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Stronger links: a guide to good practice for children's family based short-term care services
- Editors:
- JONES Vicky, LENEHAN Christine, ROBINSON Carol
- Publisher:
- Shared Care UK
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 141p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
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.
Planning for life: no.3; good practice in the independent sector; developing community services for people with complex multiple disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying paper focusing on services and good practice in the independent sector for people with complex multiple disabilities.
Perspectives on the Memorandum: policy, practice and research in investigative interviewing
- Editors:
- WESTCOTT Helen, JONES Jocelyn
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 204p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
A comprehensive evaluation of how the Memorandum of good practice on video recorded interviews with child witnesses is working. Includes papers on: an overview of the implementation of the Memorandum; a social services perspective; a police view; the Memorandum and the guardian ad litem; children's perspectives on investigative interviews; disabled children and the Memorandum; black children and the memorandum; an international perspective; the investigation of organised abuse; preparing children for court; and dilemmas and opportunities in training around the Memorandum.
Planning for life: no.3; good practice in the independent sector; developing community services for people with complex multiple disabilities
- Authors:
- FIEDLER Barrie, ELLIS David
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the contribution of independent sector organisations as providers of services for people with complex multiple disabilities. Aims to assist statutory and non-statutory agencies to develop appropriate quality community services for people with complex multiple disabilities by describing some examples of good practice in the independent sector and suggesting how good practice can be encouraged.