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Cash for care
- Author:
- SHAMASH Jack
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 04.01.06, 2006, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
For parent with disabled children flexibility is crucial when it comes to support, and direct payments form local authorities can provide this. This article looks at some local authorities that are making the system work and some of the issues that other authorities are finding problematic.
Inspection of social carer services for disabled people: Devon County Council: January/February 2006
- Authors:
- PASCOE Silu, WILLIS Tim
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. South West
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 83p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Report to the Minister for Health and Social Services on increasing the 'buffer', and on the treatment of disability related expenditure, in local authority charging for domiciliary care services
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government. Fairer Charging Task and Finish Group
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This report is made to the Minister for Health and Social Services by the Fairer Charging Task and Finish Group. It outlines the outcome of the Group’s work around two aspects of the guidance issued by the Welsh Assembly Government entitled “Fairer Charging Policies for Home Care and Other Non-residential Social Services”. This guidance covers charges made by local authorities in Wales for social services provided to people in non-residential settings.
Inspection of social care services for disabled people: Gloucestershire County Council: March 2006
- Authors:
- GREEN Phil, PASCOE Silu
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. West Midlands
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 61p.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Our conference, our say
- Author:
- SMITH Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 13.09.06, 2006, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
The author reports on Ealing Council's 'Powerful Voices' conference which ensures that children participate in the services that affect them. The conference is unusual in that all the presentations are conducted by the children and young people themselves.
Able authorities?: the Disability Discrimination Act, disabled people and local authorities in England: final report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out findings from research examining how well local authorities in England were performing in terms of addressing disability issues across the full spectrum of disabilities in relation to their core activities. It looks forward to the introduction of the disability equality duty, and offers learning points based on the case study work undertaken for the research, which local authorities could consider as they develop strategies and policies to deliver on the challenges and changes required to meet the duty.
It'll be all rights
- Author:
- BRODY Simeon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.06.06, 2006, p.46.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author asks how far councils have gone in meeting the forthcoming duty to promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. The article focuses on the progress made in producing and disability equality scheme, and the extent of involving disabled people in drafting these schemes.
Inspection of social care services for disabled people: North Yorkshire County Council: November/December 2005
- Authors:
- WHITEHEAD Ian, DISLEY Sue
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. East Midlands Region
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 71p.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Estimating the cost of free home care for disabled people in Wales
- Author:
- BELL David N.F.
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 63p., tables
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Local Authorities in Wales have a statutory right to charge for domiciliary care. The Welsh Assembly Government does not have the legislative powers necessary to set aside this right except for the first 6 weeks. It could, however, introduce a voluntary grant scheme whereby it reimbursed authorities for the costs of not charging for certain services. As part of this research project, Welsh local authorities have been surveyed to determine the income they receive from charging.
Workforce diversity in the public sector: an evaluation of the performance of English local authorities
- Authors:
- ANDREWS Rhys, BOYNE George A., WALKER Richard M.
- Journal article citation:
- Policy and Politics, 34(2), April 2006, pp.287-306.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
In this article the authors develop criteria of performance on workforce diversity, and analyse the Best Value Performance Indicators for 2001–03 to evaluate whether employment in English local government is equitable with respect to gender, minority ethnicity and disability. The analysis shows that the relative performance of councils varies markedly, depending on the dimension of diversity and the criterion of performance that is applied.