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- Author:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.7.02, 2002, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes a project in which people with learning difficulties were trained to help recruit staff had mixed results. Enabling people with learning difficulties to have more control over their own lives is a central objective of the recent learning disability white paper Valuing People. It emphasises that people with learning difficulties should be fully involved in decisions that affect them, including operational matters such as staff selection. Involving people with learning difficulties in staff recruitment also offers many opportunities for putting Valuing People's key principles of rights, independence, choice and inclusion into practice