Priority 17 from the Adult Social Work PSP

UNCERTAINTY: What are the most effective ways for adult social workers to work with people with learning disabilities and their families? (JLA PSP Priority 17)
Overall ranking	17
JLA question ID	0074/17
Explanatory note	Not available for this PSP
Evidence	Recent research on named social workers https://www.scie.org.uk/social-work/named-social-worker/findings-from-pilot-sites
Health Research Classification System category	Generic Health Relevance

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	How can we best support pregnant women with learning disabilities and mothers and fathers with learning disabilities so as to prevent traumatic parent/child separations? ~ Are social workers good at supporting people with learning disabilities from minority ethnic communities? ~ One area that is neglected is the parental duties of adults with a disability with responsibility banged back and forth between adult and children services. I would like to see how much neglecting this area is actually costing services in the end.
Submitted by	Individual survey submissions categorised by Carer, Service User, Other, Group Member, Educator, Manager, Other, Frontline Practitioner, Student, Volunteer. For full details of the type of submitter for each individual question, please see the spreadsheet of data held on the JLA website.

Extra information provided by this PSP

Original uncertainty examples

How can we best support pregnant women with learning disabilities and mothers and fathers with learning disabilities so as to prevent traumatic parent/child separations? ~ Are social workers good at supporting people with learning disabilities from minority ethnic communities? ~ One area that is neglected is the parental duties of adults with a disability with responsibility banged back and forth between adult and children services. I would like to see how much neglecting this area is actually costing services in the end.

Submitted by

Individual survey submissions categorised by Carer, Service User, Other, Group Member, Educator, Manager, Other, Frontline Practitioner, Student, Volunteer. For full details of the type of submitter for each individual question, please see the spreadsheet of data held on the JLA website.

PSP information
PSP unique ID	0074
PSP name	Adult Social Work
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.	61 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop	20 July 2018