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Finding your way: how to get help from social services
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The booklet explains community care as the help and support given to older people or people with a learning or physical disability, to help them live more independently in their own home, in a residential home or with their family. People can get help to do things like cook meals, shop, pay bills, bath or do housework.
Identifying people suitable for resettlement into community facilities
- Authors:
- BENNETT Chris, METCALF Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 15(4), December 1987, pp.140-143.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Observations on the use of the DTMH assessment system.
Reflections on resettlement: a report on the Stallington Hall resettlement programme in North Staffordshire
- Author:
- STAFFORDSHIRE JOINT DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Publisher:
- Staffordshire County Council/North Staffordshire Health/South Staffordshire Heal
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Stafford
Brief report presenting an overview of the resettlement of 300 people with learning difficulties from residential care into group homes in the community.
Citizen advocacy in practice
- Authors:
- HOLLY Lesley, WEBB Barbara
- Publisher:
- Tavistock Institute
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 4 booklets in folder.
- Place of publication:
- London
Pack looking at the work of the Advocacy Alliance Scarborough-Rydale-Whitby project. Booklet 1 looks at context and framework; book 2 outlines the scheme; book 3 examines the partnerships at the heart of the alliance; and book 4 looks at lessons and issues arising from the project.
What can we do: the legal framework of community care services for adults with learning disabilities; a guide for families, advocates and support personnel in England and Wales
- Authors:
- ROBERTS Gwyneth, GRIFFITHS Aled
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Guide to community care services.
‘Using your environment’: the development and implementation of a client-centred assessment tool for use with people who have intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- KILPATRICK Tracey, O'LEARY Eucemia
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41(3), 2013, pp.220-221.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
A user-friendly, client-centred tool was developed to enable service users to set goals about activities at home and in the community. Using this tool benefitted service users by greater involvement in goal setting; more independence, choice and control; higher motivation. The tool will be continually improved to meet the needs identified by service users of all ages.
The first three years of community forensic service for people with a learning disability
- Authors:
- BENTON Carl, ROY Ashok
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 10(2), June 2008, pp.4-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reports on the first three years of a community forensic team in Birmingham working with individuals with learning disabilities who have offended or are at risk of doing so. Using an interprofessional model, the team provided assessment, intervention and management, enabling individuals to live in the least restrictive environment. There were 113 referrals, the majority (94%) of whom were males. Only 26 had been convicted. The problems this raised for the team are discussed, along with the cost-effectiveness, impact on admission rates and benefits of providing such a service. Two case scenarios are presented to highlight some of the issues encountered by the team.
Social work with people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Paul
- Publisher:
- Learning Matters
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 155p.
- Place of publication:
- Exeter
Based around the government White Paper, Valuing People (2001), this title is the only up-to-date book on the subject. It outlines the progress made towards achieving the paper's aims and helps students to work towards assessing the needs and circumstances of people with learning difficulties. Throughout the book case studies, summaries of contemporary research and suggestions for further reading aid and reinforce learning. Part of the Transforming Social Work Practice series, it is written for students on the social work honours degree.
Direct payment for people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 66, October 1997, pp.15-16.
Discusses the results of a study which highlights that although many have valuable experience of using indirect payments, many people are unaware of the possibilities.
Community care for people with challenging behaviours and mild learning disability: an evaluation of an assessment and treatment unit
- Authors:
- GASKELL George, DOCKRELL Julie, REHMAN Hamid
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 34(3), September 1995, pp.383-395.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a three-year evaluation of the Mental Impairment Evaluation and Treatment Service (MIETS). MIETS, a hospital-based unit, seeks to prepare clients with a mild learning disability and challenging behaviours for resettlement in the community. The evaluation focuses on the progress of 34 clients from preadmission to six months post-discharge. Concludes that community care is a viable option for people with challenging behaviour; without the specialist inputs of MIETS few of the clients would have achieved community placements, but questions are raised about the length of admission.