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Education and training in housing related support: the extent of continuing vocational education and training in integrated housing and support in the EU
- Authors:
- PLEACE Nicholas, MITCHELL Wendy
- Publisher:
- University of York. Department of Social Policy and Social Work
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- York
Report describing the results of a scoping exercise to determine the range and nature of vocational education and training (CVET) on the management and delivery integrated housing and support services (IHS). The scoping exercise was designed to support the European Core Learning Outcomes for the Integration of Support and Housing (ELOSH) project, which is focused on developing new CVET to improve the delivery of housing and support services for disabled people, people with mental health needs and those homeless people who have support needs. The research focused particularly on the impact of training on service users' choice and control, and also training focused on enabling social integration to improve, quality of life, health and wellbeing and enabling independent living through promoting personalisation of services. For the scope searches on specialist databases and a survey of organisations which represented providers of housing and support across the EU were conducted. The report provides background to the development and nature of IHS service provision for disabled people, people with mental health needs and homeless people who have support needs; discusses the results of the scoping exercise on the nature and extent of IHS training available in the EU and elsewhere; and discussing the implications of the findings of the scoping exercise for the ELOSH project. The scope identified a small number of supported housing accredited courses. Evidence suggests that IHS services are concentrate in Northern and North Western Europe, with training provision for practitioners is frequently generalist covering general principles of supported housing, with less training around specific groups of clients and consideration of their needs. (Edited publisher abstract)
Institutional care and poverty: evidence and policy review
- Authors:
- GRIMSHAW Roger, et al
- Publisher:
- Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 68
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on the findings of an international evidence and policy review of 'institutional care' and poverty, in order to identify effective and costed strategies for reducing the risks in the four countries of the UK. The review conducted Internet searches on a range of sources, issued a call for evidence and also carried searches in Proquest Platform and World of Science. Over 500 studies drawn from North America, Europe, and Australasia, and the UK were identified. The findings are discussed separately for each of the five institutional care settings: prisons; immigration detention centres; mental health placements including psychiatric secure hospitals and centres; placements for children being looked after including homes, residential schools and units for children; and placements for people with disabilities. The final chapter draws together general findings and themes and also puts forward a strategic approach to reducing poverty for looked after children and for prisoners within the context of social justice. General recommendations from the review also include: the need for a strategic vision for institutional care which identifies risks and seeks to address them; employment, adequate social security and welfare provision, and the need to collect more data on the outcomes of care. (Original abstract)