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Getting it right!: a guide for families of people with learning disabilities on choosing a support provider and improving the quality of support
- Author:
- VALUING FAMILIES IN KENT
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 26p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide for is aimed at families whose adult son or daughter, or other relative, are getting support through a direct payment or personal budget. The person may be living in their family home or be living in their own home. The booklet was written and produced by a group of families in the Maidstone area of Kent who are using direct payments and personal budgets to get support for someone in their families who has a learning disability. The aim of this guide is for these families to share their first hand experiences of organising support. The guide looks at questions that these families would have liked answers to when they were first organising support with their family members. The questions are arranged under the following headings: finding out about individual support; finding support providers; checking out support providers; checking out staff policies and practices; managing day-to-day; and keeping safe.
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.
In the driving seat: a workbook to help me plan my support
- Authors:
- SANDERSON Helen, MCSTRAVICK Suzanne
- Publisher:
- In Control
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is aimed at individuals who need support to help them make their own plan which enables them to live the life they want. It has 2 parts. Part 1, ‘Deciding Where To Go’, discusses information that needs to be considered before designing the plan, such as: what money is available; who can help make important decisions and put the plan together; what the person wants their life to be like and what they enjoy doing; and keeping fit and healthy. Part 2, ‘Getting There’, considers the support that is needed to enact the plan. It includes considering where the person want to live and spend time. It also includes consideration of who will provide support, what they should be like, what they should do, how they should be managed, and how much the support will cost.
Top tips: how you can support people to plan
- Authors:
- SANDERSON Helen, MCSTRAVICK Suzanne
- Publisher:
- In Control
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Some people need support to decide their route through life. This booklet is aimed at family members, friends, advocates and paid workers of people who require support. It provides them with ideas to help them support the person to make a plan which enables them to live the life they want. The guide has 2 parts. Part 1, ‘Deciding Where To Go’ , discusses information that need to be considered before designing the plan, such as: what money is available for support; who can help make important decisions and put the plan together; understanding the person and what they enjoy doing; and keeping fit and healthy. Part 2, ‘Deciding How To Get There’, considers the support that is needed to enact the plan. It includes considering where the person wants to live and what housing choices are possible. It also advises writing out a timetable which sets out how the person will spend their time and filling in the times of paid and unpaid support. Four different types of support that can be used are considered: specialist support providers; individual support providers; family and friends; and support that occurs naturally in the community. Employment of supporters, such as designing the person specification, job description and recruitment, are also considered.
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.
Helping people with learning disabilities manage continence: a workbook for support workers and carers
- Authors:
- BRADLEY Alice, LAMBE Loretto
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Continence is one of those things we seldom think about if we don’t have a problem, but which assumes massive proportions if we do. Incontinence is very much a taboo subject and relatively little has been written about it in relation to people with learning disabilities. This workbook has been produced in partnership with people with learning disabilities to rectify the situation. By understanding continence better and improving the support available, care staff can help enhance the quality of life for individuals and, where relevant, for their families.
Good support: a training pack for self advocacy groups to train their support workers
- Authors:
- COWIE Julia, Le-SURF Mike
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 120p., DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
This training course is for self advocacy groups to use to help train their support workers. It is designed to help meet the needs of self advocacy groups for trained supporters, and the need of supporters for training.
Tailoring the care certificate: services for people with a learning disability
- Author:
- SKILLS FOR CARE
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This document, which includes the learning disability contextualised standards, is designed to be used in addition to, and to enhance, current Care Certificate delivery and resources. The Care Certificate was introduced in 2015 to ensure that all social care and healthcare workers have the knowledge, skills and behaviours to provide compassionate, safe and high quality care and support. Some of the standards have been contextualised to different working situations or services to help new workers, or workers new to a particular area of care, to apply the content to their specific roles. The Care Certificate has been contextualised in six areas: autism; dementia; end of life care; learning disability; lone working; mental health. (Edited publisher abstract)