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Able authorities?: the Disability Discrimination Act, disabled people and local authorities in England: final report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out findings from research examining how well local authorities in England were performing in terms of addressing disability issues across the full spectrum of disabilities in relation to their core activities. It looks forward to the introduction of the disability equality duty, and offers learning points based on the case study work undertaken for the research, which local authorities could consider as they develop strategies and policies to deliver on the challenges and changes required to meet the duty.
An accommodation self assessment toolkit for the socially excluded adults public service agreement
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 38p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This self assessment toolkit has been developed for use by local housing authorities, in partnership with other local partners, to deliver improved accommodation outcomes for the four at-risk client groups in the Socially Excluded Adults Public Service Agreement (PSA 16) of 2007. These groups are offenders under the supervision of probation services, care leavers aged 19, adults with moderate to severe learning difficulties and adults in contact with secondary mental health services. Sections 1-4 of the checklist cover local authority corporate and membership commitments, joint working and partnership, floating/tenancy support and health issues. Individual sections on offenders; care leavers; mental health and learning disabilities then faollow. It will help in the early intervention, support, advice and information giving roles of local authority departments’ homelessness prevention policies. It can be used, in conjunction with eight PSA 16 national indicators (NI 143-150) to measure how people with complex needs are able to access accommodation as part of mainstream homelessness and identify gaps and blockages which need specific attention with regard these four groups of people at risk of being socially excluded.