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A new vision for adult social care: scoping service users' views
- Authors:
- HUDSON Bob, DEAREY Melissa, GLENDINNING Caroline
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 42p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
In order to ascertain the ideas and views of service users, the researchers made contact with an extensive list of organisations that represent the interests of service users. The researchers aimed to reflect the entire spectrum of potential users of adult social care services and included organisations representing disabled adults, older people, family carers, drug and alcohol users and other groups of service users. The paper is in three sections. Section 1 looks at the desired outcomes of a new approach from the perspective of users of services. Section 2 identifies the service principles that would underpin the accomplishment of the outcomes identified in Section 1. Section 3 identifies some implementation issues concerned with matters of structure and process.
Widening the net
- Author:
- DOBSON Alex
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 11.1.04, 2004, pp.23-24.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the impact the new Disability Discrimination Bill will have on those in social services. Highlights some of the implications for those with progressive illnesses such as HIV and cancer.
A checklist for inclusion
- Author:
- COOMBES Rebecca
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 29.9.04, 2004, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Councils will have to make services more accessible for disabled people from October 1st under the Disability Discrimination Act. Looks at the approach of KID, a charity dedicated to helping children with disabilities and special needs, who has produced its own inclusion checklist for play workers and child carers to ensure children and families are included in service provision. The six points providing a basis to the checklist are: strong leadership; robust procedures; staff training; user centred focus; valuing the views of parents; developing participation and networks.
New dads zone for 'out of loop' fathers
- Author:
- McLEOD Maurice
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 181, August 2004, p.11.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Describes Dads Zone, an area of Contact a Family's website which aims to provide information, services and support for fathers of disabled children.
Inspection of social care services for disabled people: Darlington Borough Council; February 2004
- Authors:
- HOPPER Gail, CLARKE Pixley
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection. North East Regional Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 87p.
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Inspection of social care services for disabled people : Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council; November 2003
- Authors:
- RHODES Don, MADDOCKS Peter
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. Yorkshire and
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 77p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Inspection of social care services for disabled people: London Borough of Harrow; November 2003
- Authors:
- RIX Alison, BISHOP Tim
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate. London Region
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Independent living and the Human Rights Act 1998
- Author:
- PARKER Camilla
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper has been commissioned by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) and Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). Its purpose is to assist the work of these three organisations in promoting independent living for disabled people by: identifying areas of social care policy and practice that are of relevance to independent living and the human rights of disabled people; considering the opportunities created by the Human Rights Act 1998 (the HRA) to promote independent living; and in the light of this analysis, suggesting future research in social care practice.
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee: consultation on DPTAC 2005-07 strategy
- Author:
- DISABLED PERSONS TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Publisher:
- Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) was established in 1986 to provide independent advice to Government on the transport needs of all disabled people (Transport Act 1985). The aim of DPTAC is to ensure that disabled people can go where everyone else goes and can do so easily and without encountering additional barriers or incurring extra costs. It seeks: to firstly provide timely, focused and credible advice to Government on the transport and built environment needs of all disabled people, the advice to be representative of the broad views of disabled people in the United Kingdom on nondevolved issues. Secondly to provide guidance and advice to the transport and built environment industries and others on how best to meet the varying needs of all disabled people, taking account of gender, race, faith, sexuality, age and other relevant factors; and thirdly to ensure that service providers inform disabled people of developments in accessible transport and the built environment. DPTAC wants to learn the views and comments of those with an interest in its work on the form and content of the 2005-2007 Strategy and objectives.
Supporting disabled adults as parents
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Effective support for disabled parents is still thin on the ground, though many local authorities are beginning to recognise the importance of this group of parents. Valued support can involve substantial packages of assistance; but it can also involve low-cost imaginative solutions devised with parents. Direct payments (cash in lieu of direct services) may be particularly appropriate in enabling many disabled adults to fulfil essential parenting roles. Legislation in this field can cause confusion, but the researchers found some practitioners drawing on both adults' and children's legislation flexibly and creatively to support disabled parents in the best interests of the whole family. Good joint working between social services and key agencies (health, housing, education, leisure) and between different social services teams is much needed but insufficiently developed for disabled parents. The researchers recommend that professionals should 'think parent' and view disabled parents in the same way as non-disabled parents: the vast majority want to parent their children well. They may require additional support to do this.