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Murray, Aja Louise - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Exploring the relative importance of factors that influence the job retention of social care staff working in intellectual Disability Services
'Wiley', 2021Co-Authors: Murray George, Mckenzie Karen, Metcalfe Dale, Whelan Kathryn, Murray, Aja LouiseAbstract:Background High staff turnover presents a challenge to the provision of good quality community‐based support to people with an intellectual Disability. While recent research has identified factors that are thought to be important for staff retention, their relative importance to social care staff is unknown. The aim of this study was to address this gap. Methods 205 social care staff who worked in intellectual Disability Services completed an online questionnaire that asked them to: rank factors that had been previously identified as influencing staff retention in order of importance; identify the extent to which their most important factor was met by their organisation (fulfilment score); and rate their recent job‐seeking intentions. Findings The most important factor overall was the relationship of the staff member with the person they supported. This was also identified as the most important factor by the most participants, followed by pay. All of the factors, with the exception of “benefits” (such as pensions), were rated by at least one person as the most important factor. A significant negative relationship was found between fulfilment score and job‐seeking score; that is, the lower the former, the more the person agreed that they had been seeking a new job. Conclusion The results suggest that interventions to improve staff retention should take account of differences in staff views about which work‐related factors are most important to them; use multi‐component approaches where possible; prioritise staff pay; and help ensure that staff relationships with those they support are positive and fulfilling
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Exploring the relative importance of factors that influence the job retention of social care staff working in intellectual Disability Services
'Wiley', 2021Co-Authors: Murray George, Mckenzie Karen, Metcalfe Dale, Whelan Kathryn, Murray, Aja LouiseAbstract:We wanted to find out what would help care staff to stay in their jobs. The most important thing for them was getting on well with the person they supported. The next most important thing was their pay. These results can be used to find ways to help staff stay in their jobs. This is important to make sure that people with a learning Disability get good support. Abstract: Background: High staff turnover presents a challenge to the provision of good quality community-based support to people with an intellectual Disability. While recent research has identified factors that are thought to be important for staff retention, their relative importance to social care staff is unknown. The aim of this study was to address this gap. Methods: 205 social care staff who worked in intellectual Disability Services completed an online questionnaire that asked them to: rank factors that had been previously identified as influencing staff retention in order of importance; identify the extent to which their most important factor was met by their organisation (fulfilment score); and rate their recent job-seeking intentions. Findings: The most important factor overall was the relationship of the staff member with the person they supported. This was also identified as the most important factor by the most participants, followed by pay. All of the factors, with the exception of “benefits” (such as pensions), were rated by at least one person as the most important factor. A significant negative relationship was found between fulfilment score and job-seeking score; that is, the lower the former, the more the person agreed that they had been seeking a new job. Conclusion: The results suggest that interventions to improve staff retention should take account of differences in staff views about which work-related factors are most important to them; use multi-component approaches where possible; prioritise staff pay; and help ensure that staff relationships with those they support are positive and fulfilling
Education Support Officer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Disability Services Commissioner, Victoria
2007Co-Authors: Disability Services Commissioner, Education Support OfficerAbstract:The Disability Services Commissioner helps people with a Disability and Disability Service Providers to resolve complaints.
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For Service Providers: Disability Services Commissioner, Victoria
2007Co-Authors: Disability Services Commissioner, Education Support OfficerAbstract:Information for Victorian Disability Service Providers about the Disability Services Commissioner.
Parimala Raghavendra - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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in search of wellness allied health professionals understandings of wellness in childhood Disability Services
Disability and Rehabilitation, 2011Co-Authors: Lauren J Breen, Helen Wildy, Sherry Saggers, Jeannine Millsteed, Parimala RaghavendraAbstract:Purpose. Wellness approaches are not routine in childhood Disability Services, despite theoretical and empirical support and an increasing demand for them from health consumers and Disability activists. We aimed to investigate how health professionals define or understand wellness and its practice in the context of childhood Disability.Method. A qualitative, interpretive approach was taken. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 health professionals (allied health therapists and managers) providing early intervention and ongoing therapy within four Australian childhood health and Disability Services. Years of experience providing Services to children with disabilities and their families ranged from 6 months to 30 years (M = 9.41, SD = 9.04).Results. The data revealed a noteworthy impediment to incorporating wellness into practice – the difficulties in the allied health professionals reaching consensus in defining wellness. There appeared to be distinct differences between the four Services, whi...
