Trish Thorton worked in SPRU for 18 years and developed an international reputation for her comparative research on policies and practices to promote employment opportunities for disabled people. She left SPRU in 2005 to work on a project for Voluntary Service Overseas in Papua New Guinea. She was piloting a survey in the Highlands region which was to become a foundation for a national survey.

 

Work, Welfare and Disability Research Interests

• Labour market programmes for disabled people
• Comparative research of employment policies and services
• Strategies for job retention
• Social security benefits for disabled people
• Case management services for disabled people
• User participation in the evaluation and development of services
  

 

Trish Thornton's Publications

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2007

New Deal for Disabled People: Third synthesis report - key findings from the evaluation, 2007
Stafford, B., Corden, A., Meah, A., Sainsbury, R. and Thornton, P., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, vol. 430. 2006

New Deal for Disabled People: Second synthesis report - interim findings from the evaluation, 2006
Stafford, B., Corden, A., Meah, A., Sainsbury, R. and Thornton, P., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, vol. 377. 2005

Barriers to labour market participation: the experience of Deaf and hard of hearing people, 2005
Harris, J. and Thornton, P., pp. 233-43 in A. Roulstone and C. Barnes (eds.) Working Futures? Disabled people, policy and social inclusion, Policy Press. Disabled people in public sector employment, 1998 to 2004, 2005
Hirst, M. and Thornton, P., Labour Market Trends, 133, 5, 189-99. Under occupied, 2005
Hirst, M. and Thornton, P., Community Care, 1575, 2-8 June, 32-3. New Deal for Disabled People: An in-depth study of Job Broker service delivery, 2005
Lewis, J., Corden, A., Dillon, L., Hill, K., Kellard, K., Sainsbury, R. and Thornton, P., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, vol. 246. New Deal for Disabled People: An in-depth study of job broker service delivery, 2005
Lewis, J., Corden, A., Dillon, L., Hill, K., Kellard, K., Sainsbury, R. and Thornton, P., DWP Research Summary, 246, Corporate Document Services. Desirable Outcomes of WORKSTEP: User and provider views, 2005
Meah, A. and Thornton, P., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, vol. 279. Great Britain, 2005
Mitra, S., Corden, A. and Thornton, P., pp. 132-52 in T. Honeycutt and S. Mitra (eds.) Learning from Others: Temporary and partial disability programs in nine countries, Program for Disability Research. Disabled people, employment and social justice, 2005
Thornton, P., Social Policy and Society, 4, 1, 65-73. Jobcentre Plus: can specialised personal advisors be justified?, 2005
Thornton, P., pp. 153-64 in A. Roulstone and C. Barnes (eds.) Working Futures? Disabled people, policy and social inclusion, Policy Press. Special and mainstream services in Europe and the case of the United Kingdom, 2005
Thornton, P., pp. 115-24 in F. Leclerc (ed.) Politiques en Faveur des Personnes Handicapees: Grandes tendances dans quelques pays europeens, La Documentation francais. Personalised employment services for disability benefit recipients: are comparisons useful?, 2005
Thornton, P. and Corden, A., pp. 173-85 in P. Saunders (ed.) Welfare to Work in Practice: Social security and participation in economic and social life, Ashgate. 2004

The Employment of Disabled People in the Public Sector: A review of data and literature, 2004
Hirst, M., Thornton, P., Dearey, M. and Maynard Campbell, S., Disability Rights Commission. Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot: Employers' management of long-term sickness absence, 2004
Nice, K. and Thornton, P., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, vol. 227. New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP): First synthesis report, 2004
Stafford, B. [et al.] incl. Corden, A., Sainsbury, R. and Thornton, P., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, W199. Disability, 2004
Thornton, P., Research Matters, Special Issue, 17-22. New directions in disability employment policy, 2004
Thornton, P., pp199-214 in Proceedings of the Conference on Creation of New Employment Strategy: Full participation and Opportunity, Seoul, South Korea, 13 and 14 October, Korea Employment Promotion Agency for the Disabled. Peer Review - United Kingdom, 2004
Thornton, P., pp. 105-10 in European Commission-DG EMPL Peer Review Programme of the European Employment Strategy Disability Management in the Netherlands, OSB Consulting. A Study of Providers New to WORKSTEP, 2004
Thornton, P., Banks, P., Riddell, S. and Beyer, S., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, W195. 2003

The Net Costs and Individual Benefits of the Supported Employment Programme, 2003
Beyer, S., Thomas, J. and Thornton, P., Department for Work and Pensions Research Management. Results-based funded supported employment: avoiding disincentives to serving people with greatest need, 2003
Corden, A. and Thornton, P., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, W160. New Deal for Disabled People National Extensions: Findings from the First Wave of Qualitative Research with Clients, Job Brokers and Jobcentre Plus Staff, 2003
Corden, A., Harries, T., Hill, K., Kellard, K., Lewis, J., Sainsbury, R. and Thornton, P., Department for Work and Pensions Research Report, 169. What Works and Looking Ahead: UK polices and practices facilitating employment of disabled people, 2003
Thornton, P. , Social Policy Research Unit. 2002

Mapping employment focussed services for disabled people, 2002
Arksey, H., Thornton, P. and Williams, J., Department for Work and Pensions In-house Report, 93. Good Practice in Work Preparation: Lessons from Research, 2002
Banks, P., Riddell, S. and Thornton, P. , Research & Development Report, WAE135. Employment programmes for disabled people: lessons from research evaluations, 2002
Corden, A. and Thornton, P., Department for Work and Pensions In-house Report. Disability , 2002
Thornton, P., Research Matters, October 2002-April 2003, 14 , 23-28. Good Practice in Work Preparation: Report of Seminar held by Jobcentre Plus in Manchester 15-16 May 2002, 2002
Thornton, P. (compiler), JobCentre Plus/Department for Work and Pensions. Evaluating the Impact of Access to Work: A Case Study Approach, 2002
Thornton, P. and Corden, A., Research & Development Report , WAE138.

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