According to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys the incidence of disability among Asian people is about the same as for others in Britain, but the figures conceal large regional and local variations. A Barnardo's community-based social work team in Yorkshire has initiated research into access to and use of services in Bradford by Asian households containing a disabled person. Investigates the work of the Asian Disability Advisory Project Team, ADAPT.
According to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys the incidence of disability among Asian people is about the same as for others in Britain, but the figures conceal large regional and local variations. A Barnardo's community-based social work team in Yorkshire has initiated research into access to and use of services in Bradford by Asian households containing a disabled person. Investigates the work of the Asian Disability Advisory Project Team, ADAPT.
Subject terms:
needs, physical disabilities, social care provision, voluntary organisations, access to services, Asian people, black and minority ethnic people;
Enterprise Awards: winner of one of the 'Community Care' journal's awards, Muslim Parents Association an active voluntary group in Manchester has been able to provide services to Muslim children and adults with disabilities.
Enterprise Awards: winner of one of the 'Community Care' journal's awards, Muslim Parents Association an active voluntary group in Manchester has been able to provide services to Muslim children and adults with disabilities.
Subject terms:
Islam, Muslims, physical disabilities, social services, social care provision, voluntary organisations, Asian people, black and minority ethnic people, children;
Visits a new community care project for people with learning difficulties, sensory impairment and physical disability. The project was initiated by the parents forming a local branch of SENSE in Maidstone, Kent; and they approached HI Kent and Kent SSD to show how the project would benefit social services. Describes how the service was sent up and looks at its aims.
Visits a new community care project for people with learning difficulties, sensory impairment and physical disability. The project was initiated by the parents forming a local branch of SENSE in Maidstone, Kent; and they approached HI Kent and Kent SSD to show how the project would benefit social services. Describes how the service was sent up and looks at its aims.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, multiple disabilities, parents, physical disabilities, social services, social care provision, visual impairment, voluntary organisations, young people, communication;
Part 1 reports on a series of 4 workshops held during 1991 which brought together on an equal basis users of services and those who provide them in both the statutory and voluntary sectors, with the focus on community care across the board. Part 2 is a collection of accounts, mostly by people who took part in the workshops, of involvement in trying to change and develop social services.
Part 1 reports on a series of 4 workshops held during 1991 which brought together on an equal basis users of services and those who provide them in both the statutory and voluntary sectors, with the focus on community care across the board. Part 2 is a collection of accounts, mostly by people who took part in the workshops, of involvement in trying to change and develop social services.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, older people, physical disabilities, service users, social care provision, user participation, voluntary organisations, voluntary sector;
Provides a comprehensive guide for housing associations and their partner voluntary organisations on how to develop special needs housing under the Housing Corporation's new funding framework and how this framework applies to existing special needs schemes developed under the previous system.
Provides a comprehensive guide for housing associations and their partner voluntary organisations on how to develop special needs housing under the Housing Corporation's new funding framework and how this framework applies to existing special needs schemes developed under the previous system.
Subject terms:
homeless people, homelessness, housing, housing associations, learning disabilities, mental health problems, needs, physical disabilities, voluntary organisations, young people, financing;
University of Kent. European Institute of Social Services
Publication year:
1993
Pagination:
401p.
Place of publication:
Canterbury
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.
Detailed account of social services in the twelve member states of the European Community. Contains sections on: organisation, responsibility and finance for social services; preventative services; children and families; elderly people; people with disabilities; addictions; illnesses; AIDS/HIV; socially excluded people; young people; services for migrants; names and addresses of major public and private social services agencies.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, immigration, learning disabilities, mental health, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, poverty, prevention, private health care, social exclusion, social services, voluntary organisations, young people, addiction, alcohol misuse, black and minority ethnic people, children, drug misuse, families, health care;