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Draft intergenerational practice strategy for Wales: consultation
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Wales has produced a draft strategy for promoting intergenerational activity in schools and the wider community. It is envisaged that the framework will embed intergenerational practice in to the governments whole approach to communities, citizenship and integrated government.
Multi-agency inspection summary: collaborative working across services for older people in Forth Valley
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Forth Valley inspection covered a wide range of services for older people - mainly health and social work. It focused on NHS Forth Valley, Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling Councils. It looked at the way that these services worked together to assist older people live as independently as possible. This leaflet summarises the key findings of the inspection. Examples of good services and positive collaborative working are presented.
Multi-agency inspection: collaborative working across services for older people in Forth Valley
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 156p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report gives an overview of collaborative working between health and social work services for older people in Forth Valley. It sets out the strengths and areas of good practice as well as identifying areas where improvements are needed. Older people in Forth Valley generally were pleased with the health and social work services they received and the way these services worked together. Carers were less satisfied with the support they received, although this is consistent with the way carers across Scotland feel.
Multi-agency inspection: collaborative working across services for older people in Tayside
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 116p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report gives an overview of collaborative working between health and social work services provided in Tayside (covering NHS Tayside, and Angus, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross Councils). It also sets out the strengths and areas of good practice as well as identifying areas where improvements are needed. There were distinctive differences in the way in which the three Tayside health and social work partnerships approached their strategic and operational responsibilities for services for older people, despite there being one health board, NHS Tayside.
Multi-agency inspection: collaborative working across services for older people in Tayside
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Main findings of a multi-agency inspection of services for older people in Tayside are presented. Older people in Tayside were generally pleased with the services they received and the way these services worked together. Carers were less satisfied with the support they received, although this is consistent with the way carers across Scotland feel. There is one health board, NHS Tayside, and three councils, Angus, Dundee and Perth and Kinross. There were distinctive differences in the way that the three health and social work partnerships in Tayside provided services. There was no over-arching strategy for health services for older people.
BME carers: challenging the myth;"they look after their own"; a good practice guide
- Author:
- WALES. National Assembly
- Publisher:
- Wales. National Assembly
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This examination of the extent to which carers services in Wales are accessible to Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) carers is located within the overall 'Caring about Carers - a Strategy for Carers In Wales (Implementation Plan)', a project initiated by the Welsh Assembly Government. Supported also by the Welsh Assembly Government, and carried out within the auspices of AWEMA (All Wales Ethnic Minority Association) as a BME Carers project, this study sets out to explore the needs of BME carers in Wales and the extent to which they felt that their needs were being recognised and addressed by mainstream services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Inspection standards: inspection of community care services for black and minority ethnic older people
- Publisher:
- London: Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- London
The SSI set standards for each national inspection and evaluate quality of services against those standards. SSI standards are: statements of quality of services expected; derived from government policy, legislation and regulation (including national objectives and national service frameworks), and current knowledge of research and good practice; concerned with the same domains of the performance assessment framework, i.e. national priorities and strategic, cost and efficiency, effectiveness of service delivery and outcomes, quality of services for users and carers and fair access. SSI standards are specified prior to inspections so that social services departments and agencies understand the basis on which their services are being inspected. They are made widely available, in our published reports and via this web site, so that they can be used as a tool by all local councils to assess their own standards and audit their progress.
Local authority interventions to improve quality in supported housing
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide brings together work undertaken by the five local authorities who participated in the 2020-2021 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) supported housing pilots. Supported housing is accommodation packaged with support or care to enable some of the most vulnerable people to live as independently as possible in the community. The aim of this guide is to share learning from the pilot authorities' experience of improving quality and value for money in supported housing. The pilots were undertaken in response to increasing reports of providers using the welfare system to fund unjustified levels of rent and service charges and not providing good quality care, support or supervision for vulnerable people. The pilot authorities worked to address these concerns, focussing where poor quality is most often concentrated - in non-commissioned, supported 'exempt' accommodation. This guide sets out how the pilots conducted their activities but is not exhaustive and other local authorities may address quality concerns in different ways. Activities outlined in this guide include: establishing a council multidisciplinary team; undertaking strategic planning to understand local need and supply; conducting a standardised assessment of new providers and schemes; reviewing resident support; completing accommodation inspections; planning and targeting interventions effectively. The guide also addresses potential risks and challenges. (Edited publisher abstract)
COVID-19: guidance on social distancing and for vulnerable people
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
Government guidance on the measures everyone should take to reduce social interaction between people in order to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). The guidance also covers measures to protect older people and vulnerable people with certain long-term conditions. The guidance is intended for use in situations where people are living in their own homes, with or without additional support from friends, family and carers. (Edited publisher abstract)
A literature review on multiple and complex needs: lessons for policy and practice
- Authors:
- ROSENGARD Ann, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Development Department of the Scottish Executive commissioned this literature review to inform its Multiple and Complex Needs Initiative which aims to improve services for people with multiple and complex needs. The purpose of the literature review was to collate and evaluate existing research evidence to understand the processes through which people with multiple and complex needs engage, or do not engage, with services to resolve their problems. A key focus of the review was to identify good practice in the light of the evidence. The main lessons learned from the review are highlighted and good practice case studies are presented.