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A COVID-19 guide for care staff supporting an adult with learning disabilities/autism
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide to help care staff and personal assistants supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults through the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. It aims to help care providers and care workers keep people with learning disabilities and autistic adults informed and safe, while protecting and promoting people’s rights to equitable health care and support. Areas covered in the guide include: staying well; social distancing; Advance planning; Care Act easements; safeguarding duties; and death and bereavement. The aim of the guide is to ensure that high quality care and support can continue to be given to these groups during the pandemic. (Edited publisher abstract)
Consensus‐based good practice guidelines for clinical psychologists to support care staff in enabling sexual expression in people with intellectual disabilities - a Delphi study
- Authors:
- ENGLISH Brad, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(2), 2020, pp.268-282.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: Care staff supporting people with intellectual disabilities (PWID) report accepting views on PWID's sexual expression, but people with intellectual disabilities report their sexual expression is restricted by care staff. Methods: This study recruited a panel of 17 UK clinical psychologists experienced in helping care staff support PWID's sexual expression. This study used the Delphi Method to develop consensus‐based practice guidelines for UK clinical psychologists supporting care staff in this way. Results: Having proposed three guidelines each in Round One, panel members reached consensus (≥90% agreement) that 12 were important, falling under four themes: “Addressing staff attitudes,” “Addressing uncertainty about rights and responsibilities of people with intellectual disabilities,” “Locating the problem, being part of the solution,” and “Supporting care staff to understand and reflect upon their role.” Conclusions: Clinical psychologists help care staff support PWID's sexual expression by normalizing care staff concerns, encouraging reflection, clarifying PWID's rights, and prompting those at managerial and service level to support care staff. (Edited publisher abstract)
Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for care staff supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance for care staff who are supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The guidance includes information on keeping people with learning disabilities and autistic people safe, supporting them to understand the changes they need to make during the COVID-19 outbreak, and helping staff protect their own wellbeing. It includes links to relevant resources. It builds on the COVID-19 adult social care action plan and more detailed guidance published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence. [First published 24 April 2020. Last updated 24 August 2021] (Edited publisher abstract)
Services for children and young people who display challenging behaviour: well-matched and skilled staff
- Author:
- BERNARD Sarah
- Publisher:
- Challenging Behaviour Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Chatham
The distress and trauma which can be experienced if someone is placed in an inappropriate and poorly monitored setting is all too evident with recent exposure of abuse and poor practice. Those commissioning often expensive placements must be able to access evidence-based information which demonstrates what a good service should offer. This pamphlet has been produced as a guide for professionals who commission services for children with learning disabilities who display challenging behaviour. These individuals have complex health and social needs. Service provision must be directed by the needs of the individual and there should not be an expectation that these people can be fitted into existing services if such services do not address the complexities of their needs. The pamphlet suggests which professionals should be involved, what should be looked for in a service, what skills are required by the workforce and how service provision can be monitored.
Services for adults with learning disabilities who display challenging behaviour: well-matched and skilled staff
- Author:
- BAKER Peter
- Publisher:
- Challenging Behaviour Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Chatham
The distress and trauma which can be experienced if someone is placed in an inappropriate and poorly monitored setting is all too evident with recent exposure of abuse and poor practice. Those commissioning often expensive placements must be able to access evidence-based information which demonstrates what a good service should offer. This pamphlet has been produced as a guide for professionals who commission services for adults with learning disabilities who display challenging behaviour. These individuals have complex health and social needs. Service provision must be directed by the needs of the individual and there should not be an expectation that these people can be fitted into existing services if such services do not address the complexities of their needs. The pamphlet suggests which professionals should be involved, what should be looked for in a service, what skills are required by the workforce and how service provision can be monitored.
Basic personal care MOT
- Authors:
- CARR Deborah, WELLINGTON Sam
- Publisher:
- Nottinghamshire Council. Learning Disability Partnership Board
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
The aim of this document is to provide advice and guidance to staff assisting people with a learning disability in aspects of basic personal care. It covers the topics of personal hygiene, oral hygiene, fingernail and hand care, toenail and foot care, shaving, hair care, clothing. This supplements policy and guidance in the development of a personal support plan which forms part of the person centred plan.
Working together: easy steps to improve how people with a learning disability are supported when in hospital: guidance for hospitals, families and paid support staff
- Authors:
- HARKNESS Jenny, et al
- Publisher:
- Home Farm Trust
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This guidance has been produced by a working group of family carers, hospital staff, learning disability nurses and paid support staff, facilitated by HFT. Its aim is to help ensure that people with learning disabilities get the right kind of support and effective treatment during their stay in hospital. Four sections explain what family carer, paid support staff and hospital staff should be doing before admission, at admission, during admission, and at the end of a hospital stay to achieve the best outcomes for people with learning disabilities. The guide stresses the importance of working together. Appendices include a checklist for an admission meeting, The Traffic Light Hospital Assessment and The Risk, Dependency and Support Assessment.
Rights, risks and limits to freedom: principles and good practice guidance for practitioners considering restraint in residential care settings
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guidance sets out a number of general principles that the Commission believes apply to the use of restraint in any setting. These general principles should be taken into account when restraint is being considered in the care of any person who has a mental learning difficulty, dementia or other mental disorder. The guidance aims to help guide thinking on the use of restraint and encourage all care staff to consider their actions and the impact that those actions may have on the people they are caring for. This guidance cannot give answers to every situation residents and care staff find themselves in. The document also includes sections on particular types of restraint and interventions that can lead to the freedom of movement and liberty of residents being limited in some way.