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Jobs for the boys - and girls
- Author:
- CANHAM Kathy
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, December 2008, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Realistic Opportunities for Supported Employment (ROSE) project run by Havering College in Essex places people with learning disabilities into paid employment and supports them until they feel able to hold down the job. ROSE has an 80% success rate. This article looks at how the project works.
Chopping and changing
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, May 2008, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Chopsticks is a not-for-profit supported employment scheme in Northallerton that converts wood that no-one else wants and sells it on to local business and people as a carbon-neutral source of fuel. This article presents an overview of the enterprise with employs people with learning disabilities.
Putting people at the heart of services
- Author:
- ROWAN Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 20(3), February 2007, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author looks at supported volunteering which provides extra support to people with learning difficulties and other needs to enable them to work as volunteers. She draws on her experience at Nugent Care where she worked to set up and develop the Step Up supported volunteering project and the Connect Volunteer Friendship Scheme with older people with learning difficulties.
Case studies about improving support for people with a learning disability and autistic people
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource brings together case studies relating to people with a learning disability and autistic people. The case studies come from the Care and Health Improvement Programme's new Supporting adults with a learning disability to have better lives outcomes and improvement framework. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme: action from learning
- Authors:
- NHS ENGLAND, NHS IMPROVEMENT
- Publishers:
- NHS England, NHS Improvement
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides examples of the local changes that have been made to services so far and highlights the extensive work which is happening nationally in response to common themes raised through Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) programme carried out between spring 2018 and spring 2019. The LeDeR programme was established in May 2015 to support local areas across England to review the deaths of people with a learning disability, to learn from those deaths and to put that learning into practice. There is growing recognition across the health and social care sector of the inequalities faced by people with a learning disability and their families. The LeDeR programme is opening conversations with a wide range of professionals who may have never previously considered the challenges faced by people with a learning disability and their families, either because they are perceived to be served mainly by specialist learning disability services or professionals did not have sufficient awareness of the need for reasonable adjustments. This growing recognition is, in part, attributable to the tireless campaigning of families whose loved ones have died a potentially premature death. The LeDeR programme has introduced clear expectations relating to mortality review and NHS England and NHS Improvement are committed to ensuring that, moving forward, LeDeR reviews are completed in a timely way and lead to tangible service improvements. (Edited publisher abstract)
Service with a smile
- Author:
- PARTON Dan
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 15(5), September/October 2015, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Reports on how an apprenticeship at a social enterprise cafe has given one young woman with learning disabilities the possibility of bright future in the catering industry. Apprentices working at the Unity Kitchen Cafe in London work in the cafe for a year in order to complete their NVQ Level 2 in catering. They then work with an employment advisor to help them move into paid employment. (Edited publisher abstract)
Cleaning up
- Author:
- PARTON Dan
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 15(1), January 2015, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The Chartity Hft runs two environmentally friendly car cleaning services in Gloucester and Stroud, which help young people with learning disabilities develop vital job skills in paid employment. The initiative offers work experience for up to 12 weeks for one day a week. Although the work experience is unpaid, a job coach works alongside the young person throughout this time. Individuals can then apply for vacancies as they arise. The long term goal is to offer NVQs in customer service skills and other qualifications to their employees. (Original abstract)
Learning disabilities: good practice project
- Authors:
- HOUGH Jo, MARTIN Kerry
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 57
- Place of publication:
- London
This report gives people who commission, design and deliver services a better understanding of how to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. It is partly based on these good practice indicators: co-production; a capabilities approach to disability; community capacity building; a move towards more integrated services; and a commitment to personalisation. It presents six examples of good practice: Public Health Norfolk & Equal Lives (formerly Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People) and its provision of easy-to-access information on local health services; the Quality Checking project in Gloucestershire; London Borough of Hackney and Advance Support and supported living for people with complex needs; MacIntyre Care in Oxfordshire, representative of transition support for young people with complex needs; the Open University’s Social History of Learning Disability Group on sharing life stories; and Merseycare NHS Rebuild Service, which offers support for people with Down’s Syndrome and early onset dementia. It gives briefer details for other shortlisted projects. The report also includes an EasyRead summary. The project was completed under an action from ‘Transforming Care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital’. (Original abstract)
Sharing the magic together
- Author:
- PENFOLD Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 13(4), July/August 2013, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The initiative Never Watch Alone is described. The initiative helps football and rugby supporters with learning disabilities to attend games with a fellow fan, a non-disabled and non-related buddy. It was set up by the registered charity Embrace Wigan and Leigh, which provides advocacy and support for families and individuals with learning disabilities. The scheme is now also implemented outside Wigan by Hereford United Football club in partnership with the local disability support charity Echo. (Original abstract)
Down on the farm
- Author:
- PENFOLD Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 13(2), March/April 2013, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Elm Tree Farm is an innovative project near Bristol that provides opportunities for people with learning disabilities to gain experience of work and the benefits that employment can offer. Over 60 people with learning disabilities work on the farm every week. The time they spend there depends on their individual circumstances, from one morning a week to working over four or five days. Working at the farm helps the trainees learn new skills and grow in confidence and life skills. (Original abstract)