What works? Flexibility as a Work-Participation Strategy for People with Addiction and Mental-Health Problems
For many years the education and training of people with addictions and mental-health problems have been a key strategy to assist people to find ordinary jobs. This strategy is largely concerned with adapting people to the requirements of the workplace. An alternative strategy can also be envisaged,...
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2015-09-01
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| description | For many years the education and training of people with addictions and mental-health problems have been a key strategy to assist people to find ordinary jobs. This strategy is largely concerned with adapting people to the requirements of the workplace. An alternative strategy can also be envisaged, where the workplace adapts to the possibilities and resources of the people (Hansen, 2009). In this article, we raise the following question: how is it possible to adapt workplaces for people with addiction and mental-health problems? Here we highlight the experiences of a workplace that focuses on adapting to employees’ capabilities and resources. The data collection consists both of 12 interviews with managers and workers and of participant observation of the workplace. Our answer to our question is that this is possible because the workplace is flexible in the way that they adapt their demands to the workers’ resources. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9827c4e0614541f795d38beaad5059762025-08-20T02:10:09ZengScandinavian University PressNordic Journal of Social Research1892-27832015-09-01610.7577/njsr.20861265What works? Flexibility as a Work-Participation Strategy for People with Addiction and Mental-Health ProblemsGunnar Vold Hansen0Ragnhild Fugletveit1Petter A Arvesen2Høgskolen i Østfold Avdeling for helse- og sosialfagHøgskolen i Østfold Avdeling for helse- og sosialfagHøgskolen i Østfold Avdeling for helse- og sosialfagFor many years the education and training of people with addictions and mental-health problems have been a key strategy to assist people to find ordinary jobs. This strategy is largely concerned with adapting people to the requirements of the workplace. An alternative strategy can also be envisaged, where the workplace adapts to the possibilities and resources of the people (Hansen, 2009). In this article, we raise the following question: how is it possible to adapt workplaces for people with addiction and mental-health problems? Here we highlight the experiences of a workplace that focuses on adapting to employees’ capabilities and resources. The data collection consists both of 12 interviews with managers and workers and of participant observation of the workplace. Our answer to our question is that this is possible because the workplace is flexible in the way that they adapt their demands to the workers’ resources.https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/njsr/article/view/2086workaddictions and mental disordersflexibilityIntegration and normalizationUser participation and resource orientation |
| spellingShingle | Gunnar Vold Hansen Ragnhild Fugletveit Petter A Arvesen What works? Flexibility as a Work-Participation Strategy for People with Addiction and Mental-Health Problems Nordic Journal of Social Research work addictions and mental disorders flexibility Integration and normalization User participation and resource orientation |
| title | What works? Flexibility as a Work-Participation Strategy for People with Addiction and Mental-Health Problems |
| title_full | What works? Flexibility as a Work-Participation Strategy for People with Addiction and Mental-Health Problems |
| title_fullStr | What works? Flexibility as a Work-Participation Strategy for People with Addiction and Mental-Health Problems |
| title_full_unstemmed | What works? Flexibility as a Work-Participation Strategy for People with Addiction and Mental-Health Problems |
| title_short | What works? Flexibility as a Work-Participation Strategy for People with Addiction and Mental-Health Problems |
| title_sort | what works flexibility as a work participation strategy for people with addiction and mental health problems |
| topic | work addictions and mental disorders flexibility Integration and normalization User participation and resource orientation |
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