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Enabling community integration: the role of public authorities in promoting an ordinary life for people with learning disabilities in the 1990s
- Authors:
- TOWELL David, BEARDSHAW Virginia
- Publisher:
- Kings Fund College
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 142p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aimed at senior managers and members of health and local authorities involved in the NHS and community care reforms to services for people with learning difficulties. Looks at ways in which public authorities can stimulate change in services to achieve better lives for clients.
It'll be all rights
- Author:
- BRODY Simeon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.06.06, 2006, p.46.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author asks how far councils have gone in meeting the forthcoming duty to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. The article focuses on the progress made in producing and disability equality scheme, and the extent of involving disabled people in drafting these schemes.
Total communication
- Author:
- MILLER Nigel
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 71, Winter 2004, pp.8-10.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
Describes a Total Communication Strategy developed by the speech and language therapy team in Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion to enable people with learning difficulties to be understood and make real choices. The strategy has involved people with learning disabilities, their parents, voluntary organisations and private providers. It also includes a comprehensive training package .
Inspection of day services for people with a mental handicap: executive summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Results and recommendations from inspections of 13 local authorities.
Inspection of day services for people with a mental handicap: shortened version
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Results and recommendations from a survey of 13 local authorities.
Multiagency protocols in intellectual disabilities transition partnerships: a survey of local authorities in Wales
- Author:
- KAEHNE Axel
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 7(3), September 2010, pp.182-188.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Local authorities in Wales have undertaken various efforts to improve the experience of transition for young people with intellectual disabilities as they leave school and enter the general marketplace. This paper presents the findings of a study of transition protocols in place for intellectual disability partnerships in 22 local authorities in Wales. The study consisted of a survey of existing protocols and a documentary analysis of the content of the obtained protocols. The article outlines the relevant legal and policy context of school to marketplace transition in England and Wales, then reviews the results of the survey of all 22 Welsh local authorities, and presents the findings of a documentary content analysis. The results highlight the difficulties in formulating effective protocols for transition partnerships at the local authority level. Criteria applied in the documentary analysis have been, among others, person-centred planning, involvement of young people and carers, accessibility of the protocol, and the inclusion of external agencies in transition planning. The analysis shows wide-ranging discrepancies in the quality and content of transition protocols across Wales.
Direct payments in England: factors linked to variations in local provision
- Authors:
- FERNANDEZ Jose-Luis, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 36(1), January 2007, pp.97-121.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Direct payments have moved to the heart of the government's drive for increased user choice. At the same time, implementation has remained disappointing. This article explores the demand, supply and related factors associated with patterns of local variability in uptake and intensity of care package provision. Statistical analyses are conducted for key client groups – people with physical disabilities, older people, people with learning disabilities and people who use mental health services – using data for England from 2000–01 to 2002–03. The results suggest that direct payments variability reflects a complex array of factors, both within and beyond the control of local public actors. In particular, while local policy preferences appear to shape the extent of direct payments growth, the results also demonstrate that understanding levels of activity requires attention to local circumstances.
Spend it wisely
- Author:
- LEASON Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.2.04, 2004, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses whether it is fair for a local authority to manage a person's finances even if it prevents them from falling into debt and protects them from unscrupulous people. Looks at the role of the Court of Protection and briefly at the draft mental incapacity bill which aims to help those who lack capacity.
Strategies for change: making Valuing People a reality
- Authors:
- FYSON Rachel, SIMONS Ken
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(4), December 2003, pp.153-158.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports the interim findings of the 'Strategies for Change' research project, which has focused on the need for effective strategic planning in order to make a reality of the 2001 White Paper Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century. It draws attention in particular to the roles that both commissioners of learning disability services and the new Learning Disability Partnership Boards must play in developing and implementing local plans. Focuses on a review of good practice in commissioning learning disability services; and analysis of Joint Investment Plans, interviews with service users attending Learning Disability Partnership Board (LDPB) meetings; interviews with service commissioners and chairs of LDPB); and an evaluation of a commissioner development programme. Argues that effective strategic planning at national and local levels is required in order to create innovative, individualised services for people with learning disabilities, which can promote the Valuing People agenda of rights, independence, choice and inclusion.
Out of sight, out of mind: a report on the limited public profile of Learning Disability Partnership Boards
- Author:
- BODDY Susan
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The White Paper, Valuing People, was published in March 2001, setting out a broad strategy which promised a better future for people with a learning disability, based on better access to the same opportunities, choices and rights as everyone else in society. Implementation of Valuing People is carried out via Learning Disability Partnership Boards in each local authority area. Mencap is becoming concerned that these Boards are not as effective as they should be.