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Innovation: working together
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Place of publication:
- London
This film highlights the use of innovative approaches to deliver the services people need in a way that they want. The film highlights the work of three voluntary agencies who have found affordable solutions to different challenges. The Headway project helps people with an acquired brain injury to develop their skills in employment; the Keyring project facilitates small networks of people with learning disabilities living close to each other in the community and the 'Heart and Soul' music scheme offers music and performance opportunities to people with learning disabilities.
Personalisation briefing: implications for community learning disability staff
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing summarises the key implications of the personalisation agenda for community-based health and social care staff supporting people with a learning disability. The briefing focuses on personal budgets, direct payments and self-directed support. Three short case examples are included to show the different ways in which people with learning disabilities have used their direct payments.
Supporting carers: the carer
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Place of publication:
- London
This film focuses on Rose Fernandes who cares for her mother, who has dementia, and her daughter, who is autistic and has learning difficulties. She uses direct payments to pay for people to help with her daughter’s care, but for her mother she relies on agency staff. She finds this method tough as the agency staff only come at certain times, leaving her to care for her mum alone throughout the night. Meanwhile, her daughter Crystal receives much more flexible care, but direct payments leave her with a lot of paperwork to do. Note: This film is no longer available.
Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people: people with learning disabilities: Richard's story
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Place of publication:
- London
In this video we meet Richard who was diagnosed with a learning disability at an early age. Richard explains his confusion around his sexuality and how he was not provided with adequate sex education. It explores his experiences of social care in relation to person-centred reviews and independent living. Richard discusses how he wanted to find a relationship and the subsequent isolation he felt when his request for support to go out and meet people was dismissed. Richard placed a formal complaint about the lack of support he was given. The video highlights the need for trained workers in sexuality and learning disabilities along with the need to adequately balance risk and responsibility toward the individual concerned so that they can live an inclusive and empowered life.