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Better placed - making the right choices
- Author:
- EVANS Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, February 2000, p.6.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Reports on the results of a BASW survey on how social workers access sources for residential placements.
Family placements for adults and children: a double comparison
- Authors:
- HILL Malcolm, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 25(2), April 1995, pp.209-226.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Compares family placements for adults with those for children with special needs. Findings are presented of a postal survey which was carried out in the UK and closely based on a survey undertaken shortly before in the USA and Canada. There were a number of similarities between the programmes for adults and specialist schemes for children, despite their different purposes, origins and contexts. Although outcomes are often good, both types of project have worrying levels of breakdown, whilst a number of adult schemes are precarious in status and resourcing.
Adult placement counts: a survey of adult placement schemes in England
- Author:
- BERNARD Sylvia
- Publisher:
- TOPSS England
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The research showed that two-thirds of adult placement carers were not registered with the then National Care Standards Commission. Carers were, in the main, self-employed and only a small minority received enhancements linked to the level of dependency or need of service users. Nearly three quarters of adult placement carers were women and 95% were aged 35 and over. A greater percentage of carers were from ethnic minority groups (15%) than were service users (5%). People with learning difficulties comprised the largest service user group (71%), followed by older people (17%), then people with mental health problems (8%) and physical disabilities (4%). Schemes tended to have mixed user groups and were providing a wide range of services. The survey demonstrates widespread commitment to adult placement as a form of care, and shows potential for future development in certain user groups and regions. In common with the rest of the sector, there is a considerable amount to be done to facilitate and support the training of staff and carers. Adult placement carers are shown to have been marginalised in relation to the rest of the social care workforce and in comparison with foster carers in children’s services.
Consultation with children and young people who are being looked after: what it's like
- Authors:
- COONEY Margaret, WILKINSON Althea
- Publisher:
- Newham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Consulting with customers is fundamental to best value. This survey of children and young people in foster and residential care in the London Borough of Newham was undertaken within the remit of best value. It looked at what was important to them and in what way the service could be made better.