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I've got an attitude problem
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.05.08, May 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Valuing People has significantly influenced the agenda and level of public debate around services beyond the learning disability field. A lot that has been happening in the last five years in the wider social care front - for example, personalised individual budgets -which would not have happened without Valuing People. It was written as a programme that would last for three years and the fact we are taking policy to the next stage and there's going to be continued investment to 2011, 10 years on, suggests there's something right about it. Also some people's lives and services have changed. People with learning disabilities and their families that things have got better - that's the acid test.
Valuing people: the story so far; a new strategy for learning disability in the 21st century
- Author:
- GREIG Rob
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 59p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Valuing People is a ‘cradle to grave’ policy – it covers the lives of both adults and children. However, just after Valuing People came out, new policies for children were written, such as the Children’s National Service Framework and ‘Every Child Matters’. As these policies are quite new, this report just talks about adults with learning disabilities – but transition to adulthood is included.
Supported living: making the move: developing supported living options for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- WOOD Alicia, GREIG Rob
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Bath
Many local authorities have changed services from residential care to supported housing for people with learning disabilities. Much of this change has focussed on achieving wider access to welfare benefits and having a tenancy. The aim of supported living to achieve choice, control and community inclusion has been much less of a focus. The result has been a focus on the housing ‘mechanics’ and as a consequence housing rights are often denied in practice, institutional practices continue in supported living and community inclusion and networks are not achieved. Over the coming 3 years, the NDTi Housing and Social Inclusion project will explore how to challenge and overcome some of the barriers that stop the shifting of resources from residential care to make the move towards real supported living. This paper has been written to promote discussion, debate and understanding about the obstacles that currently prevent adults with a learning disability from living in their own home in the ways that they want. Its objectives are to provide information that will help local people and organisations change and improve how they develop and deliver housing and support, and also to help inform national debate and discussion about how the policy and regulatory framework could change to help achieve this objective.
The cost effectiveness of employment support for people with disabilities: final detailed research report
- Authors:
- GREIG Rob, et al
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 121
- Place of publication:
- Bath
The final report from a two year study on employment support for people with mental health problems or learning disabilities. The study focused on three areas: the cost effectiveness or value for money of current models of employment support, whether outcomes varied for different models used, and if outcomes were affected by approaches of commissioners to implementing local employment strategies. The report summarises the findings of a scoping review, findings from national and local data collection on the quality and effectiveness of employment support, and findings from in-depth field work visits to 11 sites to see local commissioners implemented employment strategies. Five Theories of Change identified from the field visits are discussed: shifting culture, employment outcomes, strategic direction, developing the market and performance management. They were seen as aspects that needed to be in place to delivery cost effective outcomes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Best value reviews of learning disability services for adults: a framework for applying person centred principles
- Authors:
- POXTON Richard, GREIG Rob, GIRAUD-SAUNDERS Alison
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This framework has been produced for people who are responsible for designing and leading the implementation of Best Value reviews within the learning disability service area. The lives of people with learning disabilities cannot be compartmentalised. Where they live, what they do during their days, what relationships they develop and so on are all inter-linked. It is thus not possible to consider the effectiveness of services concerned with one aspect of their lives without considering others. The framework therefore proposes that reviews should be conducted on the basis of a “whole system approach”, adopting an across the board response to identified needs. The essence of the framework is about how to apply a person centred approach to a review of services. This has the potential to result in more creative outcomes than a traditional service-based review - as such approaches often take the performance of existing service structures as their starting point. Above all, Best Value is about ensuring that fundamental questions are asked about the appropriateness of services, how they are delivered and whether they are meeting needs effectively. This framework offers the potential to do this.
Short breaks pathfinder evaluation: interim report: end of phase one
- Authors:
- GREIG Rob, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This evaluation report describes what has been happening in the Pathfinder sites and also explain why and for whom those things might have been happening. It then draws conclusions as to what that might mean for transferability of the learning to other situations and settings. The research consisted of a review of relevant national documentation, and discussions with other key national stakeholders and series of interviews, meetings and interactions with stakeholders from the 21 Pathfinder sites. Descriptions of the process and methodology used for the work, a summary of the initial ‘emerging theories of change’ that have arisen from the analysis of the data obtained, and a short comment on other issues and themes arising from the initial fieldwork and analysis. This report includes sections on: the effectiveness of parent participation in developing innovative short breaks; how involving children and young people is leading to more accessible and child focused short breaks; emerging inclusion and increase of ordinary community facilities; effectiveness of partnership working, where it exists; and a ‘softening’ of the process of accessing short breaks leading to a more open service available to more families.