Social Services

Progress in sight:National standards of social care for visually impaired adults

Summary: National standards for services provided to blind and partially sighted adults by social services departments or organisations

• Introduction
• Read the report
• Buy copies of the report

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Introduction

"Progress in sight" was published on 17 October 2002 and contains the first ever ADSS national standards for services provided to blind and partially sighted adults by social services departments or organisations providing such services on their behalf.

The 16 standards provide a national framework against which a local authority can monitor and measure its own performance. They will require the development of action plans where services fall below the standards laid out in the document, but guidance on this is given. The standards are a joint venture between RNIB, Guide Dogs and the Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS).

Read the report

• Progress in sight (Word 227KB)
• Progress in Sight (PDF 230KB) (see help with PDF files)
• Progress in Sight (Text 108 KB)

Buy copies of the report

"Progress in sight" costs £10 and is available in a range of formats from:

RNIB Customer Services
PO Box 173
Peterborough
PE2 6WS
Telephone: 0845 702 3153
Fax: 01733 37 15 55
Minicom: 0845 758 5691
E-mail: cservices@rnib.org.uk

Service users may like to visit the Improving lives website where they can download standard text, large text and white on black formats of this report.

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Content author: carol.smith@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 08/04/2008 18:38