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Featured
Article: Where is the person at the centre of
all this block commissioning?
Criticising commissioning is the social care
version of an extreme sport – it is hazardous
and potentially terminal, says Jo Clare.
Here she shares some positive and negative views
of tendering and, in particular, its fitness for
the personalisation agenda.
Download this article (pdf - 52kb)
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| ALSO:
Fitness for work: a test too far |
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Are
half of all claimants for disability benefits
really fit for work? A report by an independent
occupational health specialist is highly critical
of the Work Capability Assessment, the government’s
medical test to assess claims for incapacity
for work benefits. However, the process of
transferring claimants on to Employment Support
Allowance is continuing while the review is
ongoing.
Charlie Callanan looks at the initial
findings and recommendations. |
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| Introducing
the Late Crew |
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The Late
Crew is a group of DJs with learning disabilities
from Southdown Housing who have started up a new
small club night in a pub in Brighton. They hope
to show that anyone can organise their own night,
in their church hall, local pub or even their front
room.
Enquiries welcome: p.richards@southdownhousing.org
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| Are
we inadvertently colluding with illegal practices? |
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| Rosemary
Trustam says the way local authorities
are going about the cuts could be illegal
and costly. |
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| Why
are these jokes considered OK? |
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| Mike
Smith, Chair of the Disability Committee
of the Equality and Human Rights Commission hopes
the controversy around the Frankie Boyle version
of comedy will stimulate a debate and encourage
more people to examine their prejudices. PLUS
in Celebrity Watch – Louise Wallis talks
to Richard Herring about Channel 4’s tasteless
comedy shows. |
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| The
Butterfly Project: making creative use of
individual budgets |
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Sonja Elliott
and Leann Burns run a social enterprise mainly funded
from pooled individual budgets to help youg people
during the difficult transition into adults. They
told Sean Kelly how it works.
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| As the youngest
member of her family,Tamanna Choudhury was
expected to take care of everyone regardless of
her own needs. She has now finally found a place
of her own and feels this independence allows her
to support her family better. Tamanna Choudhury
on how winning independence allowed her to give
her family better support. |
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| A
passport to better health care |
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Each year
the Guardian newspaper recognises the outstanding
work of ordinary people through its Public Service
Awards. People who receive a nomination know that
their work has been recognised as making life
better for someone else. In 2010, a group in Cheshire
was nominated in the category of Working Together.
April Marland explains how the project
was started.
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Learning disabilities... an easy target for
a blunt axe |
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| Cuts to generic
services can have unintended consequences for minority
groups like people with learning difficulties. Andrew
Holman looks at how organisations are mobilsing
to fight them. |
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| Support
people’s struggle for justice, rights
and a voice of their own |
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| In this section
for students, Paul Williams urges
them to support people in their struggle both during
and after their training. |
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| Home ownership
for people with long term disabilities could be
impossible under the government‘s measures.
They could lose their homes and be forced into residential
care at a greater cost to the tax payer. Lynne
Powell describes an active campaign by
Advance Housing to get the measures reversed. |
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| The
‘hotel inspectors’ – send
in the experts when you want a good venue |
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| A research
advisory group had a budget of £30,000 for
a residential workshop – so they formed a
group of ‘hotel inspectors’ to find
the best venue. |
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| Peter
Mittler – a full and constructive life |
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| Peter Mittler
was an early pioneer in establishing the rights
of people with learning difficulties. Now in his
eighties he is still working to promote the UN Convention.
Paul Williams reviews his recently
published autiobiography Thinking Globally, Acting
Locally: a Personal Journey. |
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| Commissioning
services for vulnerable people: “An
honest reflection of the issues”. |
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| Developing
better commissioning for individuals with behaviour
that challenges services – a scoping exercise.
Brendan Maguire is impressed by
this publication from Canterbury/Chatham: Tizard
Centre and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation.
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