Person centred safety planning suggested as way to manage risk
This article reflects on the protection of those deemed vulnerable reporting a research study in which the views of staff relating to vulnerability and abuse of adults with learning disabilities were...
View ArticleThe experience of violence at work in community learning disability teams
Researchers in the south east of England set out to look at the experiences of violence at work in of staff in community learning disability teams. Following a brief survey sent to six such teams, the...
View ArticleStudy findings suggest need for policy reconciliation between duty of care...
National policy in the UK surrounding the support of people with learning disabilities stresses the autonomy of people in receipt of support and the need for those who support them to maximise this....
View ArticleInvolving people with learning disabilities in a secure service in risk...
A keystone of policy relating to the support of people with learning disabilities in England is the involvement of service users in planning and delivering their support. This is also reflected in...
View ArticleA human rights approach to risk management balances individual rights within...
A number of recent inquiries have highlighted the concern that people with learning disabilities may on occasion be denied access to their basic human rights. The authors of this study set out to...
View ArticleInvolvement in risk management process wanted by majority of sample of people...
Risk management is an integral part of supporting people with learning disabilities. The researchers in this study were interested to look at the involvement of people in making decisions about risks...
View ArticleNew easy read materials with advice for people with learning disabilities on...
As you know, here at Elf towers our aim is to bring you the published evidence in supporting people with learning disabilities, but occasionally we will also draw your attention to practice tools and...
View ArticleExperiences of people with learning disabilities on social networking sites...
Background The use of social media is becoming increasingly important in establishing social identity, with individuals receiving often instant feedback online. In terms of social identity theory, it...
View ArticleWhat does evidence say for Making Safeguarding Personal?
In her blog, Lindsey Pike of RiPfA examines a literature review on adult safeguarding in Britain and considers the implications for Care Act implementation. The post What does evidence say for Making...
View ArticleModels of adult safeguarding: what works best?
Lindsey Pike gives us a sneak preview of a forthcoming research paper on models of adult safeguarding in England and weighs up what the findings mean for the current policy and practice context. The...
View ArticleRisk, relationships and moral work
Diana Rose publishes her debut Mental Elf blog on a new qualitative study, which explores how contrasting and competing priorities work in mental health risk assessment and care planning. The post...
View Article#PreventableHarm discussion 20/7/16: Can risk assessment in mental health be...
Can risk assessment in mental health be evidence-based? Join us for the #PreventableHarm discussion in London on Wed 20th July 2016. This free open 'question time' style debate is being organised by...
View ArticleWhose Safety is it Anyway? Service user and carer involvement in mental...
Alison Faulkner takes a recent study as the starting point for an exploration of mental health care safety, service user and carer involvement, raising concerns, risk, harm, power, relationships and...
View ArticleWhat factors predict youth mental health service use?
In her debut blog, Oleta Williams writes with Nick Meader and Nina Higson-Sweeney to summarise a secondary analysis of NHS administrative data to identify predictors of mental health service use in...
View ArticleThe impact of risk management on recovery in psychiatric hospitals: a...
Sahar Seidl summarises a qualitative study on the ontological insecurity of inattentiveness, which looks at how risk management processes in acute psychiatric care can have a negative impact on patient...
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