010

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

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Agencies offering supported employment (SE) in the European Union (EU) were surveyed using a Web‐based questionnaire in 2006. Responses were obtained from 184 organizations, primarily from Finland, Spain, and the United Kingdom (UK). The majority of respondents offered a wide range of services with 83% offering SE and about half having begun offering it in the last 5 years. The data showed many organizations offering services in addition to SE (e.g., vocational training or sheltered work provision). There was significant variation in provision of key elements of SE, particularly workplace support. This may disadvantage people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Funding of SE varied across areas, with 22% overall reliant on short‐term European funding. People with ID were the largest group of users by “minorities” in Finland and Spain. Most worked more than 24 h per week, with only a minority having permanent contracts. Hours of support were generally low. The authors conclude that funding for SE is fragile and that variations in the model used may disadvantage people with more severe ID, and thus lead to less effective SE. Fewer hours worked in the UK than elsewhere suggest a lack of harmonization of welfare benefit legislation provision across the EU, again affecting people with ID disproportionately. The study highlights the need for follow‐up studies.

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A Comparative Study of the Situation of Supported Employment in Europe

Beyer

Urríes

Verdugo

2010

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

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“…Therefore, it is necessary not only to pay attention to the development and evolution of national policies on the issue (Parmenter 1999), but also to remember that, in order to draw overall conclusions, it would be desirable to consider data from as wide a range of different countries as possible. Up to now, attention has been paid to the topic in Spain (Verdugo et al 1998;Garcia-Villamisar & Hughes 2007); although more research on individual variables which could affect labour outcome in our country still remains to be done.…”

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Identification of personal factors that determine work outcome for adults with intellectual disability

Martorell

Gutiérrez-Recacha

Pereda

et al. 2008

J intellect Disabil Res

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All the main variables considered, except IQ, turned out to be significant. Our findings should be considered encouraging, as they apparently show that both personal and social efforts can help individuals to overcome their low intellectual functioning in order to achieve access to employment. Such study highlights the importance of a prior psychopathological evaluation and efforts to enhance self-determination in order to improve work inclusion for people with ID.

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“…Supported employment is a form of inclusion into real work for people with disabilities which developed in the 1980s in the USA (Wehman et al 1987;Verdugo & Jenaro 1993;Storey & Certo 1996;Mank 1998;Verdugo et al 1998;Wehman & Bricout 1999). Lacking any clear definition or official regulation in Spain, the operative definition in this study is 'Integrated employment for people with disabilities, who haven't usually accessed the open labor market, into employers in the community, through the provision of appropriate support, inside and outside the workplace, throughout the working life of the person if necessary, and with the same features, e.g.…”

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Quality of Life of Workers with an Intellectual Disability in Supported Employment

Verdugo¹,

Urries²,

Río³

et al. 2006

J Appl Res Int Dis

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AimThis study investigate what characteristics of supported employment increase quality of life and whether quality of life is higher in supported employment workers or the sheltered ones in Spain. Typicalness, the degree to which the characteristics of a job are the same as those of co-workers without a disability in the same company, was considered as one of the supported employment characteristics in the analysis. Method Two groups were put together to obtain the data using two questionnaires that were administered by trained professionals. Correlational analysis of the data and manova were also employed. Results No differences were found between the two groups regarding quality of life but results indicate that in supported employment, high levels of typicalness are associated with a higher quality of life and that the handling of certain characteristics of support and the job, for example the hours of direct external support, are related to the enhancement of quality of life of the workers. Conclusions Workers in supported employment show the same quality of life as those in sheltered employment centers. In Spain, the greater the typicalness of the employment, the higher the quality of life. The implications of this for the amount of direct external support for workers with disability is that such support should be used only when absolutely necessary -the minimum support necessary to encourage development.

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Supported employment in Spain

Cited by 8 publications

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A Comparative Study of the Situation of Supported Employment in Europe

A Comparative Study of the Situation of Supported Employment in Europe

Identification of personal factors that determine work outcome for adults with intellectual disability

Quality of Life of Workers with an Intellectual Disability in Supported Employment

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