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Towering achievements
- Author:
- PARTON Dan
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 15(6), November/December 2015, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Project Search helps young people in Blackpool with learning disabilities gain work experience and employment, and has enjoyed a high level of success thanks to its personalised approach. Each student on the project takes part in two months of college-based learning, before gaining experience in a variety of work placements sessions to find a suitable career. This article describes the development and some of the achievements of the Project, which is run by Blackpool Council, along with the Blackpool branch of learning disability Mencap, Blackpool and the Fylde College and three of the town's special schools. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning on the land
- Author:
- MOURANT Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 15(6), November/December 2015, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article describes how Fairfield Farm College in Wiltshire, England teaches 16-24 year-olds with learning disabilities basic farming skills which help them move onto independent living and paid employment. Students are referred by local authorities, some as residents, living in houses just off site, while others attend as day students. (Edited publisher abstract)
An initial evaluation of direct care staff resilience workshops in intellectual disabilities services
- Authors:
- INGHAM Barry, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 17(3), 2013, pp.3 214-222.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
The emotional responses to challenging behaviour of direct care staff who support people with intellectual disabilities is thought to be an important mediating factor within the stress experienced by staff and a potential maintaining factor in challenging behaviour. A brief workshop to improve direct care staff resilience was developed and initially evaluated using a measure of emotional reaction to challenging behaviour and a measure of burnout. It was found that negative emotional reactions to challenging behaviour significantly reduced following the workshop, but a measure of burnout did not. This may indicate the usefulness of this intervention with direct care staff in managing their emotional reactions to challenging behaviour. However, further development and evaluation of such interventions with direct care staff is required to explore ways of impacting upon burnout and managing the display of challenging behaviour. (Publisher abstract)
‘Keeping Safe’ - a community cohesion project linking health with education
- Authors:
- MEAD Lorian, MEAD Lloyd, WILLIAMS Lawrence
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Assistive Technologies, 4(2), June 2010, pp.36-39.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper describes a cross-agency project developed using ICT tools and digital film to create a DVD, called ‘Keeping Safe’, about personal safety for and by people with learning disabilities. The work described in this paper builds on the success of an earlier collaboration, called ‘Healthy Eating’, by the same team of participants. The participants were staff and students from NHS Kingston, The Holy Cross School, and Lambeth College. The DVD was commissioned by NHS Kingston for occupational therapists to use for training purposes. This paper describes the aims and objectives of the project, and the project development from the perspective of the 3 different groups of participants. The article concludes that this was a highly successful cross-agency collaboration between health and education groups, in which all 3 groups of participants achieved their objectives.
Preparing young people for the world of work
- Author:
- SINCLAIR Grainne
- Journal article citation:
- Outlook, 26, Spring 2005, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations
The Project Co-ordinator of the Who Cares? Trust assesses the impact of programmes that set out to improve the further education, training and employment of young people leaving care. Looks at the 2000-02 Employability Programme and the 2002-04 Employability Plus Programme.
Independent living for the most excluded: case studies of local authorities and third sector organisations working together to help vulnerable groups into homes and jobs
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office. Office of the Third Sector, GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office. Social Exclusion Taskforce
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The socially excluded adults public service agreement (PSA 16) aims to ensure that the most socially excluded adults are offered the chance to get back on a path to a more successful life, by increasing the proportion of at-risk individuals in settled accommodation and in employment, education or training. PSA 16 focuses on 4 client groups who are particularly vulnerable to multiple forms of disadvantage: care leavers; offenders under probation supervision; adults in contact with secondary mental health services; and adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities. In 2009 the Office of the Third Sector and the Social Exclusion Task Force investigated 4 places where local authorities have used Supporting People funding to help individuals from PSA 16 groups into jobs and homes, to inform understanding of the third sector organisations which provide these services. This publication describes these 4 case studies, sketching the organisational structures in each place and the ways they help PSA 16 groups and giving contact details for each. The case studies are: Norwood in partnership with Redbridge Local Authority working with adults with learning disabilities; Foundation Housing with Leeds City Council working with ex-offenders; Tyneside Cyrenians and Newcastle City Council working with ex-offenders and people with mental health problems; and St Basils and Birmingham City Council working with young people who have been in care.