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Lauren B. Gates
Senior Research Scientist & Director of the
Workplace Center
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 212-851-2258
Bio:
Lauren B. Gates, for over twenty years, has conducted research, provided training, developed policy and programs, and offered technical assistance around human resource development and employment issues. Her expertise is in working with individuals confronted with barriers to labor force participation such as individuals with physical or psychiatric disability, youth transitioning from foster care, or caregivers, and organizations unfamiliar with best practices for the effective employment of workers with multiple challenges. She is the Director the Center for Social Policy and Practice (Workplace Center) and an adjunct faculty at the School of Social Work.
Research Interests:
- Employment services for people with mental health conditions
- Career development for disconnected youth
- Workplace responsiveness to caregivers
- Factors affecting the employment status of the direct care workforce
- Workplace inclusion
- Translation of research into practice
- Workforce development in the not-for-profit sector
- Organizational change
Current Projects:
- Development of strategies to integrate career development and employment support into services for youth transitioning out of foster care
- Test of the feasibility of workplace supports to assist working single parents manage work while meeting demands of caring for a child with asthma
- Development of strategies that promote the inclusion of peer providers on staff of social service agencies
- Exploration of the impact of strategies to improve the training and employment status of home health aides
Selected Publications:
Journal Articles
Gates, L. B., Mandiberg, J. M., & Akabas, S. H., (2010). Building capacity in social service agencies to employ peer providers. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34(2), 145-152.
Akabas, S. H., & Gates, L. B. (2009). Connecting trade unions to the community: Promoting employment for individuals with mental health conditions. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health. 24, 61-75.
Gates, L. B. (2008). Vocational Services. Encyclopedia of Social Work. NASW and Oxford University Press.
Gates, L. B. & Akabas, S. H. (2007). Developing strategies to integrate peer providers into the staff of mental health agencies. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 34, 293-306.
Akabas, S. H., Gates, L. B., & Oran-Sabia, V. (2006). Work Opportunities for Rewarding Careers: Insights from implementation of a best practice approach toward vocational services for mental health consumers. Journal of Rehabilitation, 72(1), 19-26.
Gates, L. B., Klein, S. W., Akabas, S. H., Myers, R., Schwager, M., & Kaelin‑Kee, J. (2005). Outcomes-based funding for vocational services and employment of people with mental health conditions. Psychiatric Services, 56, 1429-1435.
Book Chapters
Gates, L. B. & Akabas, S. H. (2011). Accommodation as a social process. In I.A. Schultz & E.S.Rogers (Eds.), Handbook of Accommodation, New York: Springer.
Akabas, S. H. & Gates, L. B. (2006). Older adults and work in the 21st century. In Berkman, B., & D'Ambruoso, S. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging (pp. 181-190). New York: Oxford University Press.
Akabas, S. H. & Gates, L. B. (2006). The Workplace. In Berkman, B., & D'Ambruoso, S. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging (pp. 499-507). New York: Oxford University Press.
Last updated
January 25, 2011
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