Social Work Matters (e-Magazine), September 2013, pp.10-13. Online only
Publisher:
The College of SocialWork
A former US marine and Colorado cop Ruth Aten-Shearwood, talks about how her life changed when she moved to the UK, became a social worker and is now embedded in an 'extra care' housing development for older people in Derbyshire.
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A former US marine and Colorado cop Ruth Aten-Shearwood, talks about how her life changed when she moved to the UK, became a social worker and is now embedded in an 'extra care' housing development for older people in Derbyshire.
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Subject terms:
communities, extra care housing, older people, social care provision, community care;
Social Work Matters (e-Magazine), April 2013, pp.12-14. Online only
Publisher:
The College of SocialWork
As the deadline to implement the National Dementia Strategy draws closer, the author looks at the role of frontline social workers in Derbyshire, Devon and Manchester city councils, with their varying needs, demographics and challenges, and sees how they are transforming the care of people with the condition.
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As the deadline to implement the National Dementia Strategy draws closer, the author looks at the role of frontline social workers in Derbyshire, Devon and Manchester city councils, with their varying needs, demographics and challenges, and sees how they are transforming the care of people with the condition.
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Subject terms:
social workers, dementia, social care provision, local authorities;
Social Work Matters (e-Magazine), May 2013, pp.20-21. Online only
Publisher:
The College of SocialWork
A return to the model pioneered in the 1980s is proposed in the White Paper, Caring for our Future. A return to the model pioneered in the 1980s is proposed in the White Paper, Caring for our Future. The author hopes this revival will not suffer the same fate as the prototype.
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A return to the model pioneered in the 1980s is proposed in the White Paper, Caring for our Future. A return to the model pioneered in the 1980s is proposed in the White Paper, Caring for our Future. The author hopes this revival will not suffer the same fate as the prototype.
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Subject terms:
patch systems, social work, social care provision, models;
The Government's Care Bill is intended to effect a fundamental change in social care creating a new system of rights and entitlements linked to services that actively promote people's wellbeing instead of responding only in a crisis. This report is based on a joint survey of social workers conducted by Age UK and The College of SocialWork. It reveals a gulf between the aspirations of the Care
The Government's Care Bill is intended to effect a fundamental change in social care creating a new system of rights and entitlements linked to services that actively promote people's wellbeing instead of responding only in a crisis. This report is based on a joint survey of social workers conducted by Age UK and The College of SocialWork. It reveals a gulf between the aspirations of the Care Bill and the fact that the majority of local authorities are freezing or reducing spending on adult social care. The report advocates that the national eligibility threshold be set at "moderate" rather than "substantial" otherwise the Bill's basic principles will be radically compromised.
Subject terms:
adult social care, economics, social care provision, older people, eligibility criteria, social workers, local authorities;
The care and support White Paper, Caring for our Future, says: “Social workers have a crucial role to play in the reformed care and support system.” The College of SocialWork agrees, but in a climate of austerity social work must be able to show not just that it makes a unique contribution to the lives of service users but that it makes financial sense too. This report suggests that investing
The care and support White Paper, Caring for our Future, says: “Social workers have a crucial role to play in the reformed care and support system.” The College of SocialWork agrees, but in a climate of austerity social work must be able to show not just that it makes a unique contribution to the lives of service users but that it makes financial sense too. This report suggests that investing in social work not only promotes the care and dignity of service users but is a cost effective way of meeting the growing need for older people’s social care. It also states that this year’s spend on older people’s social care nationwide has fallen half a billion pounds short of maintaining the levels in place when the Coalition came to power in 2010.
Subject terms:
older people, social care provision, adult social care, cost effectiveness, economics;
Journal of Social Policy and Social Work, 8, March 2004, pp.5-22.
Publisher:
Japan College of SocialWork
Presents an overview of psychological and social services for children with school non-attendance or school refusal, and their parents in Japan. Part I focuses on the history of 'school non-attendance' in Japan, the background of the period and change of the various words for school non-attendance. Part II on the construction of support systems in school, the utilization of the various support places, and points to note before returning to school. Part III focuses on the treatment of attendance or non-attendance at school in the Japanese education system. Part IV describes the construction of a support system in the community for school non-attendants. Part V discusses the introduction and spread of school social work. The author evaluates the present situation and the problems related to activities, such as support systems by school counselling, school social work, home study system, the activities of free schools and free spaces.
Presents an overview of psychological and social services for children with school non-attendance or school refusal, and their parents in Japan. Part I focuses on the history of 'school non-attendance' in Japan, the background of the period and change of the various words for school non-attendance. Part II on the construction of support systems in school, the utilization of the various support places, and points to note before returning to school. Part III focuses on the treatment of attendance or non-attendance at school in the Japanese education system. Part IV describes the construction of a support system in the community for school non-attendants. Part V discusses the introduction and spread of school social work. The author evaluates the present situation and the problems related to activities, such as support systems by school counselling, school social work, home study system, the activities of free schools and free spaces.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, school phobia, school social work, social care provision, truancy, children, emotionally disturbed children;