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Staff in services for people with learning disabilities: an overview of current issues
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1996, pp.215-236.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Despite the obvious importance of high quality staff performance for achieving the aims of community care policy, it is only recently that attention in the UK has begun to be focussed on staffing issues in services for people with learning disabilities. Discusses possible reasons for this increase in activity and introduces the content of the issue - which concentrates on demonstrating the range of approaches currently being used in UK research concerning staff in-services for people with learning disabilities.
Staff characteristics working conditions and outcomes amongst staff in service for people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 12(4), 1999, pp.340-347.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Presents the results of a survey of 512 staff working in UK services for people with intellectual disabilities. Descriptive findings regarding staff characteristics, working conditions and a range of staff outcomes are reported. Regarding staff outcomes, almost one-third of staff reported high levels of distress indicative of mental health problems, a proportion similar to that found in previous UK research but higher proportion than NHS staff, employed adults or adults generally. The implications for services of the findings are briefly discussed.
Staff stress in services for people with learning disabilities and sensory impairments
- Author:
- HATTON Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Focus, June 1995, pp.2-7.
- Publisher:
- RNIB
Looks at what constitutes stress and ways in which it can be reduced in services for people with learning difficulties and sensory impairments.
Informal carers of adolescents and adults with learning difficulties from the south Asian communities: family circumstances, service support and carer stress
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 28(6), December 1998, pp.821-837.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article describes a survey in two metropolitan boroughs of people from the south Asian communities caring for people with learning difficulties aged 14 or over who were interviewed regarding family circumstances, service supports and levels of stress. In general, families were living in circumstances of material disadvantage and reported a high need for services, due to a lack of informal support and the considerable support needs of many of the people with learning difficulties. The implications of the findings for services are discussed.
Stressors, coping strategies and stress-related outcomes among direct care staff in staffed houses for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1995, pp.252-271.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Self-reported stressors, coping strategies and stress-related out-comes were explored among direct-care staff working in two networks of small staffed houses for people with learning disabilities. Reports on the research methods used and the conclusions drawn from the investigation.
The development of a shortened 'ways of coping' questionnaire for use with direct care staff in learning disability services
- Authors:
- HATTON Chris, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(4), 1995, pp.237-251.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports on the development of the Shortened Ways of Coping (Revised) Questionnaire (SWC-R), a measure of staff coping strategies designed to be easily administered and scored in work settings. The reliability of the SWC-R was evaluated by administering questionnaires containing SWC-R to direct care staff in four learning disability services and, in attempt to explore issues of validity, measures of social desirability, distress, overall job satisfaction, overall life satisfaction, and propensity to leave the organisation. Discusses the results and recommends further use of the SWC-R in research concerning direct care staff in human services.