The Children's NSF, launched in the Autumn of 2004, is a ten-year Government plan to improve health and social care for children. It includes a specific standard on the needs of disabled children and their families, which calls for joined-up services, proper information and the involvement of children and their families in the shaping of services. This is a guide for parent support groups. It explains the changes currently taking place in children's services, and provides practical information on how to influence change locally.
The Children's NSF, launched in the Autumn of 2004, is a ten-year Government plan to improve health and social care for children. It includes a specific standard on the needs of disabled children and their families, which calls for joined-up services, proper information and the involvement of children and their families in the shaping of services. This is a guide for parent support groups. It explains the changes currently taking place in children's services, and provides practical information on how to influence change locally.
Subject terms:
local authorities, needs, physical disabilities, social care provision, standards, children, families;
This book explores the range of supports that parents find effective and how those supports might be improved or better mobilized. It draws from studies on the general population as well as specific service users, to highlight issues common to parents in a wide variety of circumstances.
This book explores the range of supports that parents find effective and how those supports might be improved or better mobilized. It draws from studies on the general population as well as specific service users, to highlight issues common to parents in a wide variety of circumstances.
Extended abstract:
Author
QUINTON David;
Title
Supporting parents: messages from research. Publisher
Jessica Kingsley, 2004.
Summary
This book explores the range of supports that parents find effective and how those supports might be improved or better mobilized.
Context
For many years non-technical summaries of research programmes and initiatives funded by the Department of Health (DH) Children’s Social Care section have been produced, intended to make messages from the research useful and intelligible to policy makers, service providers and practitioners. Each is produced through a distinctive process and written by an academic expert, incorporating policy makers’ and practitioners’ comments, and tries to ensure that researchers are happy with the synthesis produced.
Method
The Supporting Parents initiative is unusual within this tradition in that it included such a diversity of projects. It was therefore not possible to convene a group to comment; such a group would have been too diverse for discussions to be productive. Instead, meetings between the researchers and the policy customers from the DH discussed emerging findings and their connection with the policymaking process. When the studies were nearly complete each team nominated two non-academic professionals knowledgeable in the topic and involved in service delivery who read and commented on the project. A smaller ‘overview group’ of policy makers and members of the independent and voluntary sectors also read and commentated on the overview text as it developed. Finally, when the text was sufficiently advanced relevant sections were sent back to the researchers for comments on their accuracy and on whether the important messages had been drawn out.
Contents
The report draws from studies on the general population as well as specific service users to highlight issues common to parents in a wide variety of circumstances. It is divided into 3 parts. The first. ‘Background and concepts’, has 3 chapters, on the Supporting Parents Research Initiative, support and parenting, and the policy context. The second, ‘Parenting and its supports’, has 4, on studies in the general population, studies of foster care, parenting and support in the context of disability, and supporting parents who may be hard to help. The third has a single chapter pulling together findings and ideas that go across the studies. Appendices give researchers’ summaries of their studies and list the readers and overview group members. There are also subject and author indexes.
ISBN 1 84310 210 2
Subject terms:
medical treatment, parent-child relations, parents, physical disabilities, standards, children, families;
The second edition of this guide on good practice for family-based short-term care services for children has been updated and offers a legislative framework for each area in practice in addition to practical guidelines for implementing the legislation. Case studies and material used by existing schemes are included. This guide includes guidelines on all aspects of running a service, including publicity, recruitment, assessment, reviews, quality assurance and management issues.
The second edition of this guide on good practice for family-based short-term care services for children has been updated and offers a legislative framework for each area in practice in addition to practical guidelines for implementing the legislation. Case studies and material used by existing schemes are included. This guide includes guidelines on all aspects of running a service, including publicity, recruitment, assessment, reviews, quality assurance and management issues.
Subject terms:
physical disabilities, short break care, social welfare law, standards, carers, children, families, good practice;
The importance of relevant and accessible information about services for families with disabled children has been highlighted in numerous studies and re-emphasised by Quality Protects. These studies have also shown that this need is frequently not met. This project, conducted by researchers from the University of York, explored the criteria by which parents judge the quality of information and their ideas of good practice in this area. Presents the findings.
The importance of relevant and accessible information about services for families with disabled children has been highlighted in numerous studies and re-emphasised by Quality Protects. These studies have also shown that this need is frequently not met. This project, conducted by researchers from the University of York, explored the criteria by which parents judge the quality of information and their ideas of good practice in this area. Presents the findings.
