Perspectives from Managers, Job Coaches and Workers’ Families About The Position of Sheltered Workshop

• Main Authors: Wong, Wing-Yuen, 黃穎元
• Other Authors: Wu, Ting-Fang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2ez8s4

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 特殊教育學系 === 106 === The purpose of this study is to show the position of sheltered workshop that perspective from managers, job coaches and worker’s families. This study interviewed four managers, three job coaches and three worker’s families. This study use in-depth interviews and semi-structured interviews to know about the relevant experience of sheltered workshop service and its position. Analyses data via constant comparative method, coding data and then divide into different concept, category and topic. Analysis and compare constantly until the phenomenon is showed. The results from this study are concluded into three main points. 1. The management of workshops, development of workshops and needs of worker’s families are the main reason why Taiwan sheltered workshops trend to long-term employment placement. 2. Managers think that management and service supply can exist at the same time. However, job coaches feel that service supply is based on the good management, so job coaches tend to management is more important than service supply. For the worker’s families, who receive those services, so they think that workshop is a place where supply services and operation isn’t the purpose of the workshop. 3. All of the participants feel that workshop is a special workplace and different with other enterprises that base on the request and restriction from law. Because of the special of disability workers, workshop is a high protection workplace. By worker’s families side, sheltered workshop also take function of caring, teaching and placement. Through the research findings to know more about how difference characters think about the position of sheltered workshop and show the full view of workshop, to those sheltered workshop manager or developer for reference.