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When self-directed support meets adult support and protection
— findings from the evaluation of the SDS test sites in Scotland | | Author(s) | Susan Hunter, Jill Manthorpe, Julie Ridley |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 14, no 4, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 206-215 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Independence ; Services ; Elder abuse ; Management [care] ; Coordination ; Pilot ; Evaluation ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | Promoting self-directed support (SDS) is part of the Scottish Government's policy programme to increase people's choice and control over their community care and support arrangements. Adult support and protection is also a high profile policy priority for the Scottish Government. This paper explores the connections between SDS and adult support and protection. The study was part of the national evaluation of the SDS test sites commissioned by the Scottish Government. Interviews were conducted at two time points a year apart with adult protection leads in the 3 test sites. The interview data are set in the context of Scottish developments in adult support and protection. The findings suggest that SDS and adult protection had not been joined up initially. In the test sites, those responsible for adult safeguarding had not been engaged with the changes relating to the implementation of SDS. They were unclear about the new systems and were concerned about the implications of reduced monitoring of risks. Shared training between those implementing SDS and those carrying out adult protection work was viewed as a way of bridging these different areas of practice through enhancing mutual understanding and communication. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026024 A |
| Classmark | JH: C3: I: QNT: QA: QAJ: 4UC: 4C: 9A |
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