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Custom and control: the training and accreditation of independent support brokers
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 50p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ipswich
The outcome of an NDT project funded by the Department of Health, this report seeks to clarify the nature and the scope of the independent broker role, plus the arguments for and against a system that sets standards for broker training and practice. The report offers an approach to training and regulation that is designed to answer common concerns about the development of this new profession.
Not just about the money: reshaping social care for self-determination
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Publisher:
- Community Living,|Emprise International Training and Consultancy
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- Bury St. Edmunds
Direct Payments should be regarded as the first step towards a system in which all the functions are allocated logically and clearly, avoiding conflicts of interest. Systems which follow this model, generically termed Individualised Funding (IF), already exist. Some fifty programmes are under way in several countries. Evaluations of these programmes are only now emerging, but reveal outcomes that are strikingly positive. Although the evidence is not, as yet, conclusive, there are also strong indications that a comprehensive IF system would be more effective in supporting selfdetermination, especially for people with learning difficulties, than the current Direct Payments provision. The development of Direct Payments into a comprehensive system of Individualised Funding would involve: permitting people who require support services, and wish to use IF, to develop and cost their own support plans, reflecting their own life aspirations ( this would replace community care assessment); creating a system in which the limitations of public funding are balanced against the requirements of the individual through a process of open negotiation between the person and the council, based on the plan prepared by the individual; providing funding to individuals who require assistance in developing their plan, so that they are able to purchase this help from a source that is independent of Social Services and service providers, and who is accountable solely to the disabled person; ensuring that help is available to people who receive IF in the administration of their funding, and, if required, in meeting the legal responsibilities as employer of personal assistants; encouraging the development of a market of support provider agencies who are willing and able to provide services tailored to the requirements of individual IF recipients; and authorising and funding an agency in each locality to regulate the supply of independent service brokers, and to provide an access point for people requiring brokerage services.
As nature intended?: attitudes to new genetics and people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reviews the moral dilemmas surrounding genetic engineering, eugenics and people with learning difficulties. Questions include: what is the place of people with learning difficulties in a society that values diversity?; what are the links between the abortion debates and debates on prevention of disability?; what is the potential impact of genetic technlogies on attitudes towards people with learning difficulties?.
Whose life is it anyway?
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.07.03, 2003, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
There is apparently little concern about the possible impact of the new genetic sciences on the shape of humankind. The public may have qualms about some developments, such as human cloning, but the prospect of using the new knowledge to eradicate inherited illness and impairment is apparently welcomed without qualification. Some disability organisations, however, are expressing deep concern about where the science is leading us. Those people who most loudly defend the rights of disabled people are likely to base their position on a broader framework of human rights - a framework that will make them equally vehement in support of "a woman's right to choose".
Getting the best from 'the system'
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 12(3), January 1999, pp.15-16.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
People's life plans should be based on their dreams but also relate to what can realistically be achieved from 'the system'. Looks at the My Life method of person-centred planning.
Certainties without centres: a discussion document on day services for people who have learning difficulties
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 38p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discusses the arguments for and against large day centres for people with learning difficulties and looks at other options such as activities which are based in the community, sheltered employment, small drop in centres and other alternatives. Includes the views of parents and carers and the users themselves.
What do we mean by 'community'?
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 8(3), January 1995, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Looks at the different meanings of community and argues that village communities do not provide benefits for people with learning difficulties.
Means to control: a review of the service brokerage model in community care
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 38p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reviews service brokerage and its potential use in the UK. Looks at control, costs, and the relationships between broker and user. Examines the boundaries between giving help and providing a service.
How responsive is your service?
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 7(2), October 1993, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Describes a framework for examining the responses of services to changing user needs and preferences.
Moving to the dance: or service culture and community care
- Author:
- DOWSON Steve
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 44p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Policy statement from VIA, setting out the direction in which services for people with learning difficulties should move.