LD201: Supporting Individuals With Learning Disabilities
LD201 Understand the Context of Supporting Individuals with
Learning Disabilities
Identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights, inclusion, equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities?
The human rights act allows individuals with learning disabilities the right to equal chances when it comes to jobs this will promote inclusion and will also make the individual feel like they’re included and valued as a member of the community, the human rights act also allows individuals the right to live independently.
The Care Act 2014 aims to support individuals to achieve many outcomes such as being able to maintain family or other personal relationships, this also allows them to have …show more content…
The types of services provided for people with learning disabilities one of them is respite this is a service that allows parents/carers a break by taking over the care of the individual.
The local council provides activities for individuals this gives them social inclusion, such as Blackpool provides boys and girls clubs and also adult placement this provides the chance for an ap carer to support an individual at their family home for either short breaks or as long term accommodation
Institutions they took over constant care of individuals, however this was not ideal because it segregated people with learning difficulties
9 Describe how past ways of working may affect present services ?
Past ways of working may affect present services because changes in legislation can affect peoples work practice because they introduce new health and safety legislation that changes policies and procedures this affects how staff perform there job.
Care providers now have to be more accountable due to government inspections (CQC)
More recently due to financial restraints (budget cuts) you now have to provide documentation as evidence how commissioned hours are being
Learning Disabilities
Identify legislation and policies that are designed to promote the human rights, inclusion, equal life chances and citizenship of individuals with learning disabilities?
The human rights act allows individuals with learning disabilities the right to equal chances when it comes to jobs this will promote inclusion and will also make the individual feel like they’re included and valued as a member of the community, the human rights act also allows individuals the right to live independently.
The Care Act 2014 aims to support individuals to achieve many outcomes such as being able to maintain family or other personal relationships, this also allows them to have …show more content…
The types of services provided for people with learning disabilities one of them is respite this is a service that allows parents/carers a break by taking over the care of the individual.
The local council provides activities for individuals this gives them social inclusion, such as Blackpool provides boys and girls clubs and also adult placement this provides the chance for an ap carer to support an individual at their family home for either short breaks or as long term accommodation
Institutions they took over constant care of individuals, however this was not ideal because it segregated people with learning difficulties
9 Describe how past ways of working may affect present services ?
Past ways of working may affect present services because changes in legislation can affect peoples work practice because they introduce new health and safety legislation that changes policies and procedures this affects how staff perform there job.
Care providers now have to be more accountable due to government inspections (CQC)
More recently due to financial restraints (budget cuts) you now have to provide documentation as evidence how commissioned hours are being