Establishing a protection committee in a campaigning organisation for deafblind people
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200200006 |
| Published date | 01 February 2002 |
| Pages | 40-43 |
| Date | 01 February 2002 |
| Author | Steve Kiekopf |
| Subject Matter | Health & social care,Sociology |
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40 © Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) Limited The Journal of Adult Protection Volume 4 Issue 1 • February 2002
key words
abstract
abuse
deafblind services
Protection issues are a high
priority for Sense, a specialist UK
organisation working with people
with deafblindness and associated
disabilities.This paper reports on the
setting up of a protection committee
within Sense to advise the
organisation on policy, practice and
training issues.
About Sense
Sense is the largest specialist organisation in the UK working
and campaigning with people with deafblindness and
associated disabilities. It provides advice, information, support
and services for deafblind people, their families, carers and the
professionals who work with them.
Sense works in partnership with local authorities and other
organisations to identify, and support deafblind people in their
area, and offers specialist input into training, service
development and provision.
Services are provided for people of all ages: infants,
children, young people and adults. The organisation works
with individuals who are congenitally deafblind, many of
whom have learning difficulties caused by reduced access to
information. But the organisation also works with people who
have acquired hearing/vision loss in later life.
A large proportion of the organisation’s work is
concentrated in the provision of care and support either in a
residential setting or as part of an intervenor/guidehelp
service. As with any organisation providing these services, a
large number of staff are employed in the delivery of care.
The organisational mission statement stresses the
importance of individual rights and responsibility,
empowerment, self-determination and fulfilment. However,
this is not achievable without individuals having some
exposure to risk. The policy on adult protection and the
establishment of a protection committee was one of the
mechanisms aiming to provide a safer environment within
which individual development could flourish.
Establishing a protection
committee in a
campaigning organisation
for deafblind people Steve Kiekopf
Policy and Quality Officer, Sense National Policy
and Quality Team
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