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The Andover case management project
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL HANDICAP
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for People with a Mental Handicap
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 35p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report describing the experiences of a project that has been using case management for over 2 years. Examines the background and implementation of the project, and analyses the consequences for people with learning disabilities, the case managers, the service providers, and the main organisations involved. Stresses the need to get to know the service users, and to involve them in planning. Also looks at priority setting, strategic planning, and the management of change.
Crisis, what crisis: positive crisis management in services for people with learning difficulties
- Authors:
- ELIATAMBY Anna, MISSEN Avril
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 61p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Looks in detail at issues of crisis management in services for people with learning difficulties. Draws on a variety of models to illustrate how services can actively anticipate and plan for crisis, so that the needs of service users and their carers are met in a positive and proactive way. Includes case studies, checklists and questionnaires.
Quality counts
- Author:
- MILLNER Lesley
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.2.92, 1992, pp.14-16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Identifies way in which people with learning difficulties can participate in planning and managing their own services.
Supporting 'needs-led' services : implications for planning and management systems (a case study in mental handicap services)
- Authors:
- MCGRATH Morag, GRANT Gordon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 21(1), 1992, pp.71-97.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Identifies two elements of needs-led services : user participation and management delegation; uses a case study from the All Wales Strategy for services to mentally handicapped people to illustrate and discuss three models of planning and management and the implications for implementing community care.
Becoming a learning organization: a precondition for person centred services to people with learning difficulties
- Author:
- ILES Ian K.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 7(1), March 2003, pp.65-77.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Following the White Paper Valuing People, person centred planning is now firmly on the agenda of services to people with learning difficulties in England. Person centred planning has its foundations in communities of practice that have innovated and developed person centred approaches to action planning for disabled people. This article suggests that services will need to undergo some radical re-visioning of their ways of working if they are to make a meaningful reality of person centred planning. It is further suggested that services need to become learning organizations, committed to values of inclusion and to living those values in their practice. Further, by promoting and celebrating innovation and creativity, by flattening hierarchical structures and promoting social entrepreneurship and cooperative working and inquiry, services can further develop person centredness in what they do and make a reality of the rhetoric in Valuing People.
Adults with learning difficulties: education for choice and empowerment; a handbook of good practice
- Author:
- SUTCLIFFE Jeannie
- Publisher:
- National Institute of Adult Continuing Education/Open University
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 199p.,illus.,tables,list of orgs
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
A handbook of good practice for people working in a teaching or enabling role. Contains chapters on self advocacy and citizen advocacy; learning choices; ways and means of learning; learning for a purpose; transition to community living; education of the wider community in disability issues; and issues for managers and planners.
A survey of consultants in the psychiatry of learning disability
- Authors:
- LINDSEY Mary, FLYNN Adrian
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 27(9), September 2003, pp.342-345.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
All 208 consultant members of the Faculty for the Psychiatry of Learning Disability were contacted and asked to complete a questionnaire to provide qualitative and quantitative information about their work and experiences. One hundred and thirty-six consultants responded, giving a 64% response rate. They reported a wide range of clinical, academic and management skills, with 72 having registration in other specialities. Insufficient in-patient provision and problems with discharge were cited by 85% of respondents. There was a wide disparity in the provision of mental health services for children and adolescents with learning dis-abilities and 12 areas reported no services from any source. Although most respondents showed satisfaction with clinical work and professional relationships, there were many concerns about management, commissioning and planning of services. Consultant psychiatrists in the field of learning disability are a broadly skilled group of clinicians with a wide range of responsibilities and areas of expertise, but many are working in services that they see as under-resourced and poorly managed, planned and commissioned. Overall levels of satisfaction are good, particularly in relation to clinical work, peer support and study/academic work.
Active support: getting it working within an organisation
- Author:
- TINDALL Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 4(1), January 1999, pp.32-38.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the implementation of 'active support' in United Response, a national voluntary organisation which provides services to people with learning disabilities. The learning process in implementing active support demonstrates that effective leadership by service managers and area managers is very important. It is also important to recognise the scale of change when introducing active support, and that managers may have difficulty with being given a very specific practice focus which they are required to model for other staff members.
Issues in the management of clients with the dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental illness
- Author:
- BARLOW C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(3), 1999, pp.159-162.
The dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental illness represents a significant challenge to health and social care practitioners and their existing practices. Currently this group has its service delivery undermined by inter-agency wrangling over responsibility for management and resource allocation. The key to resolving these problems lies in effective multi-agency collaboration. This paper examines the taxing problems of assessment, planning and intervention in this arena. It will offer examples of good practice from the Area Child Protection Committee model.
The review of the all Wales strategy: a view from the staff; a summary report on eight staff consultation events involving 250 front-line staff
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Looks at services provided and the clients using them, both children and adults. Services include: short term care; family placements; support for families; day services; accommodation for adults; and services for people with challenging behaviour. Goes on to examine views on: education; social security; planning and management; identification and assessment; consumer involvement; training and staff development; and monitoring and evaluation.