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A person with intellectual disability as a client of an employment office. Natural assistantship

A person with intellectual disability as a client of an employment office. Natural assistantship

Authors :
Mariola WOLAN-NOWAKOWSKA
Source :
Edukacja Ustawiczna Dorosłych, Vol 104, Iss 1, Pp 51-62 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Łukasiewicz Research Network – The Institute for Sustainable Technologies, 2019.

Abstract

The article presents the model of natural assistantship as means to adapt the offer of public employment services to the needs of people with intellectual disabilities because benefiting from the support of public sector is a basic citizen’s right. The introduction of a natural assistantship model in employment offices is in line with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The article presents the results of research carried out as part of an innovative project entitled Employment office accessible for persons with intellectual disabilities – model of natural assistantship, which was carried out by Polish Federation of Supported Employment in cooperation with employment offices in Warsaw and Wołomin, Poland.

Details

Language :
German, English, Polish, Russian
ISSN :
15076563
Volume :
104
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Edukacja Ustawiczna Dorosłych
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.6f29780d9f4420880d0090514475794
Document Type :
article