Analysis of the needs of disabled people for employment in a special workplace in the Russian Federation and St. Petersburg

BACKGROUND: Employment of disabled persons of I and II groups with disabilities of the ability to work of the 2nd and 3rd degree involves the organization of special working conditions, including the creation of special jobs.

AIMS: Study of the need for people with disabilities in employment at a special workplace in the Russian Federation and St. Petersburg and the results of the IPRA on the creation of special jobs for 5 years (2015–2019).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The object of the research is a set of disabled people in need of vocational rehabilitation in St. Petersburg. Sources ― certificates of examination, reporting form No. 7-social security. Research methods: analytical, expert assessment method, statistical.

RESULTS: In the dynamics from 2015 to 2019, a low indicator of the identified need for disabled people to create special jobs for the employment of disabled people was revealed both in the Russian Federation (7.3%) and in St. Petersburg (3.7%). It has been established that since 2018, in statistical form 7-sobes, the mandatory recommendations for the employment of disabled people with sensory impairments in special workplaces have been regulated. In this regard, the paper analyzes the needs for the organization of special workplaces for people with sensory disabilities, while in dynamics for 2018–2019. there was an increase in the indicator of the need to create special jobs for this contingent in the Russian Federation (from 17.4% in 2018 to 22.1% in 2019 for the visually impaired; from 0.3% in 2018 to 0.4% in 2019 for the disabled with simultaneous visual and hearing impairment) and a decrease in this indicator in St. Petersburg (from 56.2% in 2018 to 44.3 in 2019 for the visually impaired; from 4.0% in 2018 to 1.9% in 2019 for the disabled with simultaneous visual and hearing impairment).

CONCLUSION: The data obtained substantiate the relevance of studying this problem with the need to develop an optimal model for creating special jobs to increase the employment rates of disabled people of groups I and II.