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Is the law inhibiting relationships?
- Author:
- LETTS Penny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 8(1), July 1994, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The aim of the law is to provide protection but this assumption and the consequent unlawfulness of sexual intercourse has the effect of inhibiting relationships between adults with a learning disability. The law may also prevent carers and other staff from assisting and advising adults with a learning disability to be able to experience a sexual relationship.
Preventing abuse through pre-employment checks: an international review
- Authors:
- MANTHORPE Jill, LIPMAN Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 17(6), 2015, pp.341-350.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to summarise the findings of a desk-based international review investigating the checking of staff and volunteers working with adults who are vulnerable or at risk (or similarly defined) receiving social care in their own homes, or in day centres or residential care. Design/methodology/approach: In England, as part of the government’s attempts to prevent harm to vulnerable people, employers must check if their staff or volunteers are barred from working with vulnerable adults in the health and care sectors or if they have a relevant criminal record. This review sought to explore practices elsewhere, with a view to informing policy and practice debates. The review was undertaken in winter 2014-2015. It mainly involved a search of internet-based material and databases. This was further informed by communications with experts and practitioners from different countries. Findings: The review found a variety of practices, ranging from no checks to substantial checks involving fingerprinting. Reasons for checks identified in different national contexts extend from efforts to stop fraudulent use of government subsidies to minimising the risk of harm to vulnerable adults, and more positively to enhance user and public trust in care providers. A small number of countries place particular emphasis on the rights of individuals to privacy and rehabilitation and this moral imperative overrides other policy goals. This review highlighted a lack of clarity in publicly available documents about the potentially multiple policy goals of different schemes and suggests that there may be advantages to clarifying the options available from other countries. Research limitations/implications: This review was confined to English language material and to material located through internet searching. Some material may not have been updated on internet sites. Originality/value: The details of the processes have not previously been collated to the best of the authors’ knowledge. (Publisher abstract)
You can make a difference: improving primary care services for disabled people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
From December 2006, the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA) introduces a duty for public bodies to positively promote disability equality. This guide aims to assist front line primary care staff to improve the overall experience of disabled patients, their families and visitors and to make sure they play an active role in complying with the DDA.
Vulnerable adults
- Author:
- GREEN Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(2), October 1998, p.71.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Adults in residential care or in their own home can be victims of deliberate abuse by a family member or carer. Takes a brief look at what health and social care staff can do to help.
Handling other people's money
- Author:
- MEANS Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 2(4), June 1996, pp.25-28.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Charging elderly people for community care services is bringing increasing complexities and anxieties for care managers. This article describes the findings of a recent survey and gives a guide to the legal and administrative framework of handling other people's money.
Room for improvement
- Authors:
- ROBINSON Carole, MINKES John, WESTON Clive
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.7.93, 1993, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Research by the authors' into six geographically dispersed local authority homes providing short-term care for children with learning difficulties revealed that although the quality of physical and emotional care the children received was consistently high, few staff have implemented key principles of the Children Act; such as a requirement that children who are accommodated should have a comprehensive child care plan written in consultation with parents and the child. Recommends that services need to be more child-centred and ethnically sensitive and that this may be achieved through training and access to relevant information.
Mentally handicapped people coping with relationships: proceedings of the twenty-first Spring Congress on Mental Retardation, University of Exeter, 15-17 April 1988
- Editor:
- WYNN-JONES A.
- Publisher:
- MENCAP. South West Region
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 81p.
- Place of publication:
- Taunton
How can we develop an increased awareness of equality and diversity issues amongst our staff?
- Authors:
- SHAW Su, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 7(1), Spring 2010, pp.65-75.
- Publisher:
- South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust and University of Huddersfield
Equality and diversity have received a high profile in the NHS in recent years. This paper describes a service development initiative consisting of a valuing diversity pathway produced by the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) and the University of Huddersfield working together. Both of these organisations are committed to valuing diversity and they have a strong history of partnership working. The main aim of the valuing diversity awareness pathway was to give staff and service users the opportunity to ensure that staff working in all care services are better prepared to tackle inequalities and to improve access to services for vulnerable groups of people such as those with a learning disability and others with mental health issues requiring treatment. The project including awareness training days, the purpose of which was to give staff and service users the opportunity to explore each other’s perspectives, beliefs, values, knowledge and behaviours to better prepare them to tackle inequalities and improve access to services. This paper provides background information, an overview of the innovative approach taken to develop the pathway and a more detailed account of the design, delivery and evaluation of the training days.
Mental health in learning disabilities: a training pack for staff working with people who have dual diagnosis of mental health needs and learning disabilities
- Editors:
- HOLT Geraldine, BOURAS Nick
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 192p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
- Edition:
- 2nd
Teaching pack aimed at all staff working with people with learning difficulties and mental health problems. Contains material on: the aetiology of learning difficulties; individual, family and social adjustment; emotional disorders; the use of behavioural strategies; challenging behaviour; commonly used medication; mental health service factors; epilepsy in people with learning difficulties; stress and burnout; and legal and ethical issues.
Managing aggression and violence in care settings: a review of the legal and ethical content of staff training courses
- Author:
- BEECH Bernard
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 3(2), May 2001, pp.8-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Staff must have an appreciation of legal and ethical issues associated with the people they care for, particularly when physical restraint to manage aggression or violence is being considered. This article examines legal and ethical issues related to the management of aggression and violence, and considers the inclusion of this material in training courses.