Social workers play a key role in supporting the labour market inclusion of disabled people. Nevertheless, we know little about how they perceive the barriers that disabled people face and their role in addressing them. In particular, we need to know more about the extent to which they adopt an individualised versus a social model of disability. To address this gap, semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty-three Israeli social workers providing employment-related services via public and non-profit organisations. A thematic analysis revealed that the participants tended to view their clients’ barriers as related to individual characteristics, including their impairment, level of functioning and soft skills. Whereas social barriers were acknowledged as well, these were usually framed as related to employers’ attitudes, including ignorance, stigma, fear and distrust. In addition, recognition of these social barriers was usually detached from the social workers’ daily, individualised practices.

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残疾人和劳动力市场障碍：以色列社会工作者的观点

社会工作者在支持残疾人融入劳动力市场方面发挥着关键作用。然而，我们对他们如何看待残疾人面临的障碍以及他们在解决这些障碍中的作用知之甚少。特别是，我们需要更多地了解他们在多大程度上采用了个性化和社会化的残疾模式。为了解决这一差距，我们对 23 名通过公共和非营利组织提供就业相关服务的以色列社会工作者进行了半结构化访谈。主题分析显示，参与者倾向于将客户的障碍视为与个人特征有关，包括他们的缺陷、功能水平和软技能。尽管社会障碍也得到了承认，但这些障碍通常被认为与雇主的态度有关，包括无知、耻辱、恐惧和不信任。此外，对这些社会障碍的认识通常与社会工作者的日常、个性化实践无关。