NEW! PIP Consultation
The Government’s consultation on the criteria for Personal Independence Payments (PIP), which will replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) runs until 30 April 2012. As the new benefit is so different from DLA, it’s really important to publicize it and encourage as many as possible to respond – not just claimants but people who might support them like Occupational Therapists etc.
As the official consultation documents are difficult to read and understand, the Spartacus team have produced unofficial guides and advice to help as many people as possible to respond.
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DLA reform and Personal Independence Payment – completing the detailed design
This consultation seeks views on the Government’s proposals on some of the benefit rules underpinning Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Carer’s Allowance and Attendance Allowance. These rules will inform the development of secondary legislation. It also provides further information on policy decisions that have now been made.
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Shaping Our Lives and PowerUs
Shaping Our Lives was involved in the first meeting of PowerUs, The Social Work Learning Partnership. PowerUs is an international network of Norwegian, Swedish and British university and service user representatives. Its purpose is to develop service user participation in social work education in all countries.
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The Standards We Expect
Several reports have been published from the Standards We Expect project, which Shaping Our Lives worked on with De Montfort University, Brunel University and Values Into Action and Policy Press.
CLICK HERE to read the reports
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Supporting people Towards a person-centred approach
“Supporting people is quite simply one of the best books I’ve read on ‘social care’. It is without doubt an essential read for everyone involved in the delivery and receipt of services and support.” Colin Barnes. Professor of Disability Studies, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds
There is widespread agreement that care and support services must change radically if they are to meet the rights and needs of the rapidly growing number of people who require them.For the first time, Supporting people explores with service users, practitioners, carers and managers what person-centred support means to them, what barriers stand in its way and how these can be overcome.
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Service user led
study ‘Service users'
experiences of recovery under the 2008 CPA’.
Click Here for recruitment leaflet for questionnaires
Click Here for Participant Information Sheet
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Understanding & Preventing Adverse Effects of Psychological Therapies.
Can you help with this research?
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