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Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000: trainers' guide to pack number 2 for mental health officers, care managers, OTs, social workers and related staff
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The second of three packs for trainers
Modernising the social care workforce: the first national training strategy for England
- Author:
- TOPSS ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- TOPSS England
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 71p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Modernising the Social Care Workforce – the first national training strategy for England was approved by the Topss England board in April 2000 following public consultation and subsequently received ministerial endorsement. There are three levels of documentation available: the overall training strategy document; the Supplementary Reports to the strategy – one for each workforce area covered, giving detail of the research underlying the strategy; and individual Summaries of those reports. The specialist areas consulted on in 1999 were: Residential Care; Child Care; Registration and Inspection; Learning Disability; Youth Custody; Domiciliary Care; Mental Health; Drugs and Substance Misuse; Management Development; Partnership Working. Modernising the Social Care Workforce – the first national training strategy for England is the first comprehensive national training strategy to analyse the skill needs of people working in the social care sector in England and to propose an action plan to improve both the qualification base and the quality of training over the coming five years. It is a response to both the Modernising Social Services White Paper (DH, 1998) and to the restructuring of further education (DfEE, 1999) and higher education (Dearing Report) arrangements.
Clinical governance standards for mental health and learning disability services
- Author:
- CLINICAL GOVERNANCE SUPPORT SERVICE
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
These standards cover key aspects of clinical governance relevant to health trusts providing mental health and learning disability services. Contents: clinical governance strategy and structures; service user and carer involvement and experience; clinical audit; clinical risk management; evidence based practice; staffing and staff management; education, training and continuing professional development; information management.
Staff culture and the management of challenging behaviours in people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- WHITWORTH Denise, HARRIS Paul, JONES Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 2(11), July 1999, pp.376-378.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Formal behaviour modification programmes often fail to achieve results when transferred to the context of everyday care in residential settings for people with learning disabilities. Reports on a small-scale study which pinpoints a culture clash and credibility gap between the professionals who devise and direct the programmes and the direct care staff expected to implement them.
Review and consolidation in Brent Social Services Department: canvass of staff views
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF BATH. Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy
- Publisher:
- University of Bath. Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Bath
Part of a research project which reviewed the extent and the manner in which Brent SSD was fulfilling its statutory obligations and to make recommendations accordingly. This volume contains staff views on the main difficulties facing the department. Staff felt these included: absence of clear policies and guidelines, poor management, patchy support for workers, delays in filling vacancies, inadequacy of personnel function in general, high workloads causing stress, poor working conditions, insufficient success in combating racism and lack of appropriate training.
Review and consolidation in Brent Social Services Department: the final report
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF BATH. Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy
- Publisher:
- University of Bath. Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 292p.
- Place of publication:
- Bath
Research project reviewing the extent to which and the manner in which Brent SSD was fulfilling its statutory obligations and to make recommendations accordingly. A companion volume contains a canvass of staff views.
Occupational therapy and mental health
- Editor:
- CREEK Jennifer
- Publisher:
- Churchill Livingstone
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 615p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
Offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory, techniques and practice of occupational therapy in the fields of mental health and learning disability. The first part looks at the theory and framework of occupational therapy. The second focuses on the skills used by the occupational therapist in mental health practice, the needs of the client groups with which they work and the organisation and management of services. Contents include: philosophy and theory base; the occupational therapy process; the context of occupational therapy; media and methods; client groups; organisation and management.