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A flexible response: person‐centred support and social inclusion for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour
Author(s) -
Carnaby Steven,
Roberts Bron,
Lang Janet,
Nielsen Prue
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2010.00614.x
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , general partnership , learning disability , interdependence , public relations , service (business) , citizenship , social work , bespoke , social model of disability , psychology , work (physics) , sociology , social psychology , business , political science , engineering , marketing , politics , mechanical engineering , social science , finance , psychiatry , advertising , law
Accessible summary• Everyone has the right to be in their community, and some people need extra help to make sure this happens. • Services should be based on what people like to do with the support they need to do things safely. • Staff working in services should all work together whatever their role is, to make sure all people with learning disabilities get what they need.Summary Social inclusion and citizenship form the key objective of Valuing People Now (2009), but achieving this meaningfully with people whose behaviour can challenge services remains elusive for many services. This article describes the philosophy, development, operationalisation and evaluation of a person‐centred day opportunities and supported lifestyle service which is successfully placing service users at the heart of their local community. Its innovation lies in embedding clinical input directly in the support model, creating interdependent partnership working across agencies and developing frontline staff to become highly skilled practitioners.