inspection, local authorities, performance management, physical disabilities, social care provision, adults, best value, children, children in need, day services;
GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
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Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
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2003
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2p.
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London
Physically and sensorily disabled people should be benefiting from the modernisation of social care along with other service users. This report provides evidence that although some progress is being made, it is slow and patchy and too many disabled people still do not have the opportunities they seek and the support they need to live independently and take control over their lives. The services that councils provide, both through social services and their wider functions, are essential to delivering a high quality of life for disabled people. This can only be achieved with the support and strong leadership of chief executives, directors of social services, senior managers and councillors. Using evidence from both inspections and the annual delivery and improvement statements completed by councils, the report is organised under four themes - independence at home, identity and belonging, active citizenship and systems and processes. Key areas requiring further improvement include: home care is not sufficiently reliable or flexible and is not provided in a way that promotes independence; although waiting times for equipment and minor adaptations have improved some people have to wait unacceptably long times for major adaptations using the disabled facilities grant; services for those with brain injury are not well enough developed across the country; culturally sensitive services for disabled people are not well developed; disabled parents are often not effectively supported; day services needs reshaping to be more community-based, inclusive and linked to increasing employment opportunities although the numbers receiving direct payments are increasing there is still a long way to go before they are part of mainstream provision.
Physically and sensorily disabled people should be benefiting from the modernisation of social care along with other service users. This report provides evidence that although some progress is being made, it is slow and patchy and too many disabled people still do not have the opportunities they seek and the support they need to live independently and take control over their lives. The services that councils provide, both through social services and their wider functions, are essential to delivering a high quality of life for disabled people. This can only be achieved with the support and strong leadership of chief executives, directors of social services, senior managers and councillors. Using evidence from both inspections and the annual delivery and improvement statements completed by councils, the report is organised under four themes - independence at home, identity and belonging, active citizenship and systems and processes. Key areas requiring further improvement include: home care is not sufficiently reliable or flexible and is not provided in a way that promotes independence; although waiting times for equipment and minor adaptations have improved some people have to wait unacceptably long times for major adaptations using the disabled facilities grant; services for those with brain injury are not well enough developed across the country; culturally sensitive services for disabled people are not well developed; disabled parents are often not effectively supported; day services needs reshaping to be more community-based, inclusive and linked to increasing employment opportunities although the numbers receiving direct payments are increasing there is still a long way to go before they are part of mainstream provision.
Subject terms:
home care, independence, inspection, physical disabilities, social services, social care, social care provision, assistive technology, citizenship, day services, direct payments, head injuries;
Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
Publication year:
2003
Pagination:
68p.
Place of publication:
London
Physically and sensorily disabled people should be benefiting from the modernisation of social care along with other service users. This report provides evidence that although some progress is being made, it is slow and patchy and too many disabled people still do not have the opportunities they seek and the support they need to live independently and take control over their lives. The services that councils provide, both through social services and their wider functions, are essential to delivering a high quality of life for disabled people. This can only be achieved with the support and strong leadership of chief executives, directors of social services, senior managers and councillors. Using evidence from both inspections and the annual delivery and improvement statements completed by councils, the report is organised under four themes - independence at home, identity and belonging, active citizenship and systems and processes. Key areas requiring further improvement include: home care is not sufficiently reliable or flexible and is not provided in a way that promotes independence; although waiting times for equipment and minor adaptations have improved some people have to wait unacceptably long times for major adaptations using the disabled facilities grant; services for those with brain injury are not well enough developed across the country; culturally sensitive services for disabled people are not well developed; disabled parents are often not effectively supported; day services needs reshaping to be more community-based, inclusive and linked to increasing employment opportunities although the numbers receiving direct payments are increasing there is still a long way to go before they are part of mainstream provision.
Physically and sensorily disabled people should be benefiting from the modernisation of social care along with other service users. This report provides evidence that although some progress is being made, it is slow and patchy and too many disabled people still do not have the opportunities they seek and the support they need to live independently and take control over their lives. The services that councils provide, both through social services and their wider functions, are essential to delivering a high quality of life for disabled people. This can only be achieved with the support and strong leadership of chief executives, directors of social services, senior managers and councillors. Using evidence from both inspections and the annual delivery and improvement statements completed by councils, the report is organised under four themes - independence at home, identity and belonging, active citizenship and systems and processes. Key areas requiring further improvement include: home care is not sufficiently reliable or flexible and is not provided in a way that promotes independence; although waiting times for equipment and minor adaptations have improved some people have to wait unacceptably long times for major adaptations using the disabled facilities grant; services for those with brain injury are not well enough developed across the country; culturally sensitive services for disabled people are not well developed; disabled parents are often not effectively supported; day services needs reshaping to be more community-based, inclusive and linked to increasing employment opportunities although the numbers receiving direct payments are increasing there is still a long way to go before they are part of mainstream provision.
