| Meeting Complex Needs: the future of social care There is a significant gap in services for people with complex needs. People with complex needs may have to deal with a number of different issues in their lives, for example a learning disability, mental health problems, or substance abuse. The may also be living in deprived circumstances and lack access to stable housing or meaningful daily activity. This book presents a strategy for reform to meet complex needs. Arguing for government to make stronger connections between social care and social inclusion, it calls for a new kind of delivery model for people with complex needs who live in deprived neighbourhoods. The authors explore how frontline reforms might be achieved through a reformed commissioning process, as well as a commitment to purposeful cultural change. Attention to the process of translating policy into practice should ensure that social care services meet complex needs more effectively in the future. By Jennifer Rankin and Will Paxton of Institute for Public Policy Research. | By Institute for Public Policy Research , UK . | Welfare and Social Security Policy Resource. |
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| Condemning a little less...And understanding a little more This important new book reveals a long-awaited consensus across the mainstream of British politics on what it means to be poor and on the incidence of poverty in our country today. But this consensus is not a left-wing one. While Conservatives have rejected the wilder statements of their predecessors and come to accept that poverty is a relative term, the left have come to understand that the best solutions to social problems are often market-oriented ones. Despite the unexpected outbreak of consensus, the book reveals a challenging agenda for both the Conservative Opposition, some parts of which are still finding their feet on poverty-related issues, and for the Government, which is already so over-stretched in its public spending commitments. By Nicholas Hillman of Policy Exchange. | By Policy Exchange , UK. | Welfare and Social Security Policy Resource. |
| Beyond Bank Accounts: Full financial inclusion Many people's opportunities are limited and their poverty deepened through their experience of financial exclusion. This book suggests a second generation of financial inclusion policies for the government and other stakeholders to pursue. It is not just bout access to financial products but also the quality of engagement with those products and the need for individuals to develop skills and confidence to make informed decisions. By Sue Regan and Will Paxton of the Institute for Public Policy Research | By Institute for Public Policy Research , UK, US . | Welfare and Social Security Policy Resource. |
| Equal Shares? Building a Progressive and Coherent Asset-based Welfare Policy Tony Atkinson argued in 1972 that narrowing the wide disparities in wealth should be a priority for progressives. Since then, the situation has changed little and indeed it may even have worsened. However, the tone of this publication is optimistic. Policy makers are beginning to discuss the role that wealth or assets play in people?s wellbeing. This has come under the banner of ?asset-based welfare? and its most notable contribution thus far has been the Child Trust Fund. Though important this is only one specific policy. This publication assesses broader implications of asset-based welfare across public policy. How could and should asset-based welfare develop? What is our vision of a more coherent and progressive overall policy? What are the practical policy implications? . Edited by Will Paxton with: Will Paxton, Michael Sherraden, Ros Altman and Elaine Kempson is published by Institute for Public Policy Research | By Institute for Public Policy Research , UK, US . | Welfare and Social Security Policy Resource. |
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