Report of a research project which aimed to identify gaps in service provision for parent carers in North and West Wiltshire. Begins with a literature review of existing research in this field. Describes the results of a survey of Wiltshire parent carers, their characteristics and their experiences of services such as special equipment, health services, financial support, special education, social services, respite care, leisure activities, employment and information. Draws conclusions on the access to services of carers and makes recommendations for future practice.
Report of a research project which aimed to identify gaps in service provision for parent carers in North and West Wiltshire. Begins with a literature review of existing research in this field. Describes the results of a survey of Wiltshire parent carers, their characteristics and their experiences of services such as special equipment, health services, financial support, special education, social services, respite care, leisure activities, employment and information. Draws conclusions on the access to services of carers and makes recommendations for future practice.
Subject terms:
information needs, leisure, needs, parents, physical disabilities, short break care, social services, surveys, access to services, assistive technology, benefits, carers, children, education, employment, health care;
Draws on research on the needs of disabled children, young adults and their families, and indicates how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development. Explains the overlapping legal responsibilities of social services, health and education, and how to facilitate coordinated practice. Emphasises the importance of an anti-discriminatory approach and of involving parents and children in decision making and advocacy. Includes extensive appendices of resource materials.
Draws on research on the needs of disabled children, young adults and their families, and indicates how the law can be used to promote good practice and policy development. Explains the overlapping legal responsibilities of social services, health and education, and how to facilitate coordinated practice. Emphasises the importance of an anti-discriminatory approach and of involving parents and children in decision making and advocacy. Includes extensive appendices of resource materials.
Subject terms:
law, physical disabilities, social services, user participation, young people, assessment, anti-discriminatory practice, children, education, families, health care, good practice;
GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Inter-Departmental Group on Disability. Sub-Group on the Co-ordination of Rehabilitation Services for People with Disabilities
Publisher:
Great Britain. Department of Health. Inter-Departmental Group on Disability
Publication year:
1996
Pagination:
19p.,bibliog.
Place of publication:
London
Report looking at ways of improving communication and co-ordination of service planning and delivery between national and local statutory and non-statutory agencies concerned with rehabilitation, education and training (including employment) for people with disabilities.
Report looking at ways of improving communication and co-ordination of service planning and delivery between national and local statutory and non-statutory agencies concerned with rehabilitation, education and training (including employment) for people with disabilities.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, learning disabilities, joint planning, mental health problems, multidisciplinary services, physical disabilities, rehabilitation, social services, training, visual impairment, voluntary organisations, deaf blindness, deafness, education, employment, health care;
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;
A series of sheets outlining key aspects of the Act and implications for practice.
A series of sheets outlining key aspects of the Act and implications for practice.
Subject terms:
leaving care, looked after children, physical disabilities, residential care, social services, social welfare law, child care, child protection, Childrens Guardians, day services, decision making, education, health care;
mothers, parents, physical disabilities, severe disabilities, social services, social care provision, voluntary organisations, benefits, children, education, fathers;
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;