Subject terms:
home care, independence, inspection, physical disabilities, social services, social care, social care provision, visual impairment, assistive technology, citizenship, day services, deafness, direct payments, head injuries;
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Subject terms:
home care, housing, learning disabilities, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, residential care, social services, statistical methods, carers, community care, day services, health care;
This discussion paper has as its focus a Western perspective on community care provided by families for disabled children in Ukraine. This country is of interest in that it is one of the largest of the fifteen states to become independent from the Soviet Union, and to change from communism to a democratic, market economy. Additionally the number of disabled and sick children in Ukraine has increased considerably after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. Using material derived from a series of study visits, a picture emerges of courage in adversity, as parents campaign to obtain sponsorship from Western Europe in the deteriorating economic and social conditions of this transition period. Specific attention is drawn to the limited educational and rehabilitation facilities available to disabled children; independence on a medical model of disability and on out-dated, under-researched treatment approaches. However, as is common practice throughout the world, many parent-led self-help groups, some formed before 1991, are actively campaigning for changes in policy and provision so that their children may be included in society. These projects are benefiting from contact with Western ideas about social work and social welfare policy through the development of the School of Social Work at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy. Concludes that more collaboration is needed between medical, educational and social welfare perspectives to improve the lives of disabled children and their families in Ukraine.
This discussion paper has as its focus a Western perspective on community care provided by families for disabled children in Ukraine. This country is of interest in that it is one of the largest of the fifteen states to become independent from the Soviet Union, and to change from communism to a democratic, market economy. Additionally the number of disabled and sick children in Ukraine has increased considerably after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. Using material derived from a series of study visits, a picture emerges of courage in adversity, as parents campaign to obtain sponsorship from Western Europe in the deteriorating economic and social conditions of this transition period. Specific attention is drawn to the limited educational and rehabilitation facilities available to disabled children; independence on a medical model of disability and on out-dated, under-researched treatment approaches. However, as is common practice throughout the world, many parent-led self-help groups, some formed before 1991, are actively campaigning for changes in policy and provision so that their children may be included in society. These projects are benefiting from contact with Western ideas about social work and social welfare policy through the development of the School of Social Work at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy. Concludes that more collaboration is needed between medical, educational and social welfare perspectives to improve the lives of disabled children and their families in Ukraine.
Subject terms:
medical treatment, parental role, physical disabilities, rehabilitation, self-help groups, social welfare, social work, voluntary sector, community care, children, day services;
GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
Publisher:
Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
Publication year:
2001
Pagination:
1p.
Place of publication:
London
Letter accompanying the Children Act report 2000.
Letter accompanying the Children Act report 2000.
Subject terms:
law courts, leaving care, looked after children, needs, physical disabilities, resource allocation, social welfare law, social care provision, assessment, child protection, children, day services, decision making;
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Subject terms:
home care, housing, learning disabilities, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, residential care, social services, statistical methods, carers, community care, day services, health care;
GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
Publisher:
Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
Publication year:
2000
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2p.
Place of publication:
London
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Subject terms:
law courts, leaving care, looked after children, needs, physical disabilities, resource allocation, social welfare law, social care provision, assessment, child protection, children, day services, decision making;
Practice: Social Work in Action, 6(3), 1992, pp.206-210.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
This paper describes the failure of social workers and teachers to communicate effectively in meeting the needs of disabled young people in the transition from school to community, and the use of a complete special needs assessment and planning package, the GIRA Disability Assessment as a means whereby an effective transition between school and social services provision can be effected.
This paper describes the failure of social workers and teachers to communicate effectively in meeting the needs of disabled young people in the transition from school to community, and the use of a complete special needs assessment and planning package, the GIRA Disability Assessment as a means whereby an effective transition between school and social services provision can be effected.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, interprofessional relations, needs, needs assessment, physical disabilities, school children, social welfare law, social workers, special education, teachers, young people, assessment, children, day services;