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Obstacles in the professional human service culture to implementation of social role valorization and community integration of clients
- Authors:
- WOLFENSBERGER Wolf, THOMAS Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.53-56.
Looks at the obstacles to the application of Social Role Valorization (SRV) by human services professionals.
A commentary on 'Obstacles in the professional human service culture to implementation of social role valorization and community integration of clients'
- Author:
- NEWNES Craig
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.57-64.
Response to Wolfsenberger and Thomas on the obstacles which prevent human service professionals applying Social Role Valorization (SRV).
"Like the secret service isn't it". People with learning difficulties', perceptions of staff and services: mystification and disempowerment
- Author:
- GOBLE Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(4), July 1999, pp.449-461.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Seven people with learning difficulties were interviewed about their perceptions of staff in services they use. Three major themes emerged, which were perceptions relating to the physical presence and absence of staff; the emotional impact of interactions with staff; and the political impact of interactions with staff. It was found that the participants had only superficial knowledge of staff identities and roles, and of service systems and structures, and consequently lack the knowledge and awareness necessary to negotiate what these roles might be, or even that negotiation might be possible. The findings are discussed in relation to a developmental model of empowerment, and empowerment issues generally.
Personnel services
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, MACADAM Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.10.96, 1996, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains how fully involving service users in the selection of new staff can have positive results for employment practice, with benefits to staff and their clients.
You choose: a handbook for staff working with people who have learning disabilities to promote self-esteem and self-advocacy
- Author:
- MOSLEY Jenny
- Publisher:
- LDA
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 102p.
- Place of publication:
- Wisbech
Practical handbook aimed at all staff working with people with learning difficulties who have an interest in developing self-esteem and self-advocacy work with their users. Contains over 40 sample groupwork sessions and blends theory with practical examples. Looks at: what self advocacy and self esteem are; disempowerment and empowerment; the value of groupwork in raising self-esteem and fostering self-advocacy skills; inititating a self-advocacy group; and personal accounts of groups and projects.
This time next year
- Author:
- MUNRO Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 29.11.01, 2001, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
After unfounded allegations of abuse at a pioneering learning disabilities unit, staff morale plummeted. Finds out what went wrong and what the future holds for service and those who run it.
Quality of life for persons with disabilities: international perspectives and issues
- Editor:
- GOODE David
- Publisher:
- Brookline Books
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 218p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Comparative study of the quality of life of people with learning difficulties. Includes papers on: quality of life in the Danish context; a six year study of a quality of life model; Australian legislation, service delivery and quality of life; overview of theory and practice in Germany; quality of life and unemployment among people with disabilities in Hungary; the National Quality of Life for Persons with Disabilities Project in the USA; the California quality of life project; towards an understanding of quality of life in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities; quality of life and ageing; quality of life at school; training staff in quality of life issues; and the concept of quality of life and its current applications in the field of developmental disabilities.
The roles and tasks of community mental handicap teams
- Editors:
- BROWN Stephen, WISTOW Gerald
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 144p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Examines the model of CMHT's and what has been achieved. Includes chapters on work in Nottinghamshire and Wales, and on involving voluntary organisations and the community. Approaches to training staff in multidisciplinary teams are discussed. Advocacy and self-advocacy and their effects on professional practice are looked at.