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Management of bullying on an NHS open forensic unit for people with borderline/mild learning disabilities
- Authors:
- SASSE James, GOUGH Karen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 7(1), February 2005, pp.13-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In this study semi-structured interviews were used to gather the perceptions, experiences and recommendations of service users about current and future management of bullying. Staff completed a questionnaire seeking information on the incidence and characteristics of bullying, management techniques and training requirements. Service users' results highlight the importance of the level and predictability of staff presence on the ward, difficulties in reporting episodes for fear of retribution, and improving the availability of information about bullying. Staff results highlighted a consistent response to bullying but reluctance to rate highly the strategies used or there confidence in assessing bullying and a desire for bullying-specific training.
Promoting the involvement of people with learning difficulties in staff recruitment
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The 'Learning to choose staff' project aimed to promote and support the involvement of people with learning difficulties in staff recruitment.Project workers designed and evaluated a training and development programme for working with five different organisations providing services to people with learning difficulties in England.
A risk management dilemma: how day centre staff understand challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- HEYMAN Bob, SWAIN John, GILLMAN Maureen
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 13(2), April 1998, pp.163-182.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Describes a qualitative study which explored the views of staff about challenging behaviour in day centres for people with learning difficulties. They readily cited concrete illustrated incidents of challenging behaviour which involved physical, sexual and verbal assault, noise, non-compliance, non-communication and exposure to danger. Discusses how staff, caring for large numbers of service users en masse, faced a risk management dilemma. Labelling an individual as challenging could forewarn colleagues about possible dangers. However, such strategies could damage the quality of services which a labelled person received, exacerbating the initial problem.
Social inclusion and community care
- Author:
- TOWELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 2000, pp.5-7.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The pursuit of concerted policies to build a more inclusive society or, more precisely, to tackle social exclusion, is arguably the 'big idea' of New Labour's first year in government. Asks what opportunities and challenges this over-arching policy agenda offers for improving what we call community care.
The relationship between training and the experience of aggression in the workplace in residential care staff working in learning disability services
- Authors:
- MURRAY G.C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(4), December 1999, pp.214-218.
Uses a questionnaire to examine the following in 50 social care staff: the experience of workplace aggression in staff supporting individuals with a learning disability, the extent to which staff had received training in the prevention and management of aggressive behaviour and the relationship between training and staff confidence in dealing with aggression. Staff reported strategies for dealing with aggression which mainly involved withdrawal of themselves and others rather than physical interventions. However, there was a neglect of longer-term strategies for dealing with aggression. Implications for practice are discussed.
Knowledge of learning disabilities: the relationship with choice, duty of care and non-aversive approaches
- Authors:
- McKENZIE K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(1), March 1999, pp.27-33.
This study examines the relationship between the knowledge of the diagnostic criteria for a learning disability, care practices and experience in health care and social care staff. Responses to a questionnaire were analysed in terms of participants emphasis on: recognising duty of care; enabling choice; non-aversive and aversive strategies. Results indicated the knowledge of learning disability was limited, with only 16 percent of the sample correctly identifying all three criteria. Limitations of this study are discussed.