People with mental health conditions and Pathways to Work
By Maria Hudson, Kathryn Ray, Sandra Vegeris and Sheere Brooks
This report presents findings from a qualitative research project carried out as part of a wider evaluation of Jobcentre Plus Pathways to Work. The study was conducted in 2008 and 2009 to explore how Jobcentre Plus Pathways to Work may better meet the needs of the heterogeneous mental health client group.
The study was conducted by researchers from the Policy Studies Institute and deployed an iterative qualitative research design including interviews with a range of Jobcentre Plus and non-Jobcentre Plus staff working with people with mental health conditions, incapacity benefit claimants with mental health conditions and strategic and service provider workshops.
The study focused on the key areas of Jobcentre Plus and non-Jobcentre Plus staff perceptions and experiences of working with people with mental health conditions and Pathways to Work; clients' attitudes towards and beliefs about work; their experiences and perceptions of Work Focused Interviews, and of referrals and other services and issues in entering and sustaining paid work.>/p>
July 2009 130 pages 297x210mm
ISBN 978-1-84712-603-0
(520KB)