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Support staff in a sample of Australian community-based services for people with a disability: career intentions, personal characteristics and professional development needs
- Authors:
- DEMPSEY Ian, ARTHUR Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 27(3), September 2002, pp.201-214.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Staff characteristics and training are two influential factors in the design and development of human service systems. Despite close scrutiny of these components of service delivery in a variety of disciplines, relatively little is known about staffing issues in the disability industry. This article reports the characteristics, career intentions and professional development needs of staff from a wide variety of services for people with a disability in NSW, Australia. Staff were predominantly female, male staff were much less likely to regard their future career as lying in the disability field, and there was evidence that employers were providing some training to staff that addressed their professional development needs.
Access all areas
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Guide, 9, December 2001, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the key legislative and policy changes for people with disabilities over the last few years.
Recruiting and supporting short-break carers for children who are considered 'hard to place'
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Family-based, short-break (shared care or respite care) services provide support services to disabled children or adults and their families, through linking them with families or individuals who can provide short breaks on a regular basis. While disabled children or adults experience new relationships, environments and activities, their families get 'time to themselves'. These services are often a critical support for families with disabled children. However, children and young people who have complex healthcare needs or 'challenging behaviour', and/or who come from minority ethnic families, are often not provided with short break services: they are 'hard to place'. This study by Beth Prewett investigated why short-break carers provided breaks for 'hard to place' children, and looked at their recruitment, assessment, training and support. Outlines the findings.
Partners in policymaking
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Partners in Policy Making is a leadership training programme for disabled adults and parents of disabled children up to school leaving age. Aims to invest in users of services who will have the competence and confidence to work with policy makers at national and local level. This booklet describes the course content, and how it was run with a group of people from the North West of England.
Learning to help : training for respite carers
- Author:
- ROBINSON C.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 2.6.88, 1988, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Looks at the needs of, and provision of, training for people giving respite care for children with severe handicaps.
Direct payments direct control: enabling older people to manage their own care
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary of the seminar on direct payments organised by Help the Aged. The organisation is concerned that many authorities do not run direct payment schemes, while others have schemes for disabled young people but have not extended them to older people. From April 2002 authorities will have the obligation to provide these services.
The Human Rights Act: what are the implications for older people?; a Help the Aged seminar at Westminster on 13th September 2000
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes a Help the Aged seminar held at Westminster on the thirteenth of September, 2000. Delegates agreed on the need for a greater awareness of the provisions of the Human Rights Act, and extensive training with specific guidelines for those working with older people. Topics addressed included; key concepts; implications of the Act; how the Act can help in practical situations; the role of Help the Aged.
Food for thought: effective support for families caring for a child who is tube fed
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, ROBINSON Carol
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 163p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Describes the practical, social and emotional impact of home enteral tube feeding on disabled children, their families and carers. Discusses the daily experiences of families and children coping with tube feeding; the involvement of non-parent carers and their training, guidance and insurance needs; and the support offered to families by health, education and social care professionals.
What rights for disabled children? Home enteral tube feeding in the community
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, ROBINSON Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 13(1), February 1999, pp.48-60.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The growing number of disabled children who are tube fed at home has important implications both for families and professionals who support them. This article reports on the preliminary findings of a project which aims to assess the practical, social and emotional impact of home enteral tube feeding (HETF) on the lives of disabled children and their families. The evidence presented suggests that guidance and training on HETF for non-parent carers is both inadequate and inconsistent. Consequently access to education and social services may be restricted or even denied for disabled children on HETF as a direct result of their perceived need for nursing or medical care.
New lifestyles for carers: a training exercise for staff and carers based on the principle of normalisation
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, BASSETT Thurstine
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- Booklet and cards in pack.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Teaching pack designed to be used in a training exercise raising issues about the way we, as individuals, and our caring services in general, relate to and affect the lives of carers of people disabilities. The pack is flexible and designed to be used with staff from health, social services, housing, and voluntary and private agencies in a wide range of settings and contexts.