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abstract: 'Background: Supported Employment has been advocated for by successive
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governments and policymakers alike as the best approach to employment
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inclusion for people with an intellectual disability who are in receipt
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of social care. Yet only 5.2\% of this demographic are in any form of
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work and these numbers have been persistently stagnant for many years.
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Aims: This study aimed to explore the employment landscape and grapple
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with the intersecting layers of policy consequence for people who have
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an intellectual disability, and are in receipt of social care, who wish
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to engage with work preparation employment support.
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Methods: As an active participant in the field, this study was
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ethnographic and conducted at a new job club that had been established
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in England. In addition, three further sites of complementary data were
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explored in Wales, through interviews and focus groups.
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Findings: This study demonstrates that there is a mismatch between how
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evidence informs policy, and how funding is allocated to support with
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work preparation. Those unable to secure Supported Employment services
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are, instead, navigating extreme employment disadvantage and scant
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opportunities, in the open labour market. Further, bound up in this
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analysis is evidence of a non-universal understanding of waged work
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where any form of financial remuneration is welcome.
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Discussion and conclusion: Overall, with a mismatch between evidence
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that informs policy, policy rhetoric, realistic employment prospects,
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and available work, without a fundamental employment policy shift, the
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very low employment rates within this demographic will not increase.'
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affiliation: 'Dearing, K (Corresponding Author), Cardiff Univ, Cardiff, S Glam, Wales.
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Dearing, Kim, Cardiff Univ, Cardiff, S Glam, Wales.'
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author: Dearing, Kim
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author-email: dearingka@cardiff.ac.uk
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author_list:
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- family: Dearing
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given: Kim
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1332/174426421X16140992285741
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eissn: 1744-2656
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files: []
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issn: 1744-2648
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journal: EVIDENCE \& POLICY
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keywords: Intellectual disability; employment; wages; ethnography
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keywords-plus: 'SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT; LEARNING-DISABILITIES; MENTAL-RETARDATION;
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SELF-DETERMINATION; ADULTS; IMPACT; NEEDS; LIFE; UK'
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language: English
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month: MAY
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '51'
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pages: 261-277
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papis_id: 4ee5a84e4d5edb57e6247b35c92855a9
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ref: Dearing2021exploringnonuniversa
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researcherid-numbers: Dearing, Kim/HSG-3804-2023
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times-cited: '5'
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title: 'Exploring a non-universal understanding of waged work and its consequences:
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sketching out employment activation for people with an intellectual disability'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000652462800005
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '1'
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volume: '17'
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web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
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year: '2021'
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