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Quality counts: a review of quality assurance in family based short term care
- Authors:
- NEWITT Bernie, JONES Vicky, ROBINSON Carol
- Publisher:
- Shared Care Network,|Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Short breaks (respite care) provide invaluable support for disabled children and their families. They offer opportunities for children to become more independent, widen their horizons and have new experiences. It gives them the chance to form real friendships outside their family. At the same time their families get a break from caring and a chance to recharge their batteries.
Quality indicators: disabled children's and parents' prioritisations and experiences of quality criteria when using different types of support services
- Authors:
- MITCHELL Wendy, SLOPER Patricia
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 33(8), December 2003, pp.1063-1080.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Current health and social care policy seeks to develop and refine standards of service quality. However, policies have so far largely focused upon statistically based service output indicators. Recognizing the importance and yet limitations of this, especially in services for disabled children and their families, this paper draws upon qualitative and quantitative data to explore indicators that are meaningful and relevant to disabled children and their families. Results demonstrate the need to look beyond a generic family-based perception of service quality, as children and parents value different aspects of service quality and prioritize different indicators when using different types of services. Although some indicators are regarded as 'core' quality indicators, irrespective of service type, others are only prioritized for specific types of services.
Improving housing services for disabled children and their families
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
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.
Analysis of the Quality Protects 2002 management action plans: services for disabled children and their families
- Author:
- COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Quality Protects Programme, (QP) was implemented across England in 1998 to improve services for children in need with a particular focus on looked after children.This report follows on from the previous analyses of the Quality Protects Management Action Plans, (MAPS). The last detailed report on issues in MAPS relating to disability was on the second year reports in 1999/2000 , also produced by the Council for Disabled Children. This report is intended to: note the quality of services currently available; note what is planned for the near future; highlight examples of services which seem to be working particularly well and which could be used as models by others; and identify areas of concern and gaps in provision. The report aims to identify innovative practice in: supporting young people with complex needs to remain in their community; multi agency working at both operational and strategic levels; and supporting children with challenging behaviour.
Research, the law and good practice in relation to disabled children: an approach to staff development in a local authority
- Authors:
- READ Janet, CLEMENTS Luke
- Journal article citation:
- Local Governance, 25(2), Summer 2000, pp.87-95.
- Publisher:
- 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.