What Works in Wales? Developing an evidence base to inform a kitemark for employers to address the disability employment gap

背景2018年6月，DW首席执行官Rhian Davies在由学习和工作研究所Cymru和工作组组织的发布会上发表了主旨演讲，该活动旨在解决威尔士的残疾就业差距。这份报告提出了6条建议：一条是“制定威尔士残疾标准”：这是作为WG“就业能力行动计划”一部分的雇主的风筝标志。该项目将与DW合作制定一项“威尔士制造”的标准，并将重点研究三个关键问题：问题1。是什么因素导致了威尔士持续的残疾就业差距？2.演习项目使用联合制作作为一种研究方法，对残疾人的社会、经济和政治经历提供了前所未有的见解，该项目的结果如何为就业政策和实践提供参考？3.已经对残疾人就业起作用的是什么，未来的举措如何建立在现有倡议/实践的基础上，为雇主制定威尔士标准提供信息？合理现有的关于残疾就业差距的研究主要集中在残疾人失业人数上，经常推动短期的政治目标，让残疾人脱离福利，从事任何类型的工作，而忽视工作质量和职业生涯的重要性。该项目旨在突出残疾人自己认为的最佳就业做法：目前文献中的记载不足。它感兴趣的是确定促进就业的组织因素、技术因素、结构因素、经济因素或态度因素，以及代表“最佳做法”的具体举措。

ContextIn June 2018, DW Chief Executive Rhian Davies was a keynote speaker at a launch event organised by the Learning and Work Institute Cymru and the WG, to address the disability employment gap in Wales. This made 6 recommendations: one was to 'develop a Wales Disability Standard': a kitemark for employers to be part of the WG 'Employability Action Plan'. This studentship will collaborate with DW to develop a 'made-in-Wales' standard and will focus on 3 key research questions: Questions1. What factors contribute to the persistent disability employment gap in Wales?2. How can findings from the DRILL programme, which used co-production as a research methodology and provides unprecedented insights into disabled people's experiences of society, the economiy and polity, inform employment polcies and practice?3. What already works for disabled people in employment and how could future initiatives build on existing initiatives/practice to inform the development of a Welsh standard for employers?RationaleMuch existing research on the disability employment gap concentrates on the number of disabled people out of work, often driving the short term political objective of getting disabled people off benefits and into any kind of work and overlooking the importance of job quality and careers. This project aims to highlight what disabled people themselves regard as best practice in employment: currently under-documented in the literature. It is interested in identifying factors, whether organisational, technological, structural, economic or attitudinal, that facilitate employment and specific initiatives that represent 'best practice'.