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Care provider statement of intent to involve siblings
- Author:
- SIBS
- Publisher:
- Sibs
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 1
- Place of publication:
- London
A one page provider statement which can be used by care providers to show their commitment to communicating with and actively involving siblings in the care of a brother or sister with learning disabilities and/or autism. The statement for care homes and supported living settings was produced by Sibs, a charity for brothers and sisters of disabled children and adults. (Edited publisher abstract)
National inspection of care and support for people with learning disabilities: overview
- Authors:
- CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES INSPECTORATE WALES, HEALTHCARE INSPECTORATE WALES
- Publishers:
- Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 51
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Sets out the findings of the national inspection of quality and safety of care and support for adults with learning disabilities. The inspection includes fieldwork in six local authorities and corresponding health boards; the results of a thematic enquiry into services for people with learning disabilities regulated by CSSIW; and the results of a national data and self-assessment survey undertaken in all 22 local authorities in Wales. Inspectors focused on a number areas including: support for carers; whether local authorities provide information, advice and assistance; and whether or not local authorities have good leadership and governance arrangements. Inspectors from Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) also looked at the efficacy of the partnership between social services and health. Findings of the report looks at what is working well and areas for improvement under the following themes: understanding need, providing effective care and support, and leading in partnership. The report found that the quality of care and support for many people with learning disabilities depended on the effectiveness of the front line social services and health staff and the assertiveness of relatives. The report makes a number of recommendations, including: that local authorities review their quality assurance arrangements for care and support planning with individuals; for local authorities and health boards to share best practice; and for local authorities and health boards to ensure that the lines of accountability and responsibility in relation to adult safeguarding are clear and understood by staff. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supported living - the legal and regulatory issues
- Author:
- GROSE Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 1(1), September 2006, pp.86-95.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This review discusses the legal aspects of supported and assisted living and the regulation and deregulation of care homes in conjunction with the Care Standards Act 2000, Department of Health Guidance published in August 2002, the 'Alternative Futures' case heard by the Care Standards Tribunal in 2003 and by the Court of Appeal in 2005. In the meantime, the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) have issued interim guidance but further guidance is awaited from the Department of Health. The author highlights the fact that the Joint CSCI/Healthcare Commission report published in July 2006 revealing abuse in 'supported living' houses in Cornwall which should have been registered as care homes brings into focus the need to assess whether supported living housing throughout England should be registered as care homes if personal care is provided together with accommodation.
Find Me Good Care
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
Find Me Good Care is a website to help people to make choices about care and support for themselves or other adults in England. This includes care and support at home and in a residential setting. The site combines advice and information about choosing care with a comparable database of services. It also allows you to create your own Good Care Planner online so that you can save all the information that you find most useful in one place. The site has three main sections: a care planner to help plan care and support for yourself or someone else; a search facility to allow you to search for care and support services across England; information on paying for care and care costs. The site is developed and managed by the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
Registering the right support: CQC's policy on registration and variations to registration for providers supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This policy statement provides guidance for registration managers and inspectors assessing providers of services for people with learning disability and/or autism. It aims to ensure the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have a consistent approach to registration of services for people with a learning disability and/or autism and also informs providers, people who use services and their families and carers of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) approach to registration. It applies to three key areas of registration: specialist hospital provision, such as an assessment and treatment unit for people with a learning disability and/or autism; opening a new care home or location; and new applications for registration and applications to change a location’s service type, for example from hospital services to care home or supported living services. Case studies are included to provide examples of applications that are likely to be approved, and application that are unlikely to be granted. Providers of services are more likely to have their application for registration granted if they can demonstrate how their model of support is: is in line with Building the Right Support and the accompanying service model, built on evidence-based care; and is in line with national policy. (Edited publisher abstract)