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Winterbourne View: time is running out
- Author:
- TRANSFORMING CARE AND COMMISSIONING STEERING GROUP
- Publisher:
- Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- London
A review of the progress being made by the Transforming Care programme to act on the recommendations of Winterbourne View - Time for Change, which laid out a new national framework in which commissioners choose community-based provision over hospitals for people with learning disabilities and/or autism. The report argues that the pace of change is slow, while leadership and stakeholders’ engagement remain weak. It also notes that it will be impossible to deliver a closure programme without ensuring robust community provision. A closure programme requires the retraining of staff, the development of community-based facilities, a transition programme and alternative investments to underpin change. The report sets out a series of recommendations to support the strengthening of rights, the delivery of the closure programme and building capacity in the community. (Edited publisher abstract)
The trouble with kids: an account of problems experienced with local children by people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- WHITTELL Bridget, RAMCHARAN Paul
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 28(1), March 2000, pp.21-24.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Recent research carried out in North Wales which has been funded by the Wales Office for Research and Development has focused attention on the everyday lives of a small number of people with learning disabilities living in the community. Although many positive stories and experiences have emerged, negative incidents of abuse and victimisation have also been experienced by the majority of participants. This article concentrates on incidents of abuse and victimisation which have involved children as the perpetrators, drawing upon the experiences of a married couple who participated in this research.
Why should he do it to me
- Author:
- WELLSTEAD Helen
- Publisher:
- Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 64p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Surbiton
This dissertation looks at the vulnerability to sexual abuse and sexual violence of women with learning difficulties living independently in the community. This involves an examination of the place of women with learning difficulties in society and the causes of sexual abuse and violence.
Sexual abuse and people with learning difficulties: developing access to community services
- Author:
- SIMPSON David
- Publisher:
- Family Planning Association
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Short paper describing a project that set out to help specialists working in community based services to become more able to respond appropriately to people with learning difficulties.
Protect and survive
- Author:
- MARCHANT Catriona
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.12.93, 1994, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A study by Respond, a London based therapeutic service for people with learning difficulties who have been sexually abused found that of those living in the community nearly half had been abused. Gives the results of the study, discusses the difficulties in detecting abuse and calls for measures such as sex education and HIV/AIDS preventive work for these vulnerable people.
Time for change: the challenge ahead
- Author:
- BRITTAIN Kate
- Publisher:
- Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- London
This report expresses the views and experiences of the people most affected by Transforming Care, a programme designed to reduce the number of people with learning disabilities and/or autism inappropriately housed in hospital settings and to ensure there are meaningful alternatives to hospital-based care across the country. The report focusses on whether or not the programme can actually deliver on what it has promised. To date, around 3,500 people are in institutional care. The report focuses on: building the right support; assessing the progress of the closure programme; measuring the success of social care and community-based support not simply by the lack of referrals back to the health sector but rather through a comprehensive review of how the needs are met in the community; the provision of the right care in the right place; and prevention. It then looks at the need for and role of an appropriately trained workforce, supporting the development of social care careers and the accreditation of training in Positive Behavioural Support. In addition, the report examines how best people can be given a choice about where and with whom they live and discusses the various housing alternatives and funding options. The report calls on the Department of Health to commission independent evaluation of the Transforming Care programme, to ensure the programme is fully implemented and can demonstrate that the changes are making a difference to people with a learning disability. (Edited publisher abstract)
Your place or mine: a handbook for workers delivering a service to people with learning disabilities in their own homes
- Author:
- FURZE Yvonne
- Publisher:
- Association for Residential Care
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 231p.
- Place of publication:
- Chesterfield
Practical handbook on delivering community care services to people with learning difficulties. Includes sections on: past, present and future services for people with learning difficulties; laying the foundation for good outreach support; outreach with attitude; communicating effectively; healthy lifestyles; day to day work; support with everyday personal care; friendships, relationships, sexuality and abuse; neighbourhood networks; and advocacy, person centred planning, and complaints.