Employability and problem drug users

P A Kemp; J Neale

doi:10.1177/0261018305048966

Employability and problem drug users

P A Kemp, J Neale

The York Management School

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Abstract

The New Labour government in Britain has introduced a major programme of welfare to work, known as the New Deal, which aims to help unemployed and economically inactive people into paid work. Although welfare to work programmes may be appropriate for those who are more or less job ready, it is less clear that they are suitable for hard-to-help groups with multiple disadvantages. This article draws on new survey evidence from Scotland to question the suitability of welfare to work for problem drug users. It demonstrates that many people using drug treatment services suffer from a range of serious personal, health, lifestyle, and other problems that would need to be addressed before they are in a position either to complete welfare to work programmes successfully or to take up and retain paid employment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-46
Number of pages	19
Journal	Critical Social Policy
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018305048966
Publication status	Published - Feb 2005

Keywords

employment
hard-to-help
multiple disadvantage
New Deal
welfare to work
CONSEQUENCES
PEOPLE
SF-36
CRIME

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