Subject terms:
information needs, needs, physical disabilities, standards, children, decision making, families, government policy;
Earlier research supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation identified difficulties and inadequacies in meeting the housing needs of disabled children and their families. That research also revealed the considerable mpact unsuitable housing can have on the lives of disabled children, their siblings and their parents. In order to identify ways of moving on in terms of policy and practice, key practitioners from housing, social services and health authorities were invited to a series of 'roadshows' held around theUK. Presents the findings.
Earlier research supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation identified difficulties and inadequacies in meeting the housing needs of disabled children and their families. That research also revealed the considerable mpact unsuitable housing can have on the lives of disabled children, their siblings and their parents. In order to identify ways of moving on in terms of policy and practice, key practitioners from housing, social services and health authorities were invited to a series of 'roadshows' held around theUK. Presents the findings.
Subject terms:
housing, needs, physical disabilities, quality assurance, social care provision, standards, children, families;
Guide to good practice for short term care services for disabled children and their families. The guidance is based on the Children Act 1989 and includes sections on: recruiting carers; access to services; assessing the carers; assessing children and families; preparation; consulting children, parents and carers; matching and linking carers to children and families; reviewing and monitoring placements; reviewing the approval of carers; training and support for carers; quality assurance; and managing good practice. The 2nd edition, dated 2000, is also available.
Guide to good practice for short term care services for disabled children and their families. The guidance is based on the Children Act 1989 and includes sections on: recruiting carers; access to services; assessing the carers; assessing children and families; preparation; consulting children, parents and carers; matching and linking carers to children and families; reviewing and monitoring placements; reviewing the approval of carers; training and support for carers; quality assurance; and managing good practice. The 2nd edition, dated 2000, is also available.
Subject terms:
physical disabilities, short break care, short term care, social welfare law, standards, carers, children, families, good practice;
GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
Publisher:
Great Britain. Department of Health
Publication year:
2004
Pagination:
44p.
Place of publication:
London
This standard relates to children and young people who are disabled and/or those with complex health needs, including children and young people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, sensory impairments, physical impairments and emotional/behavioural disorders. Many disabled children have no need for ongoing health interventions; others require ongoing treatment and/or nursing care and help with the everyday activities. Some disabled children will also be children in special circumstances. Children and young people who are disabled or who have complex health needs receive co-ordinated, high-quality child and family-centred services which are based on assessed needs, which promote social inclusion and, where possible, which enable them and their families to live ordinary lives.
This standard relates to children and young people who are disabled and/or those with complex health needs, including children and young people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, sensory impairments, physical impairments and emotional/behavioural disorders. Many disabled children have no need for ongoing health interventions; others require ongoing treatment and/or nursing care and help with the everyday activities. Some disabled children will also be children in special circumstances. Children and young people who are disabled or who have complex health needs receive co-ordinated, high-quality child and family-centred services which are based on assessed needs, which promote social inclusion and, where possible, which enable them and their families to live ordinary lives.
Subject terms:
multiple disabilities, physical disabilities, severe learning disabilities, social exclusion, standards, autism, autistic spectrum conditions, children, Department for Education and Skills, families, health needs;
University of Birmingham. Institute of Local Government Studies
Describes a staff development consultancy on research, the law and good practice in relation to disabled children and their families. It was provided for Warwickshire Social Services Department by the University of Warwick and piloted an approach which was further developed in subsequent joint work. The consultancy addresses the need for staff to be informed by both their employing authority and external bodies. By tying the work into the system of performance reviews, it also aimed to resolve some problems commonly associated with externally-provided training, namely that it is not sufficiently related to the policy objectives of an organisation or existing mechanisms for achieving them.
Describes a staff development consultancy on research, the law and good practice in relation to disabled children and their families. It was provided for Warwickshire Social Services Department by the University of Warwick and piloted an approach which was further developed in subsequent joint work. The consultancy addresses the need for staff to be informed by both their employing authority and external bodies. By tying the work into the system of performance reviews, it also aimed to resolve some problems commonly associated with externally-provided training, namely that it is not sufficiently related to the policy objectives of an organisation or existing mechanisms for achieving them.
Subject terms:
joint working, law, local authorities, local government, performance evaluation, physical disabilities, quality assurance, social policy, social services, staff development, standards, training, children, families, good practice;