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School of Social Work and Social Policy

Jim Mansell

Jim Mansell

Adjunct Professor
 
Email: j.mansell@latrobe.edu.au
  j.mansell@kent.ac.uk
   
 

Qualifications 

MScEcon, University College Cardiff
Fellow of the British Psychological Society
Academician of the Social Sciences (UK)

Research Interests

Deinstitutionalisation and community living for people with intellectual disabilities, micro-organisation of residential services and services for people with challenging behaviour

Community Interests

Chair, Special Interest Group on Comparative Policy and Practice, International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability
Trustee of the UK charity United Response
Commissioner for Social Care Inspection (England)
Member of UK Government’s Learning Disability Task Force

Recent Publications

Broadhurst, S. and Mansell, J. (2007) Organizational and individual factors associated with breakdown of residential placements for people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51(4), 293-301.

Bigby, C., Fyffe, C. and Mansell, J. (Eds.). (2006) From ideology to reality: current issues in implementation of intellectual disability policy. Bundoora: LaTrobe University.

Mansell, J., Beadle-Brown, J., Skidmore, C., Whelton, B. and Hutchinson, A. (2006) People with learning disabilities in 'out-of-area' residential placements: 1. Policy context. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50(II), 837-844.

Beadle-Brown, J., Mansell, J., Whelton, B. and Hutchinson, A. (2006) People with learning disabilities in 'out-of-area' residential placements: 2. Reasons for and effects of placement. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50(II), 845-856.

Mansell, J. (2006) Deinstitutionalisation and community living: progress, problems and priorities. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 31(2), 65-76.

Mansell, J., Beadle-Brown, J., Ashman, B. and Ockendon, J. (2005) Person-centred active support: a multi-media training resource for staff to enable participation, inclusion and choice for people with learning disabilities. Brighton: Pavilion.

Mansell, J. and Beadle-Brown, J. (2004) Person-centred planning or person-centred action? A response to the commentaries. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17, 31-35.

Mansell, J. and Beadle-Brown, J. (2004) Person-centred planning or person-centred action? Policy and practice in intellectual disability services. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17, 1-9.

Mansell, J., Beadle-Brown, J. and Clegg, S. (2004) The situation of large residential institutions in Europe. In G. Freyhoff, C. Parker, M. Coué, & N. Greig (Eds.), Included in Society: Results and recommendations of the European research initiative on community-based residential alternatives for disabled people (pp. 28-56). Brussels: Inclusion Europe.
Mansell, J., Beadle-Brown, J., Macdonald, S. and Ashman, B. (2003) Functional grouping in residential homes for people with intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 24(3), 170-182.

Mansell, J., Beadle-Brown, J., Macdonald, S. and Ashman, B. (2003) Resident involvement in activity in small community homes for people with learning disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(1), 63-74.

Mansell, J., Ashman, B., Macdonald, S. and Beadle-Brown, J. (2002) Residential care in the community for adults with intellectual disabilities: needs, characteristics and services. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 46(8), 625-633.

 

 





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