Liverpool and Westminster social services departments have been operating call centres to reduce the number of less serious or irrelevant queries that staff have to deal with. Looks at how successful they have been.
Liverpool and Westminster social services departments have been operating call centres to reduce the number of less serious or irrelevant queries that staff have to deal with. Looks at how successful they have been.
Subject terms:
helplines, referral, social services, access to services;
Reports on recent cases which illustrate that people with learning difficulties are still being treated as second class citizens by the health service, despite the government's Valuing People policies and targets for health action plans.
Reports on recent cases which illustrate that people with learning difficulties are still being treated as second class citizens by the health service, despite the government's Valuing People policies and targets for health action plans.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, access to services, health, health care;
Adults with Asperger's syndrome often have difficulty accessing services as they often don't meet mental health or disability teams' criteria. This article discusses the problems that can exist and also highlights examples of good practice in Liverpool and Oldham.
Adults with Asperger's syndrome often have difficulty accessing services as they often don't meet mental health or disability teams' criteria. This article discusses the problems that can exist and also highlights examples of good practice in Liverpool and Oldham.
Subject terms:
local authorities, access to services, adults, Aspergers syndrome, autism;
Sheffield is pioneering the Enhanced Pathways In Care (EPIC) approach to mental health services that links the mainstream to key parts of ethnic minority communities. The project is working with Sheffield's Pakistani community. It works in partnership with imams, the Pakistani Muslim centre, and the Chief Executive of the Sheffield Care Trust meets community leaders regularly.
Sheffield is pioneering the Enhanced Pathways In Care (EPIC) approach to mental health services that links the mainstream to key parts of ethnic minority communities. The project is working with Sheffield's Pakistani community. It works in partnership with imams, the Pakistani Muslim centre, and the Chief Executive of the Sheffield Care Trust meets community leaders regularly.
Subject terms:
joint working, mental health services, multicultural approach, Muslims, South Asian people, access to services;
Agencies that help homeless people are restricted in the help they can offer runaways aged under-16 as children are not eligible for anything more than emergency services. Discusses the problems this is causing and the role of refuges in providing accommodation for young people.
Agencies that help homeless people are restricted in the help they can offer runaways aged under-16 as children are not eligible for anything more than emergency services. Discusses the problems this is causing and the role of refuges in providing accommodation for young people.
The Social Services Inspectorate had found that many ethnic minority service users are not getting the services they need, and for those in rural areas the problem is even more acute. Reports on how councils are tackling the problem.
The Social Services Inspectorate had found that many ethnic minority service users are not getting the services they need, and for those in rural areas the problem is even more acute. Reports on how councils are tackling the problem.
Subject terms:
inspection, rural areas, social services, social care provision, access to services, black and minority ethnic people;
Reports on one of the winners of the Isabel Schwarz travel fellowship awards. Aurelie Freeman visited Australia to see how mental health services provide a quick and early interventions in Australia. Aurelie visited the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The Centre has also joined with Orygen Youth Health and Research Centre which provides services for 15-24 year olds.
Reports on one of the winners of the Isabel Schwarz travel fellowship awards. Aurelie Freeman visited Australia to see how mental health services provide a quick and early interventions in Australia. Aurelie visited the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The Centre has also joined with Orygen Youth Health and Research Centre which provides services for 15-24 year olds.
Subject terms:
intervention, mental health problems, mental health services, young people, access to services, assertive outreach, children, early intervention;
The lack of authorised sites denies many gypsies and travellers access to health care, education and social services. Looks at proposals for the new Traveller Law Reform Bill, and asks whether the government cares enough to implement it.
The lack of authorised sites denies many gypsies and travellers access to health care, education and social services. Looks at proposals for the new Traveller Law Reform Bill, and asks whether the government cares enough to implement it.
Subject terms:
policy, social services, travellers, access to services, central government, education, Gypsies, health care;