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Day services - how to 'make sure that change happens'
- Author:
- COLE Angela
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 21(3), 2008, pp.22-24.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Improving what people with learning disabilities do during the day is one of the five priorities in Valuing People Now. This article draws on the SCIE practice guide 'Community based day activities and supports for people with learning disabilities' to think about three main challenges: inclusion for all; personalising support for people currently using day centres; and deciding what should happen to day centre buildings.
Shaping the future together: a strategic planning tool for services supporting people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- COLE Angela, LLOYD Ann
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 137p., CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department of Health grant provided funding to look at how to aggregate the hopes, needs, and wishes of people involved in Person Centred Planning and how to use this evidence to improve services. A process and database have been developed to receive information from Person Centred Planning plans. This pack provides information and engages managers and commissioners in implementing improvements in individual and collective service delivery. It helps to build a blue print for the future shape of service by collating an evidence base. The evidence base consists of detailed information about people’s needs and aspirations that have been collected from person centred plans.
Reaching out to people with learning disabilities and their families from black and minority ethnic communities: guidance for practitioners from social care and health services in developing culturally competent practice
- Authors:
- COLE Angela, BURKE Christine
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Reaching out to families project set out to find new ways of addressing the inequalities that people with learning disabilities from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities and their families experience in health and social care. The project paid particular attention to the role of third sector organisations and used action learning techniques to identify good practice. During the project it became clear that many families are left frustrated by their contact with statutory social care and health services. The identified themes revolved both around culturally competent practice and basic good practice around contact with families. This guidance was produced in order to support practitioners to respond effectively to people and families from BME communities. It comprises 3 parts: essential do’s; essential don’ts; and things to check out. In addition, 2 core elements of good practice with people with learning disabilities from BME communities which underpin all others are emphasised. Firstly, it should not be assumed that people from the same minority community share the same beliefs, aspirations, or social circumstances; person-centred approaches are central to an effective response. Secondly, it is important that practitioners go beyond a person-centred approach and consider the whole family.