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Adults' personal social services: specific revenue grants and capital grant allocations for 2011-12 and 2012-13
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A letter confirming local authorities adults’ Personal Social Services (PSS) specific revenue funding (Learning Disabilities and Health Reform Grant) and capital grant funding for the period 2011-13. Annexes provide full details of the Department of Health settlement including actual funding allocations for each authority for specific revenue grants in 2011-12 and details of provisional funding allocations for each authority for specific revenue grants in 2012-13.
Supporting adults with learning disabilities to have better lives
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
This outcomes and improvement framework aims to help directors of adult social services work with their colleagues and partners to identify how they can improve how they support adults with learning disabilities and autism and how they can be assured that the care and support in their area is good value for money. Around 1.04 million people aged 15 to 64 in England have learning disabilities or autism or learning disabilities and autism. This group experience disproportionate levels of inequality and their quality of life outcomes are lower than it is reasonable to expect in the 21st Century. The framework is principally aimed at addressing services for adults with a learning disability and young people in transition from children’s services to adult services. This includes autistic people who also have a learning disability. The framework consists of six domains: provide systems leadership, governance and management arrangements; understand demand and use prevention and early interventions effectively including transitions; enable a care and support system that supports adults with LD&A to have a good quality of life; develop the local workforce to have the capacity and capability needed to support adults with LD&A needs; support adults with LD&A to stay safe, i.e. live the lives they want to; and operate efficient and accessible business systems and processes that ensure value for money. (Edited publisher abstract)
Estimating the future need for adult social cares services for people with learning disabilities in England
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Publisher:
- Lancaster University. Centre for Disability Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Lancaster
This research, commissioned by the Learning Disability Coalition, shows that the demand for services for people with learning disabilities is increasing by between 3.2% and 5.5% per year which exceeds the government estimate of 1% per year. It is suggested that there will be sustained growth in the need for social care services for adults with learning disabilities from 2009-2026.
Equity in social care for people with intellectual disabilities? A cross-sectional study examining the distribution of social care funding across local authorities in England
- Authors:
- CHINN Deborah, LEVITAN Tony, MURRELLS Trevor
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 25(3), 2017, pp.901-911.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study explores relationships between resources allocated to community services for people with intellectual disabilities in England and geographical factors, including deprivation, rurality and political leadership in the local authorities (LAs) where these individuals reside. Data were sourced from publicly available reports of spending of 151 English councils with adult social services responsibilities (CASSRs) for 2013–2014 and from CASSR index of multiple deprivation (IMD) scores and rurality for the same period. The study found that more deprived LAs supported more people with intellectual disabilities, per 100,000 of population. It found no effects for rurality or political party. However, it was not the case that more deprived LAs allocated more funds for expenditure on this group. These findings point to inequities in the distribution of social care resources for people with intellectual disabilities in England, as although more deprived LAs support more people with intellectual disabilities, they do not spend proportionally larger sums of money on this group. The authors discuss possible explanations for these findings and highlight the need for more research, particularly investigations about allocation of resources within LAs and more detailed explorations of how structural factors such as socioeconomic status of service users effects service access at the local level. (Edited publisher abstract)
Child aware practice in adult social services: a scoping review
- Authors:
- TILBURY Clare, WALSH Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 69(3), 2016, pp.260-272.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The development of “child aware” practice is about the capacity and capability of adult health and social service providers to identify and respond to the needs of children. A scoping review of the literature considered five adult adversities associated with family stress and reduced parenting capacity: mental illness, alcohol and substance abuse, homelessness, intellectual disability, and domestic violence. Although there are specific needs for children pertaining to particular adversities, there was substantial commonality of potential effects. These included emotional and psychological difficulties, physical and mental health problems, academic difficulties, language delays, peer difficulties, stigma, trauma reactions, loss and grief, instability, and social exclusion. How children react to difficulties in their family depends upon various protective factors, a child's frame of reference, and other dynamics within the family that can offset risks. The findings aim to inform policy, programme development, and practice in adult social services, enhancing their responsiveness to children. (Publisher abstract)
Social care and mental health indicators from the national indicator set 2010-11 final release
- Author:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. Information Centre for Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. Information Centre for Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Information on indicators in the National Indicator Set relating to social care and mental health services for 2010-11 (the last year of these indicators, which are being replaced by the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework for 2011-12 onwards) is presented in this report. It covers 8 indicators relating to promoting independence and choice, user experience, carers' services, and promoting social inclusion. The social care information is provided at council level for councils with adult social services responsibilities in England, and the mental health information is supplied by NHS trusts providing specialist mental health services.