GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for Northern Ireland
Publisher:
Stationery Office
Publication year:
1996
Pagination:
70p.
Place of publication:
Belfast
The Regulations made under the Children Order include permissions and restrictions as to what may or may not be done and also requirements on what must be done. As with the Children Order itself, the Regulations carry the full weight of the law. The guidance issued under the Children Order is not law, but rather what the Department considers to be good practice. This covers: assessment; joint working; parenting; families; social care provision.
The Regulations made under the Children Order include permissions and restrictions as to what may or may not be done and also requirements on what must be done. As with the Children Order itself, the Regulations carry the full weight of the law. The guidance issued under the Children Order is not law, but rather what the Department considers to be good practice. This covers: assessment; joint working; parenting; families; social care provision.
Extended abstract:
Author:NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Title: Children (NI) Order 1995: regulations and guidance: volume 5: children with a disability Publisher: Stationery Office, 1996
Summary
The guidance issued under the Children Order is not law, but rather what the Department considers good practice, and covers assessment; joint working; parenting; families; and social care provision.
Contents
The preface explains the status of regulations and guidance. The Regulations made under the Children Order include permissions and restrictions as to what may or may not be done and also requirements on what must be done. As with the Children Order itself, the Regulations carry the full weight of the law. The general principles of the Children Order are listed. Chapter 1 is an introduction explaining trusts' duty to provide services for children with a disability. Chapter 2 explains the general requirement for trusts to identify the extent to which there are children in need in their area. Chapter 3 requires trusts to develop appropriate links between professional groups and collaborate with agencies. Chapter 4 covers the need for trusts to develop assessment procedures. Chapter 5 takes the assessment and planning process further, requiring trusts to have regard to the Departmental policy paper ‘People first' when assessing need. Trusts' requirement to work in partnership with parents and children is outlined in Chapter 6. Chapter 7 requires trusts to work with the community to facilitate provision by voluntary organisations and others and develop effective co-ordination, communication and mutual respect between and with professionals and services. Chapter 8 covers services to children living with their families. Chapter 9 places on trusts a need to develop communication with education and library boards at senior management level. The contribution of child health staff is covered in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 considers provision of accommodation as a service to children in need and their families. Foster placements is the theme of Chapter 12. The duties and responsibilities of trusts and others in relation to children in residential care are discussed in Chapter 13. Chapter 14 states that trusts, voluntary organisations and privately-run children's homes have a statutory duty to have a system for considering representations and complaints, and Chapter 15 that trusts have a statutory duty to investigate where a child may be in need of protection. Finally Chapter 16 discusses the transition to adulthood and trusts' duty to prepare young people they are looking after for leaving care and provide after care for young people who have been accommodated by trusts or other agencies.
Subject terms:
joint working, parenting, physical disabilities, social care provision, assessment, children, families;
Housing Care and Support, 6(2), June 2003, pp.21-26.
Publisher:
Emerald
Reports on research exploring the housing experiences and aspirations of young disabled people in Scotland. Thirty disabled people aged 18 to 34 were interviewed. Twenty-one lived with parents and nine independently. Interviewees were asked about their current housing situation, housing career and future housing aspirations. Results found that those who leave the family home in crisis experience several housing moves before settling; those who leave in a planned way tend to stay in their first home. Young people aspiring to leave the parental home are limited to a social housing tenancy, due to their economic circumstances and a lack of knowledge of other choices. Concludes that social care professionals need to pay closer attention to assessing housing aspirations and helping young people consider all options. The research was carried out by the Nuffield Centre for Community Care Studies Glasgow and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Reports on research exploring the housing experiences and aspirations of young disabled people in Scotland. Thirty disabled people aged 18 to 34 were interviewed. Twenty-one lived with parents and nine independently. Interviewees were asked about their current housing situation, housing career and future housing aspirations. Results found that those who leave the family home in crisis experience several housing moves before settling; those who leave in a planned way tend to stay in their first home. Young people aspiring to leave the parental home are limited to a social housing tenancy, due to their economic circumstances and a lack of knowledge of other choices. Concludes that social care professionals need to pay closer attention to assessing housing aspirations and helping young people consider all options. The research was carried out by the Nuffield Centre for Community Care Studies Glasgow and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Subject terms:
independence, housing, needs, physical disabilities, social housing, social care provision, assessment;
The needs of disabled children are too often seen by assessors purely in medical or practical terms. Looks at how the Children Act 1989 and subsequent laws allow for a more progressive approach.
The needs of disabled children are too often seen by assessors purely in medical or practical terms. Looks at how the Children Act 1989 and subsequent laws allow for a more progressive approach.
Subject terms:
law, needs, physical disabilities, social care provision, assessment, children, decision making;
Key features of the Act are to make provision about the assessment of carers' needs; to provide services to help carers; and to provide payments to carers and disabled children aged 16 or 17 in lieu of the provision of services to them.
Key features of the Act are to make provision about the assessment of carers' needs; to provide services to help carers; and to provide payments to carers and disabled children aged 16 or 17 in lieu of the provision of services to them.
Subject terms:
law, physical disabilities, social care provision, assessment, carers, children, direct payments;
British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62(9), September 1999, pp.417-423.
Publisher:
Sage
Occupational therapists in social services settings are frequently required to classify clients as 'registerable as disabled' so that they may receive certain services. Compares the use of a non-standardised assessment tool to measure severity of disability was compared with a standardised tool to assess whether there were differences in outcomes, and what, if any, were the consequences for service entitlement. Concludes that the use of non-standardised tools may unfairly disadvantage some client groups when being assessed for services.
Occupational therapists in social services settings are frequently required to classify clients as 'registerable as disabled' so that they may receive certain services. Compares the use of a non-standardised assessment tool to measure severity of disability was compared with a standardised tool to assess whether there were differences in outcomes, and what, if any, were the consequences for service entitlement. Concludes that the use of non-standardised tools may unfairly disadvantage some client groups when being assessed for services.
Subject terms:
occupational therapists, older people, physical disabilities, social services, social care provision, assessment, eligibility criteria;
As parents of disabled children struggle to win basic services, the author outlines the views of lobby groups about changes that could make a practical difference to their lives.
As parents of disabled children struggle to win basic services, the author outlines the views of lobby groups about changes that could make a practical difference to their lives.
Subject terms:
needs, parents, physical disabilities, social care provision, assessment, children;