Involvement of service users in the recruitment of staff.

One of the most important decisions that is made about people with learning disabilities who receive community-based care concerns the recruitment of their support workers. This article discusses a project in which a group of service users took part in the interview panels during the recruitment of...

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Publicado en:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 22 - 26
Autores principales: Johnson, Paula, Carpenter, Katie, Scarbrough-Lang, Sammy-Jo
Formato: pictorial research Journal Article
Publicado: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) Mar2012
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Sumario:One of the most important decisions that is made about people with learning disabilities who receive community-based care concerns the recruitment of their support workers. This article discusses a project in which a group of service users took part in the interview panels during the recruitment of support staff for other clients. It describes the training sessions, results of the interviews and subsequent developments, and presents a selection of staff and service users' views.