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Valuing employment now: job coaching or supported employment: approach and progress in developing standards
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Valuing Employment Now
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government view on supported employment (a personalised approach to working with people with significant disabilities, including people with learning disabilities and autism, to access and retain open employment) was outlined in Valuing Employment Now (2009). This included a commitment to publish standards for job coaching to drive improvements in supported employment provision. Stating that agreement on a definition of supported employment is the starting point in the development of standards for job coaching, this document outlines the Government's draft definition of supported employment. It covers what supported employment is and its guiding principles, the supported employment model and key stages for employer and employee, job matching, arranging the right support, career development, employability skills, and who provides supported employment. It also sets out planned next steps for the Government: making the draft standards accessible; seeking views from stakeholders including disabled people, family carers, providers of supported employment and employers to agree the definition and the terminology to be used to describe both supported employment and job coaches; development of national standards.
Building networks: conference on learning disabilities and dementia (1999 : Dunblane, Scotland)
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
This conference drew together diverse perspectives on the major issue of learning disabilities and dementia. Papers include: North American perspective on learning disabilities and dementia policy issues; the voice of service users; unified service framework for people with learning disabilities and dementia; decision making; carer training.
A memory clinic for older people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- HASSIOTIS A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 7(6), November 2003, pp.418-423.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Cognitive decline in older people with intellectual disabilities (ID) is often under-recognized. Following the publication of the National Service Framework for Older People and the white paper Valuing People, older people with intellectual disabilities of all aetiologies should have access to a systematic assessment of their cognitive function in order to detect decline in cognition and adaptive skills and implement appropriate treatments as early as possible. The development of a memory clinic for older people with ID is described, including instruments used and characteristics of attendees. Such projects are in line with current UK government policies and can contribute to the improvement of standards of care and support research in this vulnerable group of people.