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The future of adult social care: lessons from previous reforms
- Author:
- GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 23(2), 2005, pp.61-70.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
In 2005, the adult social care Green Paper, 'Independence, Well-being and Choice', set out a 'new vision' for the future of social care in England. Throughout the document there was a strong emphasis on greater choice and control for service users, a more strategic, preventative approach, working with other service and promoting independence, well-being and inclusion. As the formal consultation process closes (in July 2005), this paper reviews three previous reforms (The Seebohm Report, The Barclay Report, and The community care reforms) - all of which set out very similar ideas and demonstrate considerable continuity in thinking over time. Given that the Green Paper feels that a 'new vision' is need for adult social care, this paper questions the extent to which any of these proposals are indeed 'new' and questions how these changes are expected to work when previous reforms are perceived not to have delivered desired outcome.
Cases for change: user involvement in mental health services and research
- Authors:
- CLARK Marion, GLASBY Jon, LESTER Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 22(2), 2004, pp.31-38.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This article describes authors' experience of involving users in research on adult mental health services. In addition to describing advantages and barriers, also outlines some key benefits and challenges of user involvement in the research process itself.
No easy answers: the Warwickshire resource allocation study
- Author:
- GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 21(1), 2003, pp.25-39.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Presents the findings of a study on the use of deprivation measures to allocate resources between different geographical areas of a local authority. The study sought to consider the scope for replacing Warwickshire's current resource allocation procedures with a new deprivation measure: the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) Indices of Deprivation 2000. As well as carrying out a literature review, the study incorporated a survey of all English local authorities to learn from their methods of resource allocation and their experiences of the DETR Indices of Deprivation 2000. Concludes that there are no easy answers to resource allocation and sets out a series of dilemmas that will need to be resolved by any social services department seeking to base its funding processes on a more rational and explicit methodology.
A tale of two cities: the contract culture in Birmingham and Chicago
- Authors:
- ROGERS Antoine, GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 19(3), 2001, pp.33-39.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Building on the centenary histories of two case study voluntary organisations, this paper considers the dilemmas posed by government funding and practice tactics to overcome them. For the sake of clarity, this paper uses the term 'voluntary sector' to refer not only to the UK voluntary sector, but also to the range of organisations which fall under the equivalent American term (i.e. 'nonprofit' or 'third' sector).
Responding to poverty: a history of the Birmingham Settlement
- Author:
- GLASBY Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 4, 1998, pp.20-32.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
1999 sees the centenary of the Birmingham Settlement, a voluntary social agency based in Birmingham's inner city. As part of the Settlement's centenary celebrations, this paper seeks to outline some of the key projects and initiatives in the Settlement's hundred-year history.