Search results for ‘Subject term:"learning disabilities"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 9 of 9
Valuing People: family matters ten years on
- Authors:
- COOPER Viv, WARD Cally
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 16(2), April 2011, pp.44-48.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
It is ten years since Valuing People promised a ‘new deal’ for family carers. Valuing People was explicitly concerned to ensure a cultural shift in the way services worked with and conceptualised the role of family carers. It included specific objectives for involving families in local partnership boards, providing better support for them in their caring role and investing in family leadership nationally, regionally and locally. This article considers why there was a need for a more family-focused approach to support. It then discusses the advances over the last decade towards meeting the objectives of Valuing People. It concludes that despite the positive policy developments it would be dangerous to be complacent; there is still a need to continue investing in families and people with learning disabilities to ensure that the gains of the past decade are not lost.
Good Learning Disability Partnership Boards: 'making it happen for everyone'
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This good practice guidance has been developed to help Learning Disability Partnership Boards to oversee the monitoring and delivery of Valuing People Now. The contents includes local governance arrangements, membership of Partnership Boards, good and effective meetings, work programmes, performance and financial management, and communication and awareness raising. Best practice examples and a self-assessment template setting out the range of local data that Partnership Boards can access to inorder to assess progress locally are also provided.
An evaluation of the Mencap family adviser service in northern Ireland
- Authors:
- MCKEOWN Paschal, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Care in Practice, 7(4), December 2001, pp.273-287.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Mencap (NI) provides and largely funds an 'information and Advice Service' aimed primarily at family carers and people with learning disabilities. This article describes the service and the evaluation process used. Information was obtained from four stakeholder groups, namely service-users; service-funders; the leaders of learning disability teams in Health and Social Services (HSS) Trusts and the chair persons of Mencap local societies. The feature of a good information and advice service are noted, along with the developments required to the existing service, In the main these relate to improved partnership working with statutory agencies and increasing the profile of the service with services, family carers and people with learning disabilities.
The role of the learning disability worker
- Authors:
- BARCHAM Lesley, POUNTNEY Jackie
- Publisher:
- Learning Matters; British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- Exeter
This practical textbook is aimed at social care staff working with people with learning disabilities to help them the role of the learning disability worker. This includes personal assistants, volunteers, managers supporting services, or personal budget users planning to train a personal assistant. Chapters cover: understanding working relationships when supporting people with a learning disability; working in ways that are agreed with your employer and following policies and procedures; and working in partnership with families, carers and advocates. Each chapter contains clear learning objectives, thinking points to aid reflective practice, examples of good practice, and activities. The contents also links to the Common Induction Standards and the module on the role of the health and social care worker from level 2 and 3 diplomas in health and social care
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.
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.
Development of integrated children's services in Exeter: a case study
- Authors:
- HOPGOOD Miles, SHAW John
- Journal article citation:
- MCC Building Knowledge for Integrated Care, 10(4), October 2002, pp.29-34.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Describes the experience of designing and implementing a joint health/social services/education strategy for children with special needs and their families in the Exeter, East Devon, Mid Devon and North Devon Primary Care Trust localities. While partnership with parents was a guiding principle and beneficial changes in policy and practice were introduced, the article gives practical illustrations of how easily a gap can emerge between rhetoric and reality during the implementation.
In their own right: the support needs of family carers of people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Val
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 3(3), November 1999, pp.94-95.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Community care depends heavily on the family carers who provide day to day care for the majority of people with learning difficulties. The Carers Act 1995 was intended to acknowledge their own needs for support from health and social services. However, new research suggests services may still be neglecting their needs. This paper argues that support for carers is an essential element of community care and should be prioritised in joint health and social services planning.
National service framework for mental health: modern standards and service models for mental health
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Circular accompanying national service framework setting out standards for mental health service provision by health and social services.