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Thinking big, aiming high
- Author:
- BERKELEY Viv
- Journal article citation:
- Adults Learning, 21(5), January 2010, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
This article outlines the themes raised at the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) annual disability conference. Concerns over funding, teacher training, partnership working and employment were raised, with delegates clear that flexible funding systems were necessary to empower providers to be more creative with what constitutes success. Delegates felt that simply funding qualification-driven provision would restrict providers in providing adequate services. The article highlights the difficulties in finding employment opportunities for disabled people, calling for a series of policy driven action that would enable better prospects in the future. It examines the role of further education in supporting disabled people into work, noting the ‘learning is a route into earning’. The article concludes by suggesting that having expectations and aspirations is vital to disabled people, and that providers and local government need to work in partnership to overcome the difficulties imposed by the current funding cuts.
The same as you?: a review of services for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 137p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This review began by looking at services, especially in social and healthcare, and their relationship with education, housing, employment and other areas. However, its focus changed to include people’s lifestyles. That is what matters. Services are there to support people in their daily lives. The Learning Disability Review has succeeded in involving many of those with an interest, especially those who use services and their carers, at different points in the journey. The focus of the report is consistent with existing policies on community care. ‘Modernising Community Care’ wants better results for people through quicker and better decision-making, greater emphasis on care at home and agencies working more closely together.
Multi-agency inspection: thematic inspection of services for people with a learning disability in Angus, Dumfries and Galloway, East and West Lothian
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 156p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Government commissioned this inspection, which was undertaken in 2009. The 3 themes for the inspection were transition, lifelong learning, and employment. It focused on what 4 councils and health partnerships in Angus, Dumfries and Galloway, East and West Lothian were doing to improve the experiences of people with a learning disability about these issues. The report includes an easy read summary of the findings, describes the inspection methodology and activities, and reports on the findings for each of the 4 partnerships studied and on shared issues for all areas. It includes tables with a summary showing evaluation levels for each partnership for: outcomes for people who used services and their carers, experience of people who used services and their carers, impact on stakeholders, access to services, strategic planning, vision, values and aims, and capacity for improvement. It makes recommendations for improvements for individual councils, individual partnerships or more than one council or partnership. The report notes that each partnership will be asked to prepare an action plan setting out how they will implement the recommendations of the report.
Making the jump: transition to work; a guide to supporting adults with learning difficulties make the jump from education to employment
- Author:
- JACOBSEN Yola
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 136p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
The “Making the Jump” project is about how people with learning difficulties can move on from courses and training for work to actually getting a job. During the project the NIACE project workers visited colleges, adult education centres, supported employment organisations and self-advocacy organisations. Where people with learning difficulties were being helped to make the jump to work, different organisations like colleges and supported employment agencies worked together to make this happen.
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.
Valuing employment now: real jobs for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 102p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This sets out the cross-government strategy and action plan needed to increase the number of people with learning disabilities in employment. Contents include: growing the presumption of employability; joint working to create individual paths to employment; better work preparation at school, college and adult learning; the role of personal budgets and social care; increasing high quality job coaching; clearing up confusion about the benefits system; promoting self-employment; the need for employers to see the business case; transport to get to work; addressing barriers with where people live; employment for the most excluded adults with learning disabilities; people with learning disabilities and their families leading the way; better data and performance management.
The same as you?: partnership in practice agreements 2004-2007: national overview and next steps
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
One of the 29 recommendations of the 'The same as you?' review was that local authorities and health boards should draw up Partnership in Practice agreements (PiPs). The aim of this national overview report is to provide feedback on the key messages that emerge from a review of all of the 2004-2007 PiPs, taking account of additional evidence from other sources. Key themes identified are: health promotion and improving access to health, Local Area Coordination, carers, short breaks or respite, autism spectrum disorders, Direct Payments, day services, further education and employment, supported living and vulnerable adults. This report aims to highlight positive developments that can be shared to support improvement across Scotland, and to inform the next round of plans for 2007-2010.
Transition from adolescence to young adulthood: is partnership working up to the task?
- Author:
- HUDSON Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 11(4), August 2003, pp.43-47.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The transition from adolescence to young adulthood in young people with a learning disability is fraught with complexity. Looks at the policies and processes that should aid transition and considers the extent to which the challenges are currently being addressed.
Getting the message across
- Authors:
- BIRCHALL Christine, WARREN Derek
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.6.00, 2000, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In the first half the article, the author who is employed in a project to help adults with learning difficulties back into work, offers some pointers on publicising its good work. In the second part, the author, advises how a project which set up the first behaviour resource service in Southampton to help children and young people with complex mental health problems and behavioural difficulties, could gain positive publicity.
One job two skills
- Author:
- SIMS Dave
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.12.99, 1999, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues joint practitioners could be the driving force behind changing attitudes to joint working, provided they are supported.