Part of the government’s strategy for ‘Tackling drug misuse’ is to assist ‘people who have graduated from drug treatment programmes into the labour market’ (UKDAC, n.d., p.26). In June 2002, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) commissioned the Centre for Research in Social Policy to undertake a study of the support needs of substance users, including drug, alcohol and drug and alcohol users, in Britain. The study also sought to estimate the number, and describe the demographic and socio-economic characteristics, of substance users who are claiming social security benefits and living in private households
In this paper the employment of Scottish and English self-reporting drug users is considered using d...
Unemployment is one of the determining factors for the tendency of addicts to relapse. However, rese...
Service users in the social care sector affected by substance use need a workforce which is skilled ...
This report contains the findings of a literature review commissioned as part of a larger research p...
Problematic drug use is entwined with other social problems. Although vocational assistance is recog...
Drug and alcohol use as barriers to employment: a review of the literature This item was submitted t...
The relationship between alcohol misuse, employment and unemployment is complex. Alcohol misuse is c...
The New Labour government in Britain has introduced a major programme of welfare to work, known as t...
Studies have shown that up to 80% of problem drug users (PDUs) are unemployed, yet work has been sho...
Employment-INTEGRA, a human resource initiative of the E.U. was launched in 1995 to promote the inte...
This report presents a model of reintegration for former drug users based on two years of learning f...
<p>It is estimated that there are approximately 330,000 adults in England who use drugs such a...
This study, using data from the British Crime Survey (BCS), examines the effect of drug use on occup...
Increasing the conditionality of welfare benefits is a growing trend in many developed countries, pa...
Data from a previous study of 1036 young people in the Lothian region that indicated an association ...
In this paper the employment of Scottish and English self-reporting drug users is considered using d...
Unemployment is one of the determining factors for the tendency of addicts to relapse. However, rese...
Service users in the social care sector affected by substance use need a workforce which is skilled ...
This report contains the findings of a literature review commissioned as part of a larger research p...
Problematic drug use is entwined with other social problems. Although vocational assistance is recog...
Drug and alcohol use as barriers to employment: a review of the literature This item was submitted t...
The relationship between alcohol misuse, employment and unemployment is complex. Alcohol misuse is c...
The New Labour government in Britain has introduced a major programme of welfare to work, known as t...
Studies have shown that up to 80% of problem drug users (PDUs) are unemployed, yet work has been sho...
Employment-INTEGRA, a human resource initiative of the E.U. was launched in 1995 to promote the inte...
This report presents a model of reintegration for former drug users based on two years of learning f...
<p>It is estimated that there are approximately 330,000 adults in England who use drugs such a...
This study, using data from the British Crime Survey (BCS), examines the effect of drug use on occup...
Increasing the conditionality of welfare benefits is a growing trend in many developed countries, pa...
Data from a previous study of 1036 young people in the Lothian region that indicated an association ...
In this paper the employment of Scottish and English self-reporting drug users is considered using d...
Unemployment is one of the determining factors for the tendency of addicts to relapse. However, rese...
Service users in the social care sector affected by substance use need a workforce which is skilled ...