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A guide for advocates: supporting people with learning disabilities who are described as having challenging behaviour
- Author:
- CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Challenging Behaviour Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 77p.
- Place of publication:
- Chatham
A practical guide providing key information about best practice in supporting people living with challenging behaviour in England and Wales. The resource is written for both professional advocates and family carers advocating on behalf of people with learning disabilities who are described as having challenging behaviour. The characteristics of good support are identified, with suggested questions for advocates to ask around personalisation, activities and opportunities, staff training and communication skills. The guide also looks at issues such as the use of medication, physical intervention, barriers and seclusion, sectioning under the mental health act and alleged offending. Key bullet points identify the issues that may be encountered, checklists and case studies and a charter for challenging behaviour are included.
Working lives: the role of day centres in supporting people with learning disabilities into employment
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, et al
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 161p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The qualitative research took place in nine Local Authorities across England, to obtain the perspectives of users of day services, their carers, managers and staff of days services, and managers of employment-related providers, both within the Local Authority and independent of it. Key findings include: the majority of people interviewed who worked were paid. Most people earned only the minimum wage or just above; most people worked for less than five hours per week, some worked five to 15 hours, and a small minority worked more than 16 hours; carers were more critical of day services than were people with learning disabilities; carers views on employment varied widely, but many carers were powerful advocates for employment. Many carers we talked to valued work highly and felt that being employed was beneficial to their relative; day centres varied greatly in the emphasis they placed on achieving paid employment outcomes. Some focused on employment and understood good practice in the area, while other were imprecise about how their activities helped people to get jobs; it is easier for people to find and stay in work if they receive specifically targeted support in which employment of their choice is assumed to be a goal; evidence suggests that a comprehensive range of work exploration, work placement and support services are required to help a greater number of people into paid jobs; the reason people work few hours is mainly due to the perceived and potentially real loss of earnings due to Income Support rules which acts as a disincentive, rather than due to limits deriving from health and support needs.
Good practice in citizen advocacy: guidelines on good practice in citizen advocacy; case studies of affiliation among advocacy groups; guidelines for recognition of citizen advocates
- Author:
- BROOKE John
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 114p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Citizen advocacy is a partnership between two people. Usually one of these is a vulnerable person, who is at risk of being ignored or not listened to. The other is an ordinary citizen who is willing to speak up for the other partner's choices and decisions. Citizen advocacy is not only for people with learning disabilities, or those with communication problems. Many vulnerable people can benefit greatly from standing side by side with a citizen advocate. Citizen advocacy is linked to active citizenship and to the defence of human rights. This can benefit the advocate, the wider community and the advocacy user.
Making decisions: best practice and new ideas for supporting people with high support needs to make decisions
- Authors:
- BEAMER Stephanie, BROOKES Mark
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 92p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is written for service providers, families, friends, carers and other who support people with learning difficulties who have high support needs to make choices. It uses real life stories to challenge the idea that people with high support needs cannot make their own decisions. It discusses current practice and law, suggesting both are often limited in vision and technique, and offers a model of supported decision making as a solution. It is accompanied by a workbook 'It's your choice' written in plain English, with pictures, to tell people with learning difficulties about making decisions.