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The review of the all-Wales mental handicap strategy: proposals for development from April 1993
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 30p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The review of the all Wales strategy: a view from the carers; a report on a postal survey of 650 parents and other family carers
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 73p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The implementation of the All-Wales Mental Handicap Strategy
- Authors:
- BEYER Stephen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 4(2), 1991, pp.115-140.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Describes the way the Welsh Office has revised mechanisms for the implementation of the All-Wales Mental Handicap Strategy in its first five years, and the changes in service provision achieved between 1983 and 1988.
Welsh wizardry
- Author:
- JERVIS Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 29.11.90, 1990, p.17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at how South Glamorgan has stolen a march on the rest of the country in the field of community care for mentally handicapped people, staring with its NIMROD project and the establishment of the All Wales Strategy for People with a Mental Handicap in 1983.
'Who decides?'
- Author:
- HOLMAN Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 13(3), January 2000, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The Lord Chancellor's Department has now produced 'Making Decisions', a policy statement outlining the Government's proposals for making decisions on behalf of mentally incapacitated adults and its response to 'Who Decides?', the consultation paper published in 1997. The author takes a critical look at the document.
Learning disability: Improving Lives programme
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This review was set up to better understand whether people with a learning disability in Wales have what they need to lead successful lives and to examine how services could be strengthened. It involved a desk top review of information and meetings with over 2,000 people, including people with a learning disability, parents and carers. The review took a life course approach and maps key issues, risk and protective factors for: Early years, Adolescence, Early adulthood, Mid life and Later life. The recommendations are focused on the Prosperity for All five cross cutting themes of: early years, housing, social care, health, and education and employment. The findings from the experts by experience are that there are pockets of good practice and strong services, however, too many have to fight for support to enable them to have an ordinary life. The three priorities of the recommendations are: to reduce health inequalities, improve community integration, and to enable improved strategic and operational planning and access to services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Hate crime: public statement on prosecuting disability hate crime and other crimes against disabled people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Crown Prosecution Service
- Publisher:
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- London
A policy statement from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) which explains how they deal with and prosecute disability hate crime and other crimes against disabled people, and what support victims and witnesses can expect from the CPS. (Edited publisher abstract)
Wales’ safeguarding policy and practice: a critical analysis
- Author:
- PHILLIPS Carys
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 18(1), 2016, pp.14-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The safeguarding and protection components of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 offers the culmination of four years consultation in England and Wales by the Law Commission and many years of evolving policy and practice with a view to protecting adults from harm. The purpose of this paper is to offer both scrutiny and challenge for Wales’ policy makers and practitioners alike. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is a critical analysis of both current responses and forthcoming changes. Findings: The paper proposes that Wales has failed to implement previous recommendations in relation to institutional abuse. Currently in Wales, there are individuals employed in safeguarding lead roles who have no social care qualification. This apparent “loophole” has not to date been highlighted to date by either of the regulatory bodies within Wales (CSSIW/CCfW). Research limitations/implications: The paper offers a viewpoint but leaves some questions unanswered. Practical implications: The Williams Review in April 2014 is set to change the local authority landscape in Wales. There is scope for developing the function of adult safeguarding. Social implications: Wales’ failure to recognize institutionalized abuse as a distinct category may have had impacted on its ability to respond to abuse in nursing and care as well hospital settings. (Edited publisher abstract)
Additional support for individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviors in regions of northwest Europe
- Authors:
- LUNENBORG Carolien B., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 8(2), June 2011, pp.92-103.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
About 10% of individuals with intellectual disability (ID) exhibit challenging behaviours. To support parents and care staff when they are unable to find a solution to overcome or reduce these behaviours, some countries provide additional professional support. In the Netherlands, 5 regional Centres for Consultation and Expertise (CCEs) offer supplemental support as part of their consultation programme. This study was undertaken to determine if additional professional support occurs in other regions of northwestern Europe and, if so, how was is organised. The regions which were looked at were Norway, Flanders, England, Wales, and the German regions of the Rhineland. Key informants in each region completed questionnaires about additional support services. The findings showed a diversity of approaches addressing additional support services. In most regions, there is no general formal policy on providing such support for individuals with ID, their parents, or care staff. Instead, either a range of local initiatives have been developed or there are no initiatives. In these instances, persons with ID or their carers have to rely on regular support services to address their mental health needs. The article concludes that organising additional support as part of a formal services will increase the likelihood that, when regular support has failed, individuals with ID or their carers will be able to obtain supports to find solutions for reducing problematic challenging behaviours.
Learning disability policy in the UK
- Authors:
- WHITEHEAD Simon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 13(3), October 2008, pp.4-11.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article provides separate, but linked, overviews of learning disability policy in the four countries of the UK, commenting on current policy and its links to the wider policy agenda, delivery strategies and challenges for the future.