Describes the problem posed for a manager of a residential unit for adults with learning difficulties, when one of the men living there has started a sexual relationship with another resident and his mother is very unhappy about it.
Describes the problem posed for a manager of a residential unit for adults with learning difficulties, when one of the men living there has started a sexual relationship with another resident and his mother is very unhappy about it.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, residential care, rights, risk, sexuality, social work methods;
Earlier this year People First inspected the closure and resettlement programmes in the London boroughs of Sutton and Haringey for people with learning difficulties. Looks at the choices they are given as they are moved out into the community.
Earlier this year People First inspected the closure and resettlement programmes in the London boroughs of Sutton and Haringey for people with learning difficulties. Looks at the choices they are given as they are moved out into the community.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, management, service users, social services, user views, community care;
Profiles a number of self-advocacy groups : the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People, People First, Survivors Speak Out, Standing Conference of Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens.
Profiles a number of self-advocacy groups : the British Council of Organisations of Disabled People, People First, Survivors Speak Out, Standing Conference of Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health problems, older people, organisations, physical disabilities, self-advocacy, black and minority ethnic people;
Care and Health Magazine, 27.7.04, 2004, pp.22-23.
Publisher:
Care and Health
Reports on the first-ever national evaluation of the service and support Connexions offers to disabled young people. The evaluation has been running for two-and-a-half-years and is funded by the DfES, Learning Skills Council, and Connections. Researchers consulted 120 young disabled people, and 40 parents or carers in the Black Country, Cornwall and Devon, Humber, Nottinghamshire and south London. In addition, 108 partner agencies responded to a questionnaire, as did all the Connexions services in the study. The researchers also conducted 30 interviews with Personal Advisors.
Reports on the first-ever national evaluation of the service and support Connexions offers to disabled young people. The evaluation has been running for two-and-a-half-years and is funded by the DfES, Learning Skills Council, and Connections. Researchers consulted 120 young disabled people, and 40 parents or carers in the Black Country, Cornwall and Devon, Humber, Nottinghamshire and south London. In addition, 108 partner agencies responded to a questionnaire, as did all the Connexions services in the study. The researchers also conducted 30 interviews with Personal Advisors.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health problems, physical disabilities, training, young people, advice services, employment, evaluation;
Care and Health Magazine, 15.6.04, 2004, pp.20-21.
Publisher:
Care and Health
Reports on a new survey on adult placement schemes carried out by the National Association of Adult Placement Services (NAAPS) and TOPSS England. The survey has highlighted the need for more training and more support for a forgotten and largely invisible workforce.
Reports on a new survey on adult placement schemes carried out by the National Association of Adult Placement Services (NAAPS) and TOPSS England. The survey has highlighted the need for more training and more support for a forgotten and largely invisible workforce.
An elderly woman and her family were living in squalor and social isolation and repeatedly rejected the offers of help. The author talks to a social worker about the uphill struggle she faced when she tried to improve their lives.
An elderly woman and her family were living in squalor and social isolation and repeatedly rejected the offers of help. The author talks to a social worker about the uphill struggle she faced when she tried to improve their lives.
Subject terms:
housing, learning disabilities, social isolation, mental health problems, older people, risk, social workers, assessment, challenging behaviour, families;
Asks what do you do when a service user with learning difficulties and mental illness wants to return to normal life but, when she is given her wish, her life breaks down into dangerous behaviour.
Asks what do you do when a service user with learning difficulties and mental illness wants to return to normal life but, when she is given her wish, her life breaks down into dangerous behaviour.
Subject terms:
independence, learning disabilities, mental health problems, risk, social work methods, community care, decision making, deinstitutionalisation;
If more users of social services voted at election time, they could damage majorities in marginal seats. But a series of obstacles means they may face a struggle to use their vote. Asks what social services can do to help.
If more users of social services voted at election time, they could damage majorities in marginal seats. But a series of obstacles means they may face a struggle to use their vote. Asks what social services can do to help.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, local authorities, local government, physical disabilities, politics, professional registration, service users, visual impairment, advocacy, central government;
Reports on the role played by the Coach House project which steps in when young people with challenging behaviour or slight learning difficulties find themselves homeless.
Reports on the role played by the Coach House project which steps in when young people with challenging behaviour or slight learning difficulties find themselves homeless.
Subject terms:
homeless people, homelessness, independence, housing, learning disabilities, residential care, young people, challenging behaviour, charities;