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Progress on participation?: self-advocate involvement in learning disability partnership boards
- Authors:
- FYSON Rachel, McBRIDE Gordon, MYERS Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(3), July 2004, pp.27-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Aimed to gather information about the objective and subjective experiences of self-advocates attending learning disability partnership boards, in order to promote effective practices. Findings show that although people with learning disabilities were present at meetings a variety of barriers limited their ability to participate actively. Problems included lack of financial and practical help as well as the limited availability of accessible information. There were, however, examples of good practice, and many self-advocates were pleased at how local authorities were beginning to implement effective partnership working practices. Ways of supporting self-advocates and others with learning disabilities to fulfil a truly representative, rather than merely symbolic, function at meetings are discussed.
Fertile ground
- Author:
- HAYDEN Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.9.04, 2004, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a conservation partnership between the Norton Priory Museum and Gardens, in Cheshire and a day centre for people with learning difficulties. The Positive Partnership project provides meaningful employment and is also helping to change the public's perceptions of people with learning difficulties.
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.
The development of a protocol for the joint investigation of crimes committed against vulnerable adults
- Authors:
- BAILEY A, MCALLISTER A, MCAULEY W J
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(2), April 2004, pp.18-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes the development and implementation of a joint protocol for the investigation of crimes against vulnerable adults. The protocol was piloted in Northern Ireland by the Police Service and Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust. Explains the aims of the protocol, examines the training involved in implementing it and explains the operational arrangements with special attention to capacity and consent, joint investigation, liaison points and review methods. Concludes with an examination of potential future developments.
Direct choices: what councils need to make direct payments happen for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The resource consists of information that councils will find helpful when seeking to enable people with learning disabilities to receive and use direct payments. It includes information on decision-making; on the management of a direct payment; on the provision of appropriate and accessible information; and on the support that people may need. It brings together existing information from a variety of sources, as well as using new information drawn directly from interviews with council direct payment staff, direct payment support groups and people currently using direct payments.
Early support for children with complex needs: team around the child and the multi-agency keyworker
- Author:
- LIMBRICK Peter
- Publisher:
- Interconnections
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 93p.
- Place of publication:
- Worcester
Early intervention is fast becoming something of a 'hot topic' among families of disabled children and practitioners in the field. This publication offers an account of the philosophy, principles, outcomes and management of the Team Around the Child model. In the past, parents of a very young child with special needs would be referred to specialists and agencies in various locations and services may have appeared disjointed. These families can now receive well planned services leading to a co-ordinated approach to the care of their child.
Social capital, social inclusion and services for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BATES Peter, DAVIS Fabian A.
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 19(3), May 2004, pp.195-207.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Both social capital and social inclusion have emerged as significant concepts for human services in the last decade and yet their inter-relationship remains largely unexplored. This article argues that, whilst they are similar in their vision for a healthy society, they adopt sufficiently different perspectives to stimulate and challenge each other. This can be well illustrated by reference to services for people with a learning disability. Commissioners and providers of learning disability services are encouraged through this article to harness both concepts in order to assist in the process of modernizing services and increasing life opportunities for the people they support. It is argued that it is not possible to understand the full consequences of adopting either theoretical position without an adequate understanding of the other. Examples are given of the implications of this for advocacy services, day opportunities, rural communities, transition and staff training.
Meeting complex needs: the future of social care
- Authors:
- RANKIN Jennifer, REGAN Sue
- Publishers:
- Institute for Public Policy Research, Turning Point
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 82p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There is a significant gap in services for people with complex needs. People with complex needs may have to deal with a number of different issues in their lives, for example a learning disability, mental health problems, or substance abuse. The may also be living in deprived circumstances and lack access to stable housing or meaningful daily activity. This book presents a strategy for reform to meet complex needs. Arguing for government to make stronger connections between social care and social inclusion, it calls for a new kind of delivery model for people with complex needs who live in deprived neighbourhoods. The authors explore how frontline reforms might be achieved through a reformed commissioning process, as well as a commitment to purposeful cultural change. Attention to the process of translating policy into practice should ensure that social care services meet complex needs more effectively in the future.