Housing, Care and Support: Volume 1 Issue 3

Keeping pace: 2001

Establishing good practice in risk assessment

THE NEED FOR RISK assessment policies in relation to work with supported housing residents is both a legal requirement and a widely accepted aspect of good practice.This article…

The regulation of housing and support services: Time for a re‐think

THE INTENTIONS OF THE registration system for registered care homes were honourable, but in practice their application to services has frustrated attempts to give people the…

Registration of care and housing schemes: People deserve better

A PRACTITIONER RECOGNISES THE importance of regulation, but acknowledges the frustrations over inconsistency, the impact on the lives of residents and the need for a change in the…

The re‐profiling of sheltered stock and services in Eastleigh

THE RE‐PROFILING, RE‐SHAPING OR re‐modelling of sheltered housing has become a topical issue. At Eastleigh, we first considered the problem of difficult‐to‐let sheltered…

Events Diary

Positive approaches to community mental health services: A view of the Independent Reference Group

THE INDEPENDENT REFERENCE GROUP, set up to advise ministers on public health policies and service developments, has produced a summary of its findings. This paper presents the…

Quality of social life and value for money

THE AUTHOR, UNTIL RECENTLY Commissioning Manager — Supported Housing with Hertfordshire Social Services, describes findings from recent research. The paper examines the potential…

Achieving change? Joseph Rowntree Foundation research

Innovation and good practice database: The Housing Corporation