Search results for ‘Publisher:"voluntary organisations disability group"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 9 of 9
Above and beyond: how voluntary sector providers add value to communities
- Author:
- VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
Using case studies of four organisations delivering innovative disability support across England, this report shows how voluntary sector providers of social care can benefit whole communities. The examples show how these organisations challenge perceptions of people who need support, tackle isolation, harness the potential of community resources, help people achieve their aspirations and harness the skills and talents of people supported in an asset-based approach. The organisations featured are: Imagine, Act and Succeed; Options for Supported Living; Certitude; and MacIntye. (Edited publisher abstract)
A stitch in time: the case for funding social care
- Author:
- VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out the financial pressures facing providers of social care to disabled people, describes the impact of an under-resourced adult social care sector, and highlights the growing crisis in housing for disabled people. The key impacts of underfunding outlined include market failure; levels of staff recruitment and retention; less care and less good quality care; underfunding of local government; and placing the NHS under pressure. The report also outlines how the government can secure the provision of high quality care and support and accessible housing, and the right of disabled people to independent living. The report suggests a series of actions for government, including: identifying a long term and sustainable funding solution for adult social care to cover working age disabled adults and older people; ensuring that where local councils are in serious financial difficulties appropriate central government inspection is applied to ensure that statutory duties in relation to social care are being fully met in line with the Care Act 2014; and building more accessible and adaptable homes and improve the installation of home adaptations. (Edited publisher abstract)
Risks and rights: how social care can survive Brexit
- Author:
- VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
This report illustrates some of the potentially negative consequences for the voluntary social care sector once Britain leaves the EU and suggests practical solutions the Government should take to avoid further instability in the sector. The report highlights a potential loss of EU care workers, a loss of EU funding for voluntary sector organisations providing services and care, a weakened economy which could lead to reductions in funding for social care, and potential risk to the rights of disabled people which are currently safeguarded by the European Court of Justice. The report also suggests practical solutions to avoid further instability in the sector. These include for a future immigration system to take into account a range of skills and employer needs and for government to take steps to implement a sustainable funding solution. (Edited publisher abstract)
Transforming care: the challenges and solutions
- Author:
- VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- London
Shares learning from a pilot project and outlines the challenges and solutions to moving people with learning disabilities, autism and/or mental health conditions out of long-stay inpatient care. It draws on the work of The London Demonstrator pilot, part of the VODG Provider Taskforce, which set out to develop support assessment and proposals for 27 people from London who had been in inpatient settings for longer than five years. Challenges identified involved commissioners, funders and care providers. They included: delays in hospital discharge plans and a lack of knowledge in local authorities about potential community support options; negative attitudes and aspirations towards people supported; a lack of understanding about costs, and lack of support to families. It outlines solutions that could help reduce discharge delays and support community-based housing and care options. These include: clearer communication between professionals; improved knowledge and information about the cost of high quality care earlier identification and sourcing of housing options; and a brokerage programme to support the discharge of people in hospital settings to live with the right support in their chosen community. (Edited publisher abstract)
Tackling health inequalities: discussion paper
- Author:
- VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out what social care providers believe can help or hinder efforts to tackle health inequalities. It is based on the views of registered managers and first line leaders and highlights areas of good practice. The report highlights care providers’ most common successes in ensuring good health for the people they support, including: improved monitoring of health and setting or achieving health goals, including collecting good health data and monitoring of health conditions; training for staff or people supported on health issues, including increasing staff confidence to raise important issues with health professionals; and initiatives to promote healthy lifestyles, like diet, exercise and smoking. The three top challenges for care providers are: staff and the people they support having a low awareness about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, including eating a healthy diet and taking exercise; a lack of understanding by NHS staff, especially hospital staff and some GP’s, of the difficulties accessing health services faced by people with learning disabilities; and poor access to mainstream NHS community services. With the help of case studies and good practice examples, the report examines behaviours, attitudes and practice that may contribute to positive health outcomes for people using care and support services, focusing on: making reasonable adjustment to ensure people can access health services; equipping staff with the skills and knowledge to advocate for the people they support regarding their health, and to have confidence to engage in equal conversations with clinicians and other NHS staff; and delivering good support through collaborative relationships, high quality communication and record keeping and a willingness to engage in important conversations with disabled people and their families. (Edited publisher abstract)
Preparing to visit a doctor: to talk about psychotropic medication
- Author:
- VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide provides information for support workers who are accompanying a person with a learning disability, autism or both to a GP consultation appointment to talk about psychotropic medication. It aims to help the support worker to work with the person to prepare for their appointment, remember to take all the necessary information, compile a list of questions to ask during the appointment, and summarise key information at the end of the appointment. An Information and Action checklist to be completed before the appointment is included. The guide has been produced as part of the STOMP healthcare campaign to stop over medication of people with learning disabilities or autism. (Edited publisher abstract)
True costs: why we cannot ignore the failure in social care funding
- Author:
- VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out the pressures facing voluntary sector organisations supporting disabled people that together provide care and support to over one million disabled people. It issues a warning to government that the chronic under-funding of social care must be reversed. It pinpoints three key challenges faced by voluntary sector providers of adult social care, which mean that funding is insufficient: increasing demand for services, rising costs of providing services, and workforce recruitment and retention problems such as increasing levels of staff turnover. It also faces additional pressures of the introduction of the National Living Wage and potential instability due to Brexit. Although the report acknowledges that adult social care has won some additional funding, such as the Improved Better Care Fund and the Adult Social Care Precept, but argues this is insufficient to cope with the increasing pressures. (Edited publisher abstract)
Brexit: risk register and mitigation plan for social care providers
- Author:
- VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 14
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource has been developed to help social care providers assess the risks and opportunities facing the sector as the UK negotiates to leave the European Union. It identifies some of the key Brexit risks that are likely to impact on providers, their possible consequences and suggests some possible actions to mitigate them. The framework identifies risks in four broad areas: workforce; funding and commissioning; human rights and community cohesion; and wider economic and political issues, such as the performance of the economy and impact on public expenditure. For each risk, it then summarises the possible consequences and possible actions to mitigate. Individual organisations can use the framework to review their own risks by allocating a score based on the likelihood of the risk occurring and the impact it would have should it occur. An example answer is included to help those completing the register for their own organisation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Co-producing technology: harnessing digital solutions for social care
- Authors:
- VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP, NATIONAL CARE FORUM
- Publisher:
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper explores ways in which people who use services can contribute to the design of successful digital solutions and how these solutions are changing the way that social care and health services are being delivered. The paper provides examples good practice covering three perspectives. The locality perspective shows how Leeds is using technology to support the health and wellbeing of older and disabled people. Through a “smart city” approach it is looking at how to use data to deliver a more coordinated approach to health and social care. The integration perspective describes how technology is being used in the vanguard sites to support the integration health and social care in the vanguard sites. The practitioner perspective describes how Camphill Village Trust have invested in their own app to support people with learning disabilities to develop the skills and confidence to use social media safely. The report identifies key messages from the examples that can help to help maximise the benefits of technology. These include: the importance of user engagement and co-production; leadership that promotes co-production and champions technology; and the need to consider the benefits of digital technology for older and disabled people, who often have the most to gain from the technology. (Edited publisher abstract)