Universal Credit and the invalidation of mental health problems: claimant and Jobcentre Plus staff experiences

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1332/175982721x16437383460256

S. Wright, Laura Robertson, Alasdair B. R. Stewart

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Abstract

Moving disabled people ‘off benefits and into work’ has been an explicit aim of work-first welfare reform since 2008, increasingly punitively since 2010. The aim of this article is to demonstrate, for the first time, how Universal Credit (UC) fits with and intensifies that strategy. Empirical data from 28 in-depth interviews with 19 claimants (nine were interviewed twice) and three focus groups with 23 Jobcentre staff show how UC full service applies mainstream job search conditionality to people with mental health problems. Ongoing fear of sanctions, financial hardship, surveillance and social isolation relating to digital design had adverse impacts, including for those without previous mental health problems.

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通用信贷和精神健康问题无效:索赔人和就业中心工作人员的经验

自2008年以来，让残疾人“脱离福利，投入工作”一直是工作优先的福利改革的明确目标，自2010年以来，这项改革的惩罚性越来越强。本文的目的是首次展示通用信用(UC)如何适应并强化这一战略。对19名申请人的28次深度访谈(其中9人接受了两次访谈)和对23名就业中心工作人员的3个焦点小组的实证数据显示，UC全面服务如何将主流求职条件应用于精神健康问题人士。对与数字设计有关的制裁、经济困难、监视和社会孤立的持续恐惧产生了不利影响，包括对那些以前没有精神健康问题的人。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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