Re-conceptualising welfare-to-work for people with multiple problems and needs

Hartley Dean

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Abstract: One of the acknowledged limitations of British welfare-to-work policies has been that they do not necessarily succeed in assisting people with multiple problems and needs. This article will first examine conflicting aspects of welfare-to-work policies and the conflict between welfare-to-work and the concept of work–life balance, particularly as this may apply to people whose lives are especially difficult. Secondly, the article reports on the general findings of a small scale qualitative study of the labour market experiences of people with multiple problems and needs and, more particularly, an analysis of the discursive strategies used by participants in the study. The article concludes with some observations about how welfare-to-work might be re-conceptualised to accommodate ontological as well as practical life needs.

JEL-codes: J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-07
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Published in Journal of Social Policy, July, 2003, 32(3), pp. 441-459. ISSN: 0047-2794

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