Papers
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Social Work Writing and Bureaucracy
Why has writing reports, plans, case notes and assessments come to dominate everyday social work, often at the price of real social work practice?
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Avanzando en la ruta hacia una educación inclusiva en Latinoamérica
Reflexiones de un viaje a través de Bolivia, Perú y Colombia en octubre 2019.
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Advancing Inclusive Schooling in Latin America
Further reflections from Stepanía Duarte Mora and David Towell on advancing the journey to inclusive and quality schooling in Latin America.
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Dissent from Consensus
Bureaucracies and regulatory control systems undermine important social innovations such as person-centred planning.
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Influences and Consequences
In the conclusion to the Preventable Harm Project Mo Stewart shows how US companies and right-wing ideology have savaged the lives of disabled people.
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The Journey to Inclusive Schooling
This new guide shares eight case studies from schools already well-advanced in the journey to inclusivity now focusing on changing themselves from within.
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A New Deal for Sheffield Old Folk
This 1951 paper shows how social policy has and has not changed since World War II and suggests that we have made less progress than we might have hoped.
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Grow a Better Future
In this paper Steve Newman demonstrates that it is entirely possible to reimagine housing, planning and development so we could live and thrive in harmony with nature.
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Canaries in the Coal Mine
Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service (NCVS) share their 2019 report on the state of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in Gateshead and Newcastle.
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La Ruta Hacia La Escuela Inclusiva
David Towell y Gordon Porter explican 3 estudios de caso de diferentes continentes con la finalidad de explorar cómo las escuelas lideran el proceso de transformación de la…
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Social Value Policy and Framework
This policy sets out the legal context for social value and an approach a council could adopt to deliver social value through commissioning and procurement activities.
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Fully Funded Social Care
Simon Duffy and Gordon Peters explain how we might fully fund social care and why this is vital next step in achieving human rights in England.
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The Perils of Industrialised Healthcare
David Zigmond argues that we underestimate the perils of industrialised healthcare and that the NHS needs to be built on a human scale.
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Know Your Place
Joyce Bullivant documents an issue that is vital to justice and to our wellbeing - the survival of our local heritage, our buildings, our green spaces and the social structures…
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An Emancipatory Welfare State
A draft consultation paper setting out the arguments for a basic income for people with disabilities.
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Estrategias para la Transformación Escolar
David Towell comparte otras notas sobre el desarrollo de estrategias para lograr la transformación escolar desde dentro.
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12 Lecciones de América Latina
Stephanía Duarte Mora y David Towell exploran cómo las asociaciones familiares nacionales están promoviendo el cambio educativo en América Latina: Bolivia, Colombia y…
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Strategies for School Transformation
David Towell shares further notes on developing strategies for achieving school transformation from within.
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12 Lessons from Latin America
Stephanía Duarte Mora and David Towell explore how national family associations are promoting educational change in Latin America: Bolivia, Colombia and Peru.
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Learning Disability, Autism and Human Rights
A guide co-produced by the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), together with people who have learning disabilities, autism, or both and their families, carers and support…
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What Kind of Region Do We Want to Live In?
As the UK battles with Brexit, citizens in West Yorkshire are invited to join We Share The Same Skies in an alternative approach to politics.
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Stories of Our Lives
Catherine Hale has edited five stories describing the reality of living with and managing a life with severe energy impairment.
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Self-Directed Support for Service Providers
This report on Self-Directed Support in Europe sets out strategies for service providers to work in partnership with people with disabilities and their families.
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Valedictory
John O'Brien outlines the achievements of Dane County's system of supports as the system is now replaced by a system of managed care.