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Thinking on your feet: understanding the immediate responses of staff to adults who challenge intellectual disability services
- Authors:
- RAVOUX Peggy, BAKER Peter, BROWN Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 25(3), May 2012, pp.189-202.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Previous research suggests that there is a significant gap between the conceptualisation of good practice in challenging behaviour management strategies and current practice in intellectual disability services in the UK. This study investigated staff members’ perspectives of managing clients with challenging behaviours. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eleven staff (ranging from managers to support workers) in two residential services in the independent sector. Both provided 24 hour support to four individuals. One service used a specific training package referred to as Non-Abusive Psychological and Physical interventions, the other used a positive behaviour support framework to inform their behavioural management policy. Service documents on challenging behaviour management were also examined. Analysis of the responses focussed on staff members’ immediate responses to clients’ difficult behaviours and their decision-making processes. The immediate responses of staff were the result of complex appraisals shaped by their service context involving the core processes of making the right choice and prioritising the best interests of all involved. The authors conclude that staff members’ responses can be understood as a dynamic and retroactive process, where their past and current challenging behaviour management influence their responses to clients in the future.
Taking care of business: a guide to employing people with a learning disability
- Author:
- BERRY Tom
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Information for employers which argues the benefits of employing people with a learning disability; outlines support mechanisms and financial assistance for employers; describes common characteristics of people with learning disabilities; gives examples of good practice in employment; and provides case studies.
Don't shut me in
- Author:
- GILLEN Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, August 2011, pp.12-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Despite being in force for two years, recent cases have highlighted a lack of training and awareness in the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. This article discusses the difficulties in defining a deprivation of liberty, explores the implications of recent court rulings and identifies gaps in training provision for social work managers and staff.
Missing a beat: police responses to people with learning disabilities and mental health problems
- Authors:
- MACKENZIE Robin, WATTS John
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 15(4), October 2010, pp.34-40.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Guidance has recently been issued to police officers on how to respond to people with learning disabilities and mental illnesses. The National Policing Improving Agency (NPIA) Guidance is the first of its sort to be endorsed by the UK Department of Health. It includes sections on definitions, mental health principles, responses to victims and witnesses, responses to suspects and offenders, the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and police responses. The guidance recognises that people with learning disabilities and mental health problems come into contact with the police as victims of crime and as perpetrators, and that police officers are often the gateway for these people to access health care. This article reviews the guidance and comments on some of the advice, in the context of current issues and concerns. One of the main concerns is not with the guidance itself, but that it will not be backed up by adequate and regular training. It recommends that, before implementation, a survey is undertaken on the current responses of police officers to people with learning disabilities or mental illnesses. This survey can then be repeated in order to judge the impact of the guidance.
A new kind of trainer: how to develop the training role for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- OWEN Katherine, BUTLER Gary, HOLLINS Sheila
- Publishers:
- Gaskell, St. George's Hospital Medical School
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book tells the story of a service user (with a learning disability) through each stage of obtaining his job as a training adviser at a Medical School, what the job involves, and shows how he continues to develop in the role. There is an increasing expectation that service users will be involved in preparing health and social care professionals to work with people with learning disabilities, following a recommendation in the Valuing People Government White Paper. This book provides an introduction and guide for both service users and employers. It is based on more than 10 years experience of employing people with learning disabilities as training advisors in a Medical School to train staff and students. It will assist service users with both how to find a job initially, providing accessible materials which are easy to understand, and in developing their role as trainers. It will also assist organisations (particularly universities and colleges) by providing good practice guidance together with many pointers about preparing a disability friendly environment that will help them to employ users with learning disabilities as trainers.
Pathway Employment Service
- Author:
- BOSTWICK Fiona
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, Autumn 1998, pp.6-9.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
Looks at Rotherham Pathway Employment Service as an example of good practice in the field of learning disability and employment.
Working with families, friends and carers: a framework for adult social care employers
- Authors:
- SKILLS FOR CARE, AVENUES
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 26
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This framework, developed in partnership with the Avenues Group, sets out good practice guidelines about the skills and knowledge adult social care staff need to work effectively with the families and carers of people who need care and support. The framework covers four areas: establishing positive relationships with families, friends and carers; recognising the importance of family relationships and your role in this; maintaining appropriate communication with families; and offering support to people who need care and support to maintain and manage family relationships. The framework can be used to help organisations design or commissioning training. It can also be used to review how services and staff are working with families and carers and identify what needs to improve. It is based on research carried out by Avenues Group with people who need care and support and their families. Links to a sample training session designed by the Avenues Group is included. (Edited publisher abstract)
Best practice in safeguarding in colleges: report summary
- Author:
- OFSTED
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The framework for the inspection of further education and skills has a strong emphasis on keeping learners safe. This summary presents the key findings of a survey of best practice in colleges based on visits to 14 of the 15 colleges that received an outstanding grade for the leadership and management of their safeguarding arrangements in 2009/10. The colleges include general further education colleges, sixth form colleges, and independent specialist colleges catering for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
Best practice in safeguarding in colleges: a survey of best practice in safeguarding based on visits to 14 of the 15 colleges that received an outstanding grade for the leadership and management of their safeguarding arrangements in 2009/10
- Author:
- OFSTED
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The framework for the inspection of further education and skills has a strong emphasis on keeping learners safe. This survey presents best practice based on visits to 14 of the 15 colleges that received an outstanding grade for the leadership and management of their safeguarding arrangements in 2009/10. They include general further education colleges, sixth form colleges, and independent specialist colleges catering for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. Areas of good practice discussed include: promoting safeguarding, training, safeguarding vulnerable groups, promoting safeguarding through teaching and learning, keeping the college's environment safe, and safe recruitment of staff. Points are illustrated with examples of good practice. Annexes provide the names and brief profiles of the colleges visited.
Connecting with sexuality
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.5.99, 1999, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Education about sexual health for people with learning difficulties is a fairly new field of work. Looks at the Connect project which aims to improve understanding of the issues involved and promote good practice.