Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery: a podcast series from the Living With Disability Research Centre

This episode is based upon the chapter of the same name by Dr Tal Araten-Bergman, in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/41Z6F36 The episode reviews the purposes of support planning for people with disabilities. It addresses the different types of plans, the common principles and processes of g...

This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title, by Aaron J. Jackson and Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023)  Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4afIfaw This episode concentrates on the need to listen to and learn from people with intellectual. People with intellectual disabilities are often not wel...

This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023) . Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/3MqODCz This episode explores supporting community participation for people with intellectual disabilities.  This type of support practice is challenging as what community part...

This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Vivienne Riches in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023.  Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4rDd2DG This episode explores how to promote employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Most societies place a high value on work and on all their citizens being gain...

This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4rcAVlP This episode describes the rationale for the practice of Active Support, presents evidence about its impact on the quality of life of people with intellectual disabiliti...

This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Kathy Ellem and Jemma Venables in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4abV7hJ This episode draws upon the authors’ experiences as social work practitioners and service users, as well as existing research, to focuses on the experienc...

This discussion is based upon the chapter of the same title by Jane Tracy and Teresa Iacono in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4bXQnO7 The episode provides an overview of the implications of poor health and why poor health is often experienced by people with intellectual disabilities.  Opti...

This episode is based upon the chapter of the same name, by Laura Hogan and Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4rjUDMK   This episode addresses supporting people exhibiting behaviour which falls outside expected social norms and is harmful to themselves or others. Challengin...

This episode is based upon the chapter of the same name by Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4aK4chQ   This episode considers the significance of decision making to the lives of people with disabilities and changing expectations about their right to participate in decision...

This episode is based upon the chapter of the same name by Dr Sian Anderson and Professor Christine Bigby in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/3ODE8fG   This episode reviews different approaches to tapping into the expertise of people with disabilities from their lived experiences of disabili...

This episode is based on the chapter of the same name by Dr Lincoln Humphreys, in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/4kvlDpL   This episode explains the significance of culture in disability services and its influence on staff behaviour.  The chapter explores the characteristics of culture in...

This episode is based upon the chapter of the same name by Dr Alan Hough and Dr Jade McEwen, in the book Disability Practice Safeguarding Quality Service Delivery (Bigby & Hough, 2023). Link to read and free download: https://bit.ly/45YZTg3   This episode demystifies what workers and service providers should do to deliver high-quality and safe supports while acknowledging the complexity involv...