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The disability equality duty disabled people's toolkit: for disabled people enquiring about how a public authority has met its duty to promote disability equality
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
This toolkit is for disabled people: As a disabled person you might find that a public authority you have contact with does not have a DES in place, or if it does it may not be meeting its other specific duties under the legislation, or it just isn’t meeting one or more elements of the general duty to promote disability equality. If you think that a public authority is not meeting its duties and you want to find out more information from them this toolkit can help. The toolkit is a series of standard letters which disabled people can use to ask further questions of public authorities they have an interest in. Copies should be kept of all correspondence.
Meeting the challenge. Guide 1: your rights when you are living in the community: supporter version
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines the rights of people with a learning disability when living in the community. This guide aims to help supporters understand the rights of people with a learning disability, so that they can get the right services and support to meet their needs. This will help keep them safe, happy and healthy and make sure they know when things are not going the way that they should and are able to take action. The guide sets out the legal framework, outlining the Human Rights Act and the Mental Capacity Act, describes what good support should look like, and explains what a person should do if they experience abuse. (Edited publisher abstract)
The real tenancy test: tenancy rights in supported living
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Bath
The second paper from a three-year project on Housing and Social Inclusion led by the NDTi. The briefing summarises the findings from a project to create a which aimed to provide a simple tool to help them address the issue of housing rights for people with learning disabilities. The Real Tenancy Test is a quick test to be used in supported living and tenancy based supported housing to determine if real tenancy rights are being met. It is designed to get an understanding of whether a tenancy in supported living gives real tenancy rights. It describes important things to consider when planning housing and tenancies for people, including when to use different types of tenancies and how to handle issues of capacity. It says that for the tenancy to be genuine, the following should be happening: a tenancy agreement is in place; the tenant has control over where they live; the tenant has control over who they live with; the tenant has control over who supports them and how they are supported; and the tenant has control over what happens in their home.
The real tenancy test: tenancy rights in supported living
- Authors:
- WOOD Alicia, et al
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Bath
More and more people with a learning disability have a tenancy. However many people with learning disabilities have tenancies in housing and support services where they do not enjoy real rights, choice and control, usually because their home operates more like a traditional residential care service, where a care provider runs the home and commissioners 'place' people in their home. The Real Tenancy Test is a quick test to be used in supported living and tenancy based supported housing to determine if real tenancy rights are being met. It is designed to get an understanding of whether a tenancy in supported living gives real tenancy rights. It describes important things to consider when planning housing and tenancies for people, including when to use different types of tenancies and how to handle issues of capacity. It says that for the tenancy to be genuine, the following should be happening: a tenancy agreement is in place; the tenant has control over where they live; the tenant has control over who they live with; the tenant has control over who supports them and how they are supported; and the tenant has control over what happens in their home. The Real Tenancy Test asks 11 key questions to determine whether the tenancy is genuine and gives guidance to ensure that the tenants has real tenancy rights.
Employment and the disability equality duty: the disability equality duty and employment: a straightforward guide
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
The Disability Equality Duty is a new way to help do this. This is a new approach for public authorities to make them tackle disability discrimination in a proactive and practical way. This guidance is aimed at disabled people and their local disability organisations to help them gear up for this new duty and to communicate the vital role which they have to play in utilising the effectiveness of this duty to achieve better disability equality outcomes from public services.
Making the duty work: a guide to the disability equality duty for disabled people and their organisations
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
How often have you felt frustrated when your local council, local hospital, local school or government department just doesn't take disability equality seriously and discriminates without even thinking? Now is the chance to help them to sort it out. The Disability Equality Duty is a new way to help do this. This is a new approach for public authorities to make them tackle disability discrimination in a proactive and practical way. This guidance is aimed at disabled people and their local disability organisations to help them gear up for this new duty and to communicate the vital role which they have to play in utilising the effectiveness of this duty to achieve better disability equality outcomes from public services.
The disability equality duty: guidance on gathering and analysing evidence to inform action
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 62p.
- Place of publication:
- Stratford upon Avon
This guidance considers the practical issues involved in gathering and analysing evidence about disabled people as part of the public sector Disability Equality Duty. Along with a range of further Guidance documents this guidance will be of support for disabled people in the effective implementation of the duty and help meet organisations' overall strategic objectives. The Evidence Gathering Guidance includes a suggested standardised monitoring form.
Meeting the challenge. Guide 2: your rights if you are in an Assessment and Treatment unit: supporter version
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines the rights of people with a learning disability in inpatient settings, like Assessment and Treatment units. This guide aims to help supporters understand the rights of people with a learning disability, so that they can get the right services and support to meet their needs. This will help keep them safe, happy and healthy and make sure they know when things are not going the way that they should and are able to take action. The guide sets out the legal framework, outlining the Human Rights Act and the Mental Capacity Act, explains the role of Assessment and Treatment units, describes what good support should look like, and explains what a person should do if they experience abuse. The guide also provides information about leaving the Assessment and Treatment unit, including appealing against detention, and discharge planning. (Edited publisher abstract)
Consenting adults? Guidance for professionals when considering rights and risks in sexual relationships involving people with a mental disorder
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland is an independent organisation working to safeguard the rights and welfare of people with mental illness, learning disability or other mental disorder. This guidance was produced in response to legal, ethical and practical issues concerning sexual relationships raised with the Commission in its work with people with mental disorder and those involved in their care. The guidance is intended to provide a framework for discussion of issues that need to be considered when assessing risk and considering the need for intervention in a person's sexual life. It covers the legal framework, capacity to consent, significance of a person's diagnosis, sexual risks arising from a person's mental disorder or social situation, staff knowledge and attitudes, family attitudes, cultural or religious values, the living situation and support and protection, statutory investigative duties, intervention following investigation, and legal interventions.