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Safeguarding adults: lessons from the murder of Steven Hoskin
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Place of publication:
- London
Steven Hoskin had learning disabilities and lived alone in St Austell. He was tortured and murdered by people who targeted him because of his learning disabilities. Investigations showed that Steven had made numerous calls to a number of agencies, including the police, health and social care services, so they should have been aware that he was in danger. Following the serious case review into Steven’s murder there have been significant improvements in communication, information sharing and partnership working between the agencies in the area. Staff training has also been improved. The police have introduced a ‘neighbourhood harm register’ which ensures that an alert is raised when there are repeat calls from the same people with the same problems. In such cases, data is shared with the appropriate agencies and they work together to provide a joint response. Similarly, a system for recognising and responding to ‘cluster calls’ has been developed within the ambulance service. The video demonstrates that partnership between agencies and sound information sharing procedures are vital to the safeguarding of adults.
Ordinary and unique lives for adults with a learning disability and/or autism: a six steps approach
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
This paper sets out good practice in the approach to commissioning services for people with learning disabilities and/or autism. It is aimed at commissioners, working primarily within health and social care settings, who are responsible for the strategic design and development of local services for people with learning disabilities and/or autism and their families and whose role involves driving innovation and practice change. The paper adapts the IPC’s six steps approach – a model for managing demand in older people’s services, linked to suggested performance indicators and targets – specifically for learning disability services. It includes a set of operational principles, examples of good practice and suggested performance indicators that can be used to form the basis of an effective local commissioning plan that can offer better overall value for the public purse. The six steps approach comprises: information, advice, assistance and advocacy; universal services; universal plus; early intervention; short-term intensive support; long-term specialist support; understanding population and market shaping. (Edited publisher abstract)
Direct choices: what councils need to make direct payments happen for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The resource consists of information that councils will find helpful when seeking to enable people with learning disabilities to receive and use direct payments. It includes information on decision-making; on the management of a direct payment; on the provision of appropriate and accessible information; and on the support that people may need. It brings together existing information from a variety of sources, as well as using new information drawn directly from interviews with council direct payment staff, direct payment support groups and people currently using direct payments.
Housing options: developing autism services
- Authors:
- MOREY Nick, WOOLRYCH Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 5(3), August 2002, pp.10-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Housing options is an independent advisory service for people with learning difficulties, their families and housing and care providers. The organisation wanted to promote the development of opportunities for those with autism, to help growing up in their own home. A two year project was begun to review need, demand, and the range of existing services, to look at what services local authority providers and families want and to provide information an guidance to help with service development.