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Breath of fresh Ayr
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.2.05, 2005, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a learning difficulties service in Ayr, Scotland which is truly person-centred. Partners for Inclusion (PFI) is a voluntary supported living service that was set up to help people with learning difficulties and mental health needs.
I get by, with a little help...
- Authors:
- KELLY Doreen, WARDROP Laura
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 9(4), June 2009, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This article is about adults with learning disabilities and their interpersonal relationships. It focuses on Partners for Inclusion, a not-for-profit organisation that provides supported living services to adults with learning disabilities and mental health problems in Scotland. Key to Partners for Inclusion's work is supporting people to make friends and get connected in their community. There has been some debate about the question of whether a person's support worker is a friend and if the support worker should be a friend. Issues relating to protection of vulnerable adults are discussed and it is noted that this has led to the creation of policy and rules regimenting the making of friends. The authors argue that is it acceptable for staff to be friends with the people that they support, as long as they are not the only friends.
Your move: stories from the your move project
- Authors:
- SMITH Andy, WILSON Helen
- Publisher:
- Scottish Human Services Trust
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 80p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This book is about what happened in the first year of the Your Move Project, a developmental project aiming to extend the range of quality housing and living options for people with learning disabilities in Scotland, to raise awareness about supported living, and to develop several small demonstration projects to help people move into their own homes
The same as you?: partnership in practice agreements 2004-2007: national overview and next steps
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
One of the 29 recommendations of the 'The same as you?' review was that local authorities and health boards should draw up Partnership in Practice agreements (PiPs). The aim of this national overview report is to provide feedback on the key messages that emerge from a review of all of the 2004-2007 PiPs, taking account of additional evidence from other sources. Key themes identified are: health promotion and improving access to health, Local Area Coordination, carers, short breaks or respite, autism spectrum disorders, Direct Payments, day services, further education and employment, supported living and vulnerable adults. This report aims to highlight positive developments that can be shared to support improvement across Scotland, and to inform the next round of plans for 2007-2010.
The view from Arthur's seat: review of services for people with learning disabilities; a literature review of housing and support options beyond Scotland
- Authors:
- SIMONS Ken, WATSON Debbie
- Publisher:
- Scottish Executive Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 138p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report argues that a 'modernised' housing and support system for people with learning disabilities should encompass the following principles: citizenship and civil rights; supported living models such as 'active' support; person centred planning; access to other services such as employment, continuing education and supported leisure activities; coherent and flexible funding; and regulatory reform.