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Clare, I. C. H., Madden, E. M., Holland, A. J., Farrington, C. J. T., Whitson, S., Broughton, S., Lillywhite, A., Jones, E., Wade, K. A., Redley, M. and Wagner, A. P 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9101-3477
(2017)
‘What vision?’: experiences of Team members in a community service for adults with intellectual disabilities.
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 61 (3).
197–209.
ISSN 0964-2633
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Abstract
Background: In the UK, the closure of ‘long-stay’ hospitals was accompanied by the development of community teams (CTs) to support people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) to live in community settings. The self-reported experiences of staff working in such teams has been neglected. Methods: Focusing on a single county-wide service, comprising five multi-disciplinary and inter-agency CTs, we measured perceptions among the health care and care management team members of (i) their personal well-being (Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Maslach and Jackson, 1981); (ii) the functioning of their team (Team Climate Inventory (TCI) Anderson and West, 1994) and (iii) organisational commitment to quality and culture (the Quality Implementation Improvement Survey – II (QIIS-II, Shortell et al., 1995, 2000). Results: Almost three-quarters of the questionnaires were returned (73/101; 72%). The scores of health care and care managers were very similar: the MBI scores of more than half the respondents were ‘of concern’; (ii) similarly, almost four in ten respondents’ scores on the Vision scale were ‘of concern’; (iii) the perceived commitment to quality (QIIS-II Part 2) was uncertain; and (iv) the organisational culture (QIIS-II, Part 1) was viewed as primarily hierarchical. Discussion: The perceived absence of a vision for the service, combined with a dominant culture viewed by its members as strongly focussed on bureaucracy and process, potentially compromises the ability of these CTs to respond proactively to the needs of people with IDs. Given the challenges that changes in legislation, policy, and practice that have taken place since CTs were established, it would be timely to revisit their role and purpose.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | community learning disability teams,service culture,specialist community teams,staff,stress,team functioning |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Economics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2016 00:00 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2024 01:29 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59764 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jir.12312 |
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