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We want to make social services policy better for disabled people.
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Social services are any services that are provided to people when they need help and support.
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Policy is the rules about how we do things.
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To do this we have been working on:
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1. Employment
We want to make sure that people who work in social services have good working conditions.
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We believe that this will help them do a better job.
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2. Legal Framework
There needs to be clear rules for service providers about how they work and get money.
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Sometimes the rules are too strict and this means services are not as good as they could be.
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In 2011 the European Union wrote new guidelines about how services should be given money and what rules they should follow.
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The European Union is a group of countries whose governments work together.
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The guidelines are better, but still need some work.
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3. Quality of Services
We are working to try and set standards for services.
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A standard is the level of quality that is expected of a service.
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This will tell service providers what they should be doing to provide a good service.
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4. Changes to Services
We want to make sure service providers and people who use services are involved in decisions and changes to services.
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