Andrew Power - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Spatial Perspectives on Voluntarism in Learning Disability Services in Ireland
Journal of Social Policy, 2009Co-Authors: Andrew PowerAbstract:Voluntarism has moved to the centre of most western neo-liberal governments’ focus in terms of welfare delivery. At the same time, very little of the social policy literature has identified specific historical, cultural and political contexts of place in shaping the particular form of voluntarism and the scale at which it takes place in a country. In order to address policy-related issues of the voluntary sector, a geographical perspective focusing on these local contexts can be very useful in unpacking how the sector can exist across regional and local scales. This article explores the rise of voluntarism in adult learning Disability Services in Ireland. Ireland experienced the ‘community turn’ much earlier than most Western states, in that the state advocated a ‘hands-off’ approach in learning Disability Services from the outset. It uses data from 40 interviews with local health agencies, voluntary organisations and informal carers. It critically examines the complex geographical factors that have contributed to the particular form of voluntarism that has evolved, thus demonstrating that understanding levels of voluntary activity requires attention to local circumstances.
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it s the system working for the system carers experiences of learning Disability Services in ireland
Health & Social Care in The Community, 2009Co-Authors: Andrew PowerAbstract:The aim of this article is to examine the experiences of families with young adults with learning disabilities trying to access Services. The landscape of Disability Services for this group is made up of day care, special vocational training and respite places. It aims to identify the extent of an implementation gap between government rhetoric and the degree to which Services are characterised as being non-supportive interactions on the ground. Using Ireland as a case study, during a time when the economy is booming and government rhetoric claims unparalleled developments in allocating resources and extra respite ‘places’, this article identifies the main challenges faced by family carers associated with accessing appropriate Services for their disabled adult child, in their attempt to achieve greater independence. This article reports the findings of a qualitative study in which individual semistructured interviews were held with family carers (n = 25) and representatives from national carer organisations (n = 6) in Ireland. These were people caring for an adult (18–30 years) with a learning Disability and their experiences were also useful in cross-checking the carer organisation interviews. The findings show that there is limited flexibility, choice and availability in meeting the preferences of the service-users, and throughout the study, Services were characterised as being non-supportive interactions. This is not simply symptomatic of a lack of resources. Despite improved funding, supportive attitudes and flexibility are still crucial in meeting user requirements at the level of delivery; thus highlighting that often the system works for the system, not for the user.
Lauren J Breen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Challenges in implementing wellness approaches in childhood Disability Services: Views from the field
International Journal of Disability Development and Education, 2011Co-Authors: Lauren J Breen, Helen Wildy, Sherry SaggersAbstract:Despite increasing demand for wellness approaches from Disability advocates and consumer groups, they are not implemented routinely in childhood Disability Services. Interviews were conducted with 23 allied health therapists and managers working within four Australian childhood Disability Services. They described attempts to embed wellness approaches into their policies and practices. The participants were challenged by professional and pragmatic issues arising from moving towards wellness approaches. The professional challenges concerned changing professional identity and working collaboratively with therapists from different disciplines. In addition, they were challenged by pragmatic issues of balancing quality of care with economic imperatives and the speed of change expected to adopt a new model of care. The findings have implications for the quality and delivery of Services and support for children with disabilities and their families, for future research, and for the training of allied health profes...
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in search of wellness allied health professionals understandings of wellness in childhood Disability Services
Disability and Rehabilitation, 2011Co-Authors: Lauren J Breen, Helen Wildy, Sherry Saggers, Jeannine Millsteed, Parimala RaghavendraAbstract:Purpose. Wellness approaches are not routine in childhood Disability Services, despite theoretical and empirical support and an increasing demand for them from health consumers and Disability activists. We aimed to investigate how health professionals define or understand wellness and its practice in the context of childhood Disability.Method. A qualitative, interpretive approach was taken. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 health professionals (allied health therapists and managers) providing early intervention and ongoing therapy within four Australian childhood health and Disability Services. Years of experience providing Services to children with disabilities and their families ranged from 6 months to 30 years (M = 9.41, SD = 9.04).Results. The data revealed a noteworthy impediment to incorporating wellness into practice – the difficulties in the allied health professionals reaching consensus in defining wellness. There appeared to be distinct differences between the four Services, whi...