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Shared initiatives in residential and day services practice: supporting lifestyles for people with a learning difficulty/mental handicap; an outline cirriculum for training at post basic/post qualifying level
- Author:
- CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SOCIAL WORK
- Publisher:
- Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
An outline curriculum for courses for both health and social service staff.
Silent victims: the continuing failure to protect society's most vulnerable; the Longcare scandal
- Author:
- PRING John
- Publisher:
- Gibson Square
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 238p.
- Place of publication:
- London
For ten years, former social worker Gordon Rowe beat, raped, ill-treated and humiliated the residents of the two residential homes for adults with learning disabilities he owned and managed in south Buckinghamshire. This is the story of why Rowe managed to evade exposure for so long, even though the authorities knew before he opened his first home that he had been investigated for serious sexual offences. The author shows that little has changed 10 years later and a similar scandal could happen again. . Using hitherto unpublished material, the author reaches conclusions which pose vital questions about the way we care for the most vulnerable members of our society.
Vulnerable adults
- Author:
- GREEN Janet
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(2), October 1998, p.71.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Adults in residential care or in their own home can be victims of deliberate abuse by a family member or carer. Takes a brief look at what health and social care staff can do to help.
Managing challenging behaviour literature pack: children with emotional behavioural difficulties
- Author:
- STUDIO III TRAINING SYSTEMS
- Publisher:
- Studio III Training Systems
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 20p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Pack containing an outline training course developed specifically to aid staff in managing challenging behaviour among children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in an effective and acceptable manner. The 3 day course is based on a non-confrontational, non-violent approach.
Health and social care workers' knowledge and application of the concept of duty of care
- Authors:
- MCKENZIE Karen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 3(4), November 2001, pp.29-37.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on a study using vignettes to examines the understanding and application of the concept of duty of care by health and social care staff working in learning disability services, and the relationship of this to promoting client choice. The study found that health care staff had a significantly broader understanding of the concept of duty of care than social care staff, and were significantly more likely to emphasises client safety. Discusses the implications of the findings.
Rooting it out
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.10.99, 1999, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Social worker talks about how she tackled the problem of what to do about a residential care resident with learning difficulties whose aggressive behaviour posed a risk to staff and himself.
Quality living
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.6.96, 1996, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes how one social worker trod the fine line between respecting a client's wish to live independently while making sure that the move would not put him seriously at risk.
Managing challenging behaviour literature pack
- Author:
- STUDIO III TRAINING SYSTEMS
- Publisher:
- Studio III Training Systems
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- n.p.
- Place of publication:
- Plymouth
Literature pack designed to accompany a 3 day course on managing challenging behaviour in children with learning difficulties. The course is based on applied research carried out in residential homes, day care services and institutional settings. The aim of the course is to give carers the skills they need to manage challenging behaviour so that the environment for the users improves and the carers begin to develop more positive relationships with them. A non-confrontational, non-aggressive approach is advocated throughout.
Women, oppression and social work: issues in anti-discriminatory practice
- Editors:
- LANGAN Mary, DAY Lesley
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 259p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Offers a new perspective on feminist social work which takes into account the complexity of manifold oppressions that affect the lives of most women and most social work clients. Includes chapters on: race, class and gender; women in the mixed economy of care; feminism, managerialism and performance measurement; social work education; black single mothers; women with learning difficulties; women in residential work; lesbians, the state and social work practice; and social work and older women.
Unit costs of health and social care 2014
- Author:
- CURTIS Lesley
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 302
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This publication provides unit costs for a wide range of health and social care services using a standardised methodology. The report is organised into five main sections. Section I covers services used by a particular client group, and includes services for older people, people with mental health problems, people who misuse drugs/alcohol, people with learning disabilities, younger adults with physical and sensory impairments, services for children and their families, hospitals, and care packages. Sections II, III and IV deal with the unit costs of professionals in community-based health care, community-based social care, and hospital-based health care. These include social care staff, health and social care teams, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals. Section V details the sources of information used. This volume also includes three focused articles which explore: approaches to costing for those involved in planning and implementing integrated care initiatives; understanding the costs of shared lives, and the intervention costs of the reminiscence intervention Remembering Yesterday Caring Today (RYCT) and the Carer Support Programme (CSP). (Edited publisher abstract)