Humansolutions Bulletin - January 23rd 2020

This book, by highly respected author, educator and adviser, Neil Thompson, offers a much more grounded approach to the complex issues involved. Part One provides a clear and helpful overview of key issues relating to promoting well-being – our own and other people’s, while Part Two offers 101 practical tips. This book will be ideal for anyone wanting to make a positive difference, whether in the caring professions, in a management or human resources context or just in their own personal lives.This is not a book that gives you instructions. The main aim is to give you food for thought, to support you in thinking through a number or key issues, warning you of pitfalls to avoid and helping you…

Routines can be very helpful, as they enable us to deal with straightforward matters quickly, easily and efficiently. However, there are two potential problems with this. One is the danger of ‘routinization’, which is what happens when we overgeneralize and adopt a routine approach to non-routine situations – that is, we fail to distinguish between those situations that are simple enough to be dealt with in a routinized way and those that are not. The other danger is that routines become part of a culture and continue to be used long after the situation that first led to their development has ceased to apply. That is, they have become habits which were useful to begin with but are no longer…

Only 1 in 6 autistic people are in full-time employment and this needs to change. With small adjustments and better understanding, we can make it easier for autistic people to put their talents to good use and thrive at work. Like everyone, autistic people have their own strengths and weaknesses but all autistic people can struggle with communication and experience extreme anxiety around unexpected change. The modern working world, where communication can be far from clear and constant change is the norm, can be a challenge for many autistic people. Download your comprehensive free pack full of information, tips, posters and other resources you can use in your workplace to create a better environment for your autistic colleagues, or for…

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More than three-quarters of adult social services directors are not fully confident they can deliver the new system for authorising deprivations of liberty due to come into force next year, a survey has found. Eighty two per cent of directors reported having no or partial confidence that they could deliver their statutory responsibilities under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in 2020-21. The LPS, which will replace DoLS, is due to come into force in October 2020 but that may be delayed as a result of the ... focus on Brexit. The survey findings come after annual official figures showing the number of completed DoLS applications in England reached a record 216,005 in 2018-19,…

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