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Borders Finding Out project: employment workshop
- Author:
- BORDERS FINDING OUT PROJECT
- Publisher:
- Outside the Box Development Support
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
The Borders Finding Out project brings together people who have learning disabilities, families, people who work in services for people with learning disabilities and people who are interested in everyone having the chance to do what they want. A report from a workshop in Hawick on 16 November 2006 with the Fife Employability Team is presented. The benefits of people with learning disabilities working are outlined.
Getting work and being included
- Author:
- OUTSIDE THE BOX
- Publisher:
- Outside the Box Development Support
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Outside the Box will be working with people in Borders who have learning disabilities and people with mental health problems, to look at what helps people get into work. The first stage of the project is looking at what helps people get into work and what the problems are and about different types of work. Ways to get involved in the project are outlined.
An easy guide to direct payments in Scotland: giving you choice and control over your social work services
- Author:
- SCOTTISH CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNING DISABILITY
- Publisher:
- Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
A book aimed at people who may be using direct payments. It outlines how direct payments work and the new rules covering direct payments which started in June 2003. It uses picture case studies to illustrate how direct payments work.
A guide for parents. The Education (Additional Support for Learning)(Scotland) Act 2004: 2nd edition
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
The same as you?: a review of services for people with learning disabilities: a summary
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Settling in the community: a review of residents' progress since coming to Clach View, Maud
- Author:
- SEED Philip
- Publisher:
- University of Dundee. Department of Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 41p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Dundee
Looks at the experiences of 5 adults with learning difficulties, 4 of whom were in residential care, in house in the community.
Coming home: a report on out-of-area placements and delayed discharge for people with learning disabilities and complex needs
- Author:
- MacDONALD Anne
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 71
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This two-year project, commissioned by the Scottish Government, collected national data on people with learning disabilities who have additional complex needs, and who are either placed out-of-area, or are within hospital-based assessment and treatment units, classed as delayed discharge. It aimed to gather information on the issues and suggest support solutions and actions that could improve outcomes for people with learning difficulties who have been unable to receive appropriate support in their communities. The project found that there were 705 people out-of-area in Scotland from 30 HSCPs, Of the group, 79 were placed out of Scotland and 453 were identified as being placed out-of-area not through choice. Challenging behaviour, and the impact that challenging behaviour has on service breakdown or hospital admission was a key issue for people with learning disabilities and complex needs. This was partly due to a lack of coordinated responses. Key elements contributing to good support for people with learning disabilities and complex needs were identified as: person-centred approaches, environments which support communication, active support and full lives, positive behavioural support, suitable accommodation, skilled and motivated staff, and good management and practice leadership. The report makes recommendations for Integrated Health Authorities, Health and Social Care Partnerships and the Scottish Government. It calls for a transformational change approach, with all stakeholders working together to address the issue. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mapping the employability landscape for people with learning disabilities in Scotland
- Authors:
- McTIER Alex, et al
- Publisher:
- Scottish Commission for Learning Disability
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 85
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This report maps the employability landscape for people with learning disabilities in Scotland and seeks to better understand the scale and effectiveness of employability support. The report finds that the current landscape is complex, fragmented and seemingly under-resourced given the very low employment rate of adults with a learning disability. The employment rate for working adults with a learning disability is in the range of 7% to 25%, and there could be as many as 125,000- 150,000 out-of-work adults with a learning disability. Very small numbers of people with a learning disability appear to be engaged in mainstream employability programmes while supported employment services are estimated to have supported up to 2,000 people in 2014/15. The number of people with a learning disability enrolled in Scotland’s colleges is unclear, but it is estimated they have a 16 hours/job outcome rate of 12%. Specialist employability organisations appear to have an overall 16 hours/week job outcome rate of 14% and a cost per 16 hours/week job outcome of £17,200. Project SEARCH programmes achieve higher employment outcome rates with a 16 hours/week job outcome rate of 61% but with current capacity in Scotland of only 100-150 people per annum. The report makes a series of specific recommendations for a variety of stakeholders. They include the need to: overcome the low expectations held by parents, schools, colleges and employers; gather data more effectively, investing funding where people with a learning disability in Scotland secure both employment and support to develop in that job, and; recruit and train job coaches that can support people with a learning disability into employment and throughout their careers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Information about The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, which provides ways to manage the financial and welfare affairs of people who are unable to manage them for themselves. Suitable for professionals and lay people.
A recipe for abuse
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Findings and recommendations are presented from the investigation into the care and treatment of residents of a Supported Landlord Scheme. 'Supported Landlord Schemes' are forms of housing for people who need some extra help and support. The report found that it is a matter of major concern that vulnerable people with learning disabilities were living: in an unregistered service, in the care of people who were not approved providers and without proper care management in a place where there was a known culture of restriction and punishment.