The aim of this project was to provide an extensive profile of disabled children and their families in Northern Ireland through the analysis of the nature of disability, family circumstances and socio-demographic characteristics, and the provision of services in a number of social policy areas (health and social services, education, housing) using data-sets from the PPRU Surveys of Disability. The project included the views of disabled children in Northern Ireland regarding key issues in these areas.
The aim of this project was to provide an extensive profile of disabled children and their families in Northern Ireland through the analysis of the nature of disability, family circumstances and socio-demographic characteristics, and the provision of services in a number of social policy areas (health and social services, education, housing) using data-sets from the PPRU Surveys of Disability. The project included the views of disabled children in Northern Ireland regarding key issues in these areas.
Subject terms:
housing, physical disabilities, social services, social care provision, user participation, children, education, families, health needs;
Provides a historical background to the modern welfare state, and chapters on social security, various client groups, housing, employment, offenders, social work, Social Services Departments finance, and complaints procedures.
Provides a historical background to the modern welfare state, and chapters on social security, various client groups, housing, employment, offenders, social work, Social Services Departments finance, and complaints procedures.
Subject terms:
housing, learning disabilities, mental health problems, NHS, offenders, older people, physical disabilities, social services, social work history, child care, complaints, education, employment;
Although it is a legal requirement that all young people over the age of fourteen with a statement of special educational needs have a transition plan, a third of young people surveyed in one study did not have a plan. Education and social services are often not working well together in transition planing. There is also poor coordination between children and adult social services. Young people who are disabled and in placements out of their local area are particularly likely to experience inadequate transition planning.
Although it is a legal requirement that all young people over the age of fourteen with a statement of special educational needs have a transition plan, a third of young people surveyed in one study did not have a plan. Education and social services are often not working well together in transition planing. There is also poor coordination between children and adult social services. Young people who are disabled and in placements out of their local area are particularly likely to experience inadequate transition planning.
Subject terms:
housing, interagency cooperation, joint working, joint planning, outcomes, physical disabilities, placement, placement disruption, policy formulation, social networks, social services, special education, special educational needs, young people, adolescence, adults, education, employment;
housing, learning disabilities, mental health problems, offenders, older people, physical disabilities, service users, social services, social care provision, social work methods, anti-racist practice, black and minority ethnic people, children, discrimination, education, employment, groups;
immigrants, homeless people, homelessness, housing, inner cities, learning disabilities, legal aid, local authorities, local government, local government finance, mental health problems, NHS, mothers, offenders, older people, physical disabilities, probation, poverty, pre-school children, punishment, social services, social work, social care provision, urban areas, welfare state, young people, after care, alcohol misuse, benefits, central government, children, community health care, drug misuse, education, employment, family planning, financing, Gypsies, health care;