Decent Work and Social Inclusion for People with Disability and Vulnerability: From the Soft Skills to the Involvement of the Context

2018 ◽  
pp. 303-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Santilli ◽  
Maria Cristina Ginevra ◽  
Laura Nota ◽  
Salvatore Soresi
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
People With Disability

scholarly journals Taking a Just Transition Approach to Practical Decision Making

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia Sharman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
Transition Approach ◽  
Practical Sense

A just transition that achieves decent work for all, social inclusion and poverty eradication is unlikely to occur without active guidance. Much of the focus for making a just transition a reality is at a more abstract policy scale, and a gap exists for concrete guidance in achieving a just transition in a practical sense. This article provides two frameworks – at a project scale, and at an organisational scale – for assessing alignment with a just transition. It uses the example of energy to illustrate both the scale of the challenge being faced, and how such frameworks could be applied in practice.

Daily life in National Disability Insurance Scheme times: Parenting a child with Down syndrome and the disability politics in everyday places

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 532-548
Author(s):  
Belinda Jane Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Insurance Scheme ◽  
Full Inclusion ◽  
People With Disability ◽  
Regular Family ◽  
Children With Intellectual Disability

Social inclusion for people with disability is bound up with experiences of place in everyday life. In Australia, the inclusion agenda has been recently propelled by the National Disability Insurance Scheme which promotes – and funds – the full inclusion of people with disability so that their lives are conducted in everyday settings. This article addresses what lies between the aspirational policy principles of full inclusion and the experience of family life with a young child who has Down syndrome. Through auto-ethnographic inquiry, a series of vignettes describe my own encounters in everyday places such as shops, childcare centres and public swimming pools. I focus on ‘sense of place’ which is generated through everyday practices and can shape individual identity and belonging. Using ideas from feminist poststructuralism and critical disability studies, I argue that ableist discourses on disability are produced by people in everyday places through their attitudes, actions and expectations, disrupting regular family life and imposing oppressive modes of subjectivity upon children with intellectual disability and their parent-carers. In response, parents of children with intellectual disability are challenged to undertake the political labour of everyday disability advocacy. It is important for social work to recognise that this labour can become a significant part of the contemporary parent-carer role.

Making Space for Social Integration

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annick Janson ◽  
Melissa Janson
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
People With Disability ◽  
Specific Barriers

<p>This work tested an ‘Intentional invitation’ mechanism to facilitate social integration in a small scale setting. Working with community organisations to design inclusive environments, we identified and addressed specific barriers to social inclusion and designed a series of interventions to foster engagement, from early intervention to in-situ encounters during creative community pop-up events. Intentional invitations proved effective in facilitating the engagement of people with disability. This in turn allowed for authentic interactions between all participants to unfold in a community setting. </p> <p> </p> <p>Data collected via participant observation and interviews reveal new perspectives about disability and experiences of togetherness. Our aim was to facilitate engagement of people with disability as a channel for authentic contribution bringing potential societal gain within our communities. Findings point to possible changes in professional practice that would encompass intentional invitation mechanisms under the Keys to Citizenship (Duffy, 2015) framework. </p>

Making Space for Social Integration

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annick Janson ◽  
Melissa Janson
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
People With Disability ◽  
Specific Barriers

<p>This work tested an ‘Intentional invitation’ mechanism to facilitate social integration in a small scale setting. Working with community organisations to design inclusive environments, we identified and addressed specific barriers to social inclusion and designed a series of interventions to foster engagement, from early intervention to in-situ encounters during creative community pop-up events. Intentional invitations proved effective in facilitating the engagement of people with disability. This in turn allowed for authentic interactions between all participants to unfold in a community setting. </p> <p> </p> <p>Data collected via participant observation and interviews reveal new perspectives about disability and experiences of togetherness. Our aim was to facilitate engagement of people with disability as a channel for authentic contribution bringing potential societal gain within our communities. Findings point to possible changes in professional practice that would encompass intentional invitation mechanisms under the Keys to Citizenship (Duffy, 2015) framework. </p>

