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Valuing people review submission: December 2004
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The introduction of the Valuing People white paper in March 2001 has been the most important policy development for people with a learning disability and their families and carers in a generation. This submission to the Valuing People review sets out how Mencap believes the Valuing People programme should develop over the next five years. It looks at three broad areas: philosophy, structure, and policy priorities.
Planning for change? Learning disability joint investment plans and implementing the Valuing People White Paper
- Authors:
- WARD Linda, FYSON Rachel, WATSON Debby
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 12(3), June 2004, pp.11-19.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Valuing People outlined ambitious plans for improving services for people with learning disabilities in England. Strategies to realise these goals were to be taken forward through the new structure of learning disability partnership boards, based in the first instance on local joint investment plans (JIPs). Reports findings from an analysis of the first round of learning disability JIPs compiled as the implementation of the White Paper began, and reviews the implications for the development of robust local strategies and action plans.
If person-centred planning did not exist, Valuing People would require its invention
- Author:
- O'BRIEN John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(1), March 2004, pp.11-15.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Person-centred planning is one important tool in making the culture change necessary to realize the Government's promise in Valuing People. Some potential dangers in large scale implementation are identified, a logic for local action is described, the criteria for effective person-centred planning are defined in terms of supporting personal choice, the contribution of person-centred planning to organizational culture change is identified, the possibility of failure to implement policy change is acknowledged, and the potential benefits of person-centred planning under conditions of policy failure is described.
It's time to value everyone
- Author:
- MIR Ghazala
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.02.04, 2004, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that people from ethnic minorities who have learning difficulties are not feeling the benefits brought about by Valuing People policies. Reports on attempts by government to address this problem
Valuing people: much achieved, more to do; a summary report of inspections carried out during 2003-2004 of 12 councils' social care services for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary report of twelve inspections of services for adults with learning difficulties and how these services were performing in the light of the White Paper 'Valuing people'. Consultants with learning difficulties and their support workers were included as members of the inspection teams. The teams focused on advocacy; information and communication; assessment and person-centred planning; transition into adult life; services for people with learning disabilities; people with additional needs; services for family carers; partnership and planning; and resources.
Person-centred planning or person-centred action?
- Authors:
- MANSELL Jim, BEADLE-BROWN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(1), March 2004, pp.31-35.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article looks at issues raised under three headings addressing the scale of the task envisaged in the 2001 White Paper Valuing People, the feasibility and effectiveness of individual planning and how to achieve person-centred action. The authors conclude that there is substantial agreement about the goals of intellectual disability services and the processes that need to take place around individuals to help them get what they need and want. They disagree about whether person-centred planning will deliver this, and about whether it will provide a robust basis for claiming and defending the resources people with intellectual disabilities will need in the future.
Making valuing people work: strategies for change in services for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FYSON Rachel, WARD Linda
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 88p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
In its creation, Valuing People represented a radical departure from the traditional processes of Whitehall policy development. For the first time, people with learning disabilities were actively involved in the working parties from which the White Paper was developed; their views, needs, ambitions, and dreams were reflected in the final document. Subsequent to the White Paper’s publication, the involvement of both service users and family carers has continued to be an important element of the implementation process; in particular they have had an important role to play in Learning Disability Partnership Boards. These new structures within local government aim to bring together key local stakeholders, including people with learning difficulties and family carers as well as social services and health and a wide range of providers of services, in order to raise awareness of learning disability issues beyond the specialist services and plan for the implementation of the changes the White Paper required. Taking as its starting point the assumption that effective implementation of Valuing People would require significant changes to services at both a strategic and operational level, the Strategies for Change project posed a number of questions: How can local strategies be developed which reflect the needs, wishes and concerns of local populations? How can people with learning disabilities and family carers be involved effectively in the work of Partnership Boards? How can the types of support offered to people with learning disabilities be changed, to enable people to take more control over their own lives? What role should commissioners of learning disability services play in bringing about these changes? How have people with learning disabilities experienced previous changes to their support services and how can these changes be user-led?