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–people, groups and communitiesTerm not used for indexing
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adopted people
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+adults
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vulnerable adultsUse for adults who are eligible to use services, embraces all client groups including people with learning difficulties or mental health problems, older people and disabled people.
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+black and minority ethnic people
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African Caribbean people
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African people
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+Asian people
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Chinese people
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Japanese people
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Korean people
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South Asian peopleUse for Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani people.
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Vietnamese people
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gypsies
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Hispanic people
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Irish people
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mixed race people
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travellersIncludes Irish, Scottish and New Age travellers.
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+carersUse for those who provide unpaid care and support to relatives, neighbours and friends. For discussions of informal care use 'informal care'.
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young carersChildren and young persons under 18 who provide care, assistance and support to another family member.
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+communitiesUse for social units having common interests or rights within a larger society. They need not be geographically defined.
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capacity buildingUse for developing the means to help residents/communities in a local area to take control of their own affairs and solve their own problems.
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neighbourhoodsUse for defined physical environments.
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disabled peopleUse for discussions of general policy and where the nature of the disability is not defined.
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ethnicityUse for a sense of being different though national origin, language, and/or religion.
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+gender
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men
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women
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+groups
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gangs
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interest groups
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peer groupsGroup of people with same social standing or status.
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socioeconomic groups
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+support groups
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self-help groups
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+homeless people
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rough sleepers
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single homeless people
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housebound people
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indigenous peopleUse with the name of a country.
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isolated people
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+LGBT people
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bisexual people
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gay men
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lesbians
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+transgendered people
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transsexual people
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+migrantsUse for people moving from one region or country to another, including migrant workers.
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immigrantsUse for people moving to a country where they were not born to permanently settle there.
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missing persons
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+multicultural society
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cultural identity
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neighbours
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+older people
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very old peopleUse for people over 80.
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partnersUse for unmarried couples, parents etc
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+population
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demographicsUse for the statistics of an area's population such as age, sex, income, education, etc.
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+migrationUse for the act or process of people moving from one region or country to another.
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immigrationUse for the process of people coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.
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+refugees
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asylum seekers
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unaccompanied refugee children
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residents
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+service usersGeneral term for all those who receive a social work or social care service.
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involuntary clientsUse for people compelled to be recipients of social work or medical services.
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+staff-user relationshipUse for the relationship with staff other than social workers eg nurses, occupational therapists.
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social worker-service user relationship
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user participation
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user views
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survivorsUse for those who have survived violence, disasters, child abuse etc.
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