Liberated by Employment?
Ron Coleman
(Freelance Consultant in Mental Health)
Liz Ellis
(Chief Executive of Community Integrated Care)
Mike Smith
(Head of Development, Community Integrated Care and Part‐time Researcher)
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Abstract
This paper is a discussion of how an organisation providing community support developed its employment strategy to focus on gainful employment, valued employment roles, citizenship and human rights, from a traditional model with support/activity workers and sheltered employment, to social firms, employment development and supported employment at differing levels.
Citation
Coleman, R., Ellis, L. and Smith, M. (1998), "Liberated by Employment?", A Life in the Day, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 6-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/13666282199800002
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited