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Research into practice
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.11.01, 2001, p.47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at research into sexual abuse of people with learning difficulties and reforms proposed to safeguard them.
Responding effectively to students' mental health needs: project report
- Authors:
- STANLEY Nicky, MANTHORPE Jill, BRADLEY Greta
- Publisher:
- University of Hull
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Hull
This project was funded under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's Special Initiative to Encourage High Quality Provision for Students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities. This initiative offered higher education institutions (HEIs) support in developing their disability services to meet the demands of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 at a time when the numbers and diversity of the student population were increasing. Throughout the nineties, student counselling services regularly identified concerns about increasing levels of severe mental health problems in the student population, and, as academics, the project team were familiar with the high levels of anxiety generated by individual cases.
Research into practice
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.5.02, 2002, p.47.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on research that highlights good practice in supporting people with high support needs to make decisions.
Early onset dementia: a case of ill-timing?
- Authors:
- TINDALL Linda, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 6(3), June 1997, pp.237-249.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The experience of dementia for individuals and families, when it is a younger person which is affected by the illness, is rarely considered. Existing specialist literature in this area is analysed in this article. Most work is rooted in a medical context but the social impact is important, particularly in relation to issues of the life-course. Examines the case for specialist service provision and argues for the development of new research agendas to locate the experience of early onset dementia (EOD) within a more coherent theoretical framework.
An uncertain practice: social work support for disabled people and carers moving across local authority boundaries in England
- Authors:
- WHITE Caroline, MARSLAND Dave, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Care and Caring, 3(3), 2019, pp.375-391.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This article reports on a study of social work practice with care recipients choosing to relocate between English local administrative units. Data were collected from interviews with 20 social work practitioners from three areas, seeking their views through the use of vignettes. Participants reported that supporting relocation: requires time and planning; is conceptualised as a key transition for those moving; and exposes practitioners (and care recipients) to local variations and the potential for risk, and therefore uncertainty. New legal rights for care recipients may decrease the problems, but local variations will remain. (Edited publisher abstract)
Managers' and staff experiences of adult protection allegations in mental health and learning disability residential services: a qualitative study
- Authors:
- REES Paul, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 40(2), March 2010, pp.513-529.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Adult protection policy slowly developed in England and Wales during the 1990s. In the same decade specialist residential services expanded for people with mental health problems and with learning disabilities. Many referrals to adult protection systems emanate from this sector but few result in conclusive outcomes. This article reports on a small study exploring the impact of adult protection legislation and guidance within a small number of residential adult mental health and learning disability units in England and Wales. The focus of the article is the issues for staff who have been accused of abuse and for the managers of such services during investigations. Data from interviews with 13 residential unit managers and 10 care workers, who were suspended following an allegation but later exonerated, are presented. Perceptions of the development of adult protection practice, policy and legislation were that these have generally led to positive outcomes. However, these data reveal other outcomes including service disruption, stress for residents, staff and managers. Multi-agency collaboration, transparency of practice, training, reflective practice, and effective supervision of frontline staff, appeared to assist managers and care workers in negotiating the positive and negative experiences of the implementation of adult protection systems.
Older people
- Author:
- MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, April 2006, pp.59-64.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
The article reports on a selection of research which examines the physical and mental risks in later life as well as the early detection of them.
Helping or hindering in adult safeguarding: an investigation of practice
- Authors:
- STEVENS Martin, MARTINEAU Stephen, NORRIE Caroline, MANTHORPE Jill
- Publisher:
- King's College London. Social Care Workforce Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 104
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines current safeguarding practice in England where access to an adult at risk is obstructed by a third party and explores views about whether social workers (and others) need more legal powers. This study focused on adults who are able to make decisions – people who have ‘mental capacity’ – as there are laws covering people who are not able to make decisions. The study found that while problems with getting to talk to adults who appeared to be at risk of harm were common, most are resolved by good social work practice, creativity and persistence. However, in a small number of cases, gaining any access proves very difficult and sometimes impossible. In these cases, legal intervention is sometimes required, but sometimes, no access is achieved. Most of the social workers and older and disabled people who were interviewed or surveyed thought that, on balance, there should be additional legal powers for social workers, including a power of entry. The study concluded that without greater knowledge about the size and nature of the problem – and therefore the costs to local authorities and the outcomes for those involved – policy options may be limited. One option proposed was to ask local authorities to count the number of cases of sustained obstruction. This would need to define terms like sustained obstruction or serious problems. Increasing the scope of current practice guidance, particularly in relation to multi-agency working, was another policy option outlined by the research. (Edited publisher abstract)