To support professionals working with disabled children, adults with learning disabilities and their families, Research in Practice has released several new open access resources and events for Learning Disability Week.
Families of disabled children and adults with learning disabilities who are requesting support can become confused by varying service approaches and assessment models. Statutory duties are set out in overlapping pieces of legislation and professionals need to interpret different eligibility criteria for a range of assessments and services in often-fragmented systems.
For Learning Disability Week, we have released new learning resources and events to support professionals working in children’s and adults’ social care.
Explore the challenges faced by disabled children and families when requesting support and examine local authorities’ statutory responsibilities when assessing needs and providing services. A new briefing looks at the benefits of adopting a strengths-based and needs-led approach.
A series of open access webinars offer learning for managers and commissioners and frontline practitioners when supporting parents with learning disabilities.
A new resource, co-published by Research in Practice and Council for Disabled Children, explores the challenges faced by disabled children and families when requesting support. It also examines local authorities’ statutory responsibilities when assessing needs, applying eligibility criteria, and providing services.
The briefing looks at the benefits of adopting a strengths-based and needs-led approach to assessment and key features of a needs-led eligibility framework and how this can inform a lawful and transparent approach to providing services for disabled children and their families.
Learn about how adult social workers can support parents with learning disabilities.
Open access webinars for managers and commissioners and frontline practitioners will share findings from a National Institute for Health and Care Research School for Social Care study that worked with five local authorities.
Supporting parents with learning disabilities: Learning for managers and commissioners
10.00 – 12.00, 21 June
Explore and learn about:
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How are parents with learning disabilities recognised and how many parents are there?
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When are parents with learning disabilities eligible for support from the learning disability team (when there is one)?
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How are parents accessing support under the Care Act?
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How should adults and children’s services work together?
Supporting parents with learning disabilities: Learning for frontline practitioners
10.00 – 12.00, 25 June
Explore and learn about:
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How do adult services engage with parents with learning disabilities?
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How are parents accessing support under the Care Act?
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What are the challenges and barriers experienced when working with these parents?
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What good practice is taking place and what can we learn from this?
Using a needs-led eligibility framework to provide services to disabled children and their families: Strategic Briefing (2024)
This briefing reports on work undertaken by the Council for Disabled Children exploring how a needs-led eligibility framework can guide assessment and decision-making within children’s social care so that children with disabilities and their families can access the right support at the right time.
Supporting parents with learning disabilities: Learning for frontline practitioners
Designed specifically for frontline practitioners, this open access webinar will share findings from an NIHR School for Social Care study on adult social workers and parents with learning disabilities.