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Power games
- Author:
- ELLIS Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.3.93, 1993, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Argues that professionals must lose their dislike of assessment guidelines if disabled people are to be empowered. A reliance on professional judgment can direct assessment outcomes away from user's needs, and because clients' have little knowledge of services they feel unable to challenge decisions.
The challenge of power: conference on the empowerment of disabled people; 15th September 1995
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF SOCIAL WORK
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 44p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- Hamilton
Papers from a conference designed to provide a forum for consideration and discussion on the theme of empowerment. A list of 35 action points were identified by those attending. Includes papers on: the principles of empowerment; empowerment in policy and planning; empowerment in assessment and care management; and empowering disabled people in service provision.
A challenge to change: practical experiences of building user-led services
- Editors:
- BERESFORD Peter, HARDING Tessa
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 211p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brings together contributions from a wide range of people with practical experience of building user-led services. Offers real-life examples and guidance on how-to-do-it. Contributors include disabled people and other service users, practitioners, trainers, managers, advisers and researchers. In 5 parts: setting the agenda; user-led initiatives; provider-led initiatives; building models for change; and involvement for empowerment.
The Keyworker: a practical guide; a comprehensive description and evaluation of the one hundred hours model for supporting the families of children who have disabilities
- Author:
- LIMBRICK-SPENCER Gudrun
- Publisher:
- WordWorks|Handsel Trust
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Provides a description of the practicalities providing a keyworker service for the families of children who have a disability. Details the work of One Hundred Hours, an independent agency in West Yorkshire which developed and used the keyworker model throughout the 1990s. Contents include: the development of the One Hundred Hours keyworker model; examples of keywork in action; working with Simon and his family: a case study; an evaluation of the model; implications for service development; keyworker protocols; putting the model into practice; sources of further information on keyworking.