Self-advocacy as a form of volunteerism of people with disability

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-82
Author(s):  
Iwona Nowakowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Participation ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Self Advocacy ◽  
Models Of Disability ◽  
The Social ◽  
People With Disability ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Volunteer Engagement

Self-advocacy is both a competence necessary for independent adult life and a form of activity of people with disability in terms of exercising their rights to self-determine. It is also a form of social inclusion and participation, often having a character of volunteer engagement of people with disability in work for their minority group. Although the access of people with disability to the sphere of supporting other people is still limited, self-advocacy seems to be a promising form of changing that. In this article self-advocacy and volunteering are discussed in the context of models of disability. The ways how self-advocacy brings to life the functions of volunteerism which concern the creation of self and benefits for the society in general are described. Conclusions are derived with regard to the meaning of self-advocacy and volunteerism in supporting the social participation of people with disability.

Entrepreneurial microcredit support: the silver bullet for microenterprises success. The case of funds Mauricie in Quebec

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-597
Author(s):  
Ayi Gavriel Ayayi ◽  
Chantale Sidohon Dali
Keyword(s):  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Entrepreneurial Spirit ◽  
Constructivist Perspective

Purpose This study aims to propose a model of entrepreneurial microcredit support that could address the problem of entrepreneurial support provided by microfinance institutions. This objective is justified by the need to produce scientific knowledge that could be of use to practitioners and political decision-makers who formulate and implement strategies of social inclusion and poverty reduction. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a socio-constructivist research perspective. Social constructivism is a theoretical approach that posits that all social reality is constructed. In other words, individuals construct their knowledge of reality relative to their social setting. This justifies the use of the focus group to supplement and validate the data gathered in an individual interview. The socio-constructivist perspective allows us to better understand and develop knowledge based on the meaning that interviewees attribute to their experience. This perspective also justifies the choice of qualitative data collection method. The data were collected during semi-structured interviews. Findings Entrepreneurial microcredit support is distinguished from classic entrepreneurial support because it places the individual at the center of the process by emphasizing soft skills in the development of the entrepreneurial spirit. This approach engenders an efficient support process that comprises three main steps: determination of entrepreneurial potential, empowerment and reinforcement of autonomy and acquisition of managerial skills. The efficiency stems from the fact that the time factor is not a constraint in the entrepreneurial microcredit support process and from the relationship of proximity and trust between the credit agent and the micro-entrepreneur. Originality/value To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to deal with the entrepreneurial microcredit support, which is completely different from the classical entrepreneurial support because of the uniqueness of microfinance and micro-entrepreneurs. The model clearly reveals that the support for the development of the skills required to successfully run a microenterprise is provided based on a socio-constructivist approach in which the micro-entrepreneur is the main actor in the construction of “mobilized knowledge” required to nurture promoters’ entrepreneurial spirit. Consideration of soft skills in a socio-constructivist perspective is, therefore, indispensable for entrepreneurial development.

scholarly journals Association Amal Al Mansour: Supporting vulnerable youth into work every step of the way

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Vulnerable Youth ◽  
Professional Goals ◽  
Law Degree

Oxfam’s Youth Participation and Employment (YPE) project helped Hind, a young woman in Morocco, to enter the labour market. Though she is educated, her skills were insufficient to get a job. The Amal Al Mansour Association, a YPE partner, helped her with practical training in developing soft skills and accessing the formal labour market. With support from the Association, she got a job in the retail sector. Her current job is a stepping-stone to achieving her personal and professional goals. She wants to obtain her law degree and find a stable job in line with her qualifications. In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, the number of available jobs has decreased, and it is hard to get a full-time salaried position. Hind is hopeful that the YPE programme can help young people in Morocco through advocating for decent work for vulnerable young people.

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