An elderly woman and her family were living in squalor and social isolation and repeatedly rejected the offers of help. The author talks to a social worker about the uphill struggle she faced when she tried to improve their lives.
An elderly woman and her family were living in squalor and social isolation and repeatedly rejected the offers of help. The author talks to a social worker about the uphill struggle she faced when she tried to improve their lives.
Subject terms:
housing, learning disabilities, social isolation, mental health problems, older people, risk, social workers, assessment, challenging behaviour, families;
A social worker talks to the author about the approach she took when working with a profoundly deaf young women with learning difficulties who was having a baby with a schedule one offