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Empowerment must be a two-wau learning process
- Author:
- BERESFORD Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 4(2), December 1997, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
The author discusses the role of empowerment in social care.
The process of being disabled
- Author:
- CHINNERY B.
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 4(1), 1990, pp.43-48.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The view that people with a disability are the passive "helped" disempowers them and creates difficulties in their interactions with the able-bodied.
Is help easily at hand?
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.5.04, 2004, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Direct payments were introduced to empower service users. Looks at their impact so far and the barriers that exist to people taking-up direct payments.
Engagement and empowerment, research and relevance: comments on user controlled research
- Authors:
- EVANS Claire, JONES Ray
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 22(2), 2004, pp.5-13.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Based on their shared experiences of engagement in research, from the perspective of a disabled person as a commissioner of research and as a researcher, and a non-disabled person as a researcher and service manager, issues of service user engagement and empowerment in and through research, and how this enriches and makes research more relevant, are explored. Examples are given of how user-led research has had an impact on national local policy and practice.
Evaluation of the national user involvement project
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The National User Involvement Project was a four-site development project carried out by the national user consultants working in co-operation with joint commissioners, local organisations of disabled people and users of community services. It aimed to extend to range of service users involved in commissioning decisions to include members of ethnic minorities, older service users and people receiving services following hospital discharge. People with learning difficulties and mental health service users were included in the project. Outlines the findings.
The empowerment of money
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 2(3), March 1996, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Direct payments are an idea whose time has come, the House of Lords was told during the second reading of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Bill. This article describe the Bill's proposals, examines some of the problems, and reports on the call that all disabled people should have the right to receive direct payments. Also highlights key quotes from the Lords debate.
Helping people achieve their full potential: improving specialist disability employment services: public consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 88p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Central proposals in the consultation include developing and enhancing the role of Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentre Plus so that each individual gets support that is tailored to their needs to help them achieve their employment goals; and moving away from separate programmes of support such as the Job Introduction Scheme, Work Preparation and WORKSTEP towards a single integrated programme which provides a more personalised employment service for disabled people. The proposals in the consultation complement other major reforms by the DWP aimed at supporting those who need the most help to find, retain and progress in work; including the modernisation of Remploy, Pathways to Work and a Flexible New Deal all of which will offer additional specialist help for people with greater support needs.
Direct payments for young disabled people
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 extended access to direct payments to 16- and 17-year-old disabled young people. A project carried out at the Norah Fry Research Centre, sought to collate the work going on in this area; to highlight the main issues facing young disabled people who would like to access direct payments; and to produce a resource with and for young disabled people to promote take-up. The extension of direct payments to 16- and 17-year-olds aims to provide opportunities for young disabled people to increase their independence and choice. Some young disabled people saw direct payments as a potentially significant means to achieving greater autonomy and control but they were also concerned about the obstacles they would confront in trying to access them.
Research and 'disability': accounts, biographies and policies
- Authors:
- FAWCETT Barbara, HEARN Jeff
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 19(2), 2001, pp.27-44.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This article reviews and re-evaluates a qualitative research project carried out in England in the late 1990s. The project was informed from its inception by the social model of disability, and explores how 'disability' is conceptualised within the accounts of participants defined by others as disabled. It also examines participants' views of community care services. As part of this discussion, notions of collaborative and emancipatory research are appraised. The implications of the findings for policy and practice in the field of social work and social care are discussed.
Involving black disabled people in shaping services
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The involvement of users has been actively promoted within social care as a way of developing more appropriate and responsive services, bringing benefits to both service users and providers. There has, however, been a noticeable lack of involvement by black disabled people. Research undertaken by Rachel Evans and Martin Banton of the Council of Disabled People Warwickshire with support from Coventry University's Centre for Social Justice explored one organisation's experiences in developing the involvement of black disabled people. Presents the findings of the research.