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People, policies and professionals: a study of learning disability in a small town
- Author:
- SAINSBURY Sally
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 264p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
This ethnographic study uncovers the problems that arise when principles underlying policy are difficult to interpret and are at odds with the culture of the locality within which policy is implemented. Examining one strategy in particular, the All Wales Strategy in relation to people with learning disabilities, the author focuses as much attention on the community of the small Welsh mining town as on the citizens with learning disabilities who are the object of the policy.
Making it work: strategies for success in supported employment
- Authors:
- JONES Stephanie, et al
- Publisher:
- Pavilion/Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Explores the experiences and strategies for success of supported employees, employers, colleagues and job coaches. The report focuses on the experiences of people with learning difficulties themselves and was carried out in collaboration with members of the self advocacy group People First Wales.
Falling through the gap not an option
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.09.02, 2002, pp.46-47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Young people with profound and complex learning difficulties have often been left out of the process of planning their own futures, but now a project set up in Wales aims to give them more options by focusing on each individual and creating personalised portfolios.
National minimum standards for care homes for younger adults
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
These National Minimum Standards are issued by the Welsh Assembly Government under section 23 of the Care Standards Act 2000. They apply to all care homes providing accommodation and nursing or personal care for adults aged 18 to 65 years who have physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, mental health problems, alcohol or substance misuse problems, HIV/AIDS, or dual and/or complex multiple disabilities. The standards cover: choice of home; individual needs and choices; lifestyle; personal and health care support; staffing; conduct and management of the home; concerns, complaints and protection; and environment. The standards are underpinned by a number of crosscutting themes: focus on service users, fitness for purpose, comprehensiveness, positive choice, meeting assessed needs, quality services, and quality workforce. There are supplementary standards for care homes accommodating young people aged 16 and 17 years.