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New deal for disabled people national extension: findings from the first wave of qualitative research with clients, job brokers and jobcentre plus staff
The New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) was introduced in 1998 and 1999 as a series of pilots
designed to evaluate services based on the use of personal advisers to help disabled people move into
or stay in paid employment. The pilots were wound up in 2001 and superseded by what is known as
the ânational extensionâ of NDDP, the aim of which is to âsupport and test innovative ways of helping
people on Incapacity Benefits move from economic inactivity into sustained employmentâ (DSS, ES,
DfEE research specification, April, 2001). Services under the national extension are provided by a
network of around 60 âJob Brokerâ organisations including voluntary and other not-for-profit bodies,
commercial companies, government agencies and other public sector organisations. This report
presents findings from a first wave of qualitative research carried out in 2002 which forms part of a
larger programme of work aimed at providing the Department for Work and Pensions with a
comprehensive evaluation of the NDDP extension.
The overall aim of the qualitative research is to explore the organisation, operation and impacts of the
Job Broker service from the perspective of all key stakeholders, including users and providers of Job
Broker services, and staff of Jobcentre Plus offices. Specifically, the research was designed to
produce data on the following:
⢠factors affecting participation in the Job Broker programme
⢠clientsâ understanding and experiences of NDDP
⢠the role and operation of Job Brokers
⢠the role and operation of the Jobcentre Plus staff who can provide people with information about
Job Broker services.
A research design was adopted that aimed to gather data using a range of qualitative research
techniques from key actors associated with 18 Job Broker services operating in 15 specific
geographical areas. The first wave of data collection was carried out in the Summer/Autumn of 2002;
a second wave is planned for 2003.
The report is organised into three main parts. Part I (Chapters 2 to 5) presents findings from the Job
Broker and Jobcentre Plus staff research. In Part II (Chapters 6 to 9), the client perspective is
presented. Part III (Chapter 10) provides an overall summary of the emerging issues
Is the spiral morphology of the Elias 2-27 circumstellar disc due to gravitational instability?
A recent ALMA observation of the Elias 2-27 system revealed a two-armed
structure extending out to ~300 au in radius. The protostellar disc surrounding
the central star is unusually massive, raising the possibility that the system
is gravitationally unstable. Recent work has shown that the observed morphology
of the system can be explained by disc self-gravity, so we examine the physical
properties of the disc necessary to detect self-gravitating spiral waves. Using
three-dimensional Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, coupled with radiative
transfer and synthetic ALMA imaging, we find that observable spiral structure
can only be explained by self-gravity if the disc has a low opacity (and
therefore efficient cooling), and is minimally supported by external
irradiation. This corresponds to a very narrow region of parameter space,
suggesting that, although it is possible for the spiral structure to be due to
disc self-gravity, other explanations, such as an external perturbation, may be
preferred.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figure
Is the spiral morphology of the Elias 2-27 circumstellar disc due to gravitational instability?
A recent Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observation of the Elias 2-27 system revealed a two-armed structure extending out to âź300âau in radius. The protostellar disc surrounding the central star is unusually massive, raising the possibility that the system is gravitationally unstable. Recent work has shown that the observed morphology of the system can be explained by disc self-gravity, so we examine the physical properties of the disc necessary to detect self-gravitating spiral waves. Using three-dimensional smoothed particle hydrodynamics, coupled with radiative transfer and synthetic ALMA imaging, we find that observable spiral structure can only be explained by self-gravity if the disc has a low opacity (and therefore efficient cooling), and is minimally supported by external irradiation. This corresponds to a very narrow region of parameter space, suggesting that, although it is possible for the spiral structure to be due to disc self-gravity, other explanations, such as an external perturbation, may be preferred