This final synthesis report summarises the evaluation of 11 money advice for vulnerable groups pilot projects funded by the Scottish Executive. The projects were five transitions to work projects, which aimed to improve recognition of the barriers that debt and financial difficulties can cause in the transition to work and provide a formal referral mechanism to guarantee an early interview with a money adviser, four advice projects targeted specific groups, such as lone parents, people with learning disabilities, young people and prisoners, and two projects focusing on service development to address advice standards in existing services and build links between advice services and service user groups including black and minority ethnic groups and people with mental health problems. Key findings and recommendations are presented.
This final synthesis report summarises the evaluation of 11 money advice for vulnerable groups pilot projects funded by the Scottish Executive. The projects were five transitions to work projects, which aimed to improve recognition of the barriers that debt and financial difficulties can cause in the transition to work and provide a formal referral mechanism to guarantee an early interview with a money adviser, four advice projects targeted specific groups, such as lone parents, people with learning disabilities, young people and prisoners, and two projects focusing on service development to address advice standards in existing services and build links between advice services and service user groups including black and minority ethnic groups and people with mental health problems. Key findings and recommendations are presented.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health problems, personal finance, prisoners, single parent families, user views, young people, advice services, black and minority ethnic people, evaluation;
This report provides the background to the Care Quality Commission thematic review of how dying patients are treated across various settings, an overview of the key findings and recommendations for providers, commissioners and local health and care system leaders, as well as information on what CQC will do going forward. The review focused on end of life care for people who may be less likely to receive good care, whether because of diagnosis, age, ethnic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or social circumstances. The report shows that where commissioners and services are taking an equality-led approach that responds to people’s individual needs, people receive better care. Although some commissioners and providers of end of life care are doing this well, many are not. People from the groups included in the review reported mixed experiences of end of life care, and highlighted barriers that sometimes prevented them from experiencing good, personalised end of life care. In particular, the review found that lack of awareness of people’s individual needs is a significant barrier to good care and that commissioners and providers do not always consider the needs of everyone in their community.
(Edited publisher abstract)
This report provides the background to the Care Quality Commission thematic review of how dying patients are treated across various settings, an overview of the key findings and recommendations for providers, commissioners and local health and care system leaders, as well as information on what CQC will do going forward. The review focused on end of life care for people who may be less likely to receive good care, whether because of diagnosis, age, ethnic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or social circumstances. The report shows that where commissioners and services are taking an equality-led approach that responds to people’s individual needs, people receive better care. Although some commissioners and providers of end of life care are doing this well, many are not. People from the groups included in the review reported mixed experiences of end of life care, and highlighted barriers that sometimes prevented them from experiencing good, personalised end of life care. In particular, the review found that lack of awareness of people’s individual needs is a significant barrier to good care and that commissioners and providers do not always consider the needs of everyone in their community.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
end of life care, palliative care, equal opportunities, black and minority ethnic people, disabilities, LGBT people, homeless people, Gypsies, travellers, learning disabilities, dementia, mental health problems, older people, prisoners;
Includes chapters on: issues of race and gender in mixed membership groups; black/white co-working in groups; the linguistic and cultural barriers to cross national working in groups; groupwork and black women; empowerment groupwork across racial lines; groupwork with black users with learning difficulties; groupwork with travellers and gypsies; a community based approach to the development of Asian Women's groups; empowering youthwork with young Asian women; black and white issues in training groups; prison groupwork for foreign nationals; the dynamics of groupwork in a prison community; and groupwork with refugees and asylum seekers.
Includes chapters on: issues of race and gender in mixed membership groups; black/white co-working in groups; the linguistic and cultural barriers to cross national working in groups; groupwork and black women; empowerment groupwork across racial lines; groupwork with black users with learning difficulties; groupwork with travellers and gypsies; a community based approach to the development of Asian Women's groups; empowering youthwork with young Asian women; black and white issues in training groups; prison groupwork for foreign nationals; the dynamics of groupwork in a prison community; and groupwork with refugees and asylum seekers.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, prisoners, race relations, refugees, travellers, training, women, young people, Asian people, asylum seekers, black and minority ethnic people, empowerment, groupwork, Gypsies, gender;
Contains chapters on: attachment theory in child and family social work; attachment in child protection assessments - implications for helping; attachment theory, neglect and the concept of parenting skills training - the needs of parents with learning disabilities and their children; attachment reviewed through a cultural sense; the prevalence of childhood trauma in the lives of violent young offenders; maintaining relationships between parents and children who live apart; loss in childhood and paternal imprisonment; psychological parenting and child placement; and care leavers and their babies.
Contains chapters on: attachment theory in child and family social work; attachment in child protection assessments - implications for helping; attachment theory, neglect and the concept of parenting skills training - the needs of parents with learning disabilities and their children; attachment reviewed through a cultural sense; the prevalence of childhood trauma in the lives of violent young offenders; maintaining relationships between parents and children who live apart; loss in childhood and paternal imprisonment; psychological parenting and child placement; and care leavers and their babies.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, leaving care, parents, parents with learning disabilities, psychology, prisoners, social work methods, social work theories, teenage pregnancy, assessment, attachment, attachment theory, black and minority ethnic people, child protection, children, families, fathers;