Social enterprise as an innovative mechanism for the social and professional integration of people with disabilities due to intellectual disabilities

Карпенко, Олена and Рубан, Павло (2025) Social enterprise as an innovative mechanism for the social and professional integration of people with disabilities due to intellectual disabilities Social Work and Education, 12 (4). pp. 605-612. ISSN 2520-6451

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the theoretical justification of social enterprise as an innovative mechanism for the socio-professional integration of persons with disabilities due to intellectual disabilities. In the context of the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine and the sharp increase in the number of persons with disabilities of various nosologies, the low efficiency of traditional approaches to employment, which are based on the "medical model of disability", requires the search for innovative approaches. The purpose of the article is to build a theoretical model that would outline how a social enterprise, based on the "social model of disability", provides a systemic solution for overcoming barriers that prevent the full socio-professional integration of persons with disabilities due to intellectual disabilities. The main objectives of the study are theoretical synthesis and analysis of current scientific works, which allowed to classify the main barriers (stigma of society, lack of skills, attitude of employers), and to describe innovative practical models of social entrepreneurship, in particular "Social Enterprises for Integration into the Labor Market" (WISE) and "Customized Employment" (CE). The scientific novelty is the construction of a conceptual framework that combines the problem of barriers with its practical solution. The article substantiates that innovative mechanisms of social entrepreneurship are aimed at systematically overcoming the identified barriers. It is described how "holistic support" and hybrid models of resilience are able to solve the problems of social isolation of a person with a disability and the economic "unprofitability" of the enterprise itself. The study findings confirm that the successful implementation of state policy and promotion of the social entrepreneurship sector (in particular, the draft Law No. 14156) requires support not for just any “social initiatives”, but for evidence-based, theoretically grounded models (“Social Enterprises for Integration into the Labor Market” and “Customized Employment”) that are capable of ensuring decent wages and real integration of a person with a disability into society.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Social enterprise; socio-professional integration; persons with disabilities; persons with disabilities due to intellectual disabilities; social model of disability; inclusion; inclusive employment
Subjects:	Статті у періодичних виданнях > Фахові (входять до переліку фахових, затверджений МОН) Статті у періодичних виданнях > Наукові рецензовані журнали (входять до інших баз, крім перерахованих та Google Academy, мають ISSN, DOI, індекс цитування)
Divisions:	Факультет психології, соціальної роботи та спеціальної освіти > Кафедра соціальної педагогіки та соціальної роботи
Depositing User:	Олена Георгіївна Карпенко
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2026 16:27
Last Modified:	25 Feb 2026 16:27
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/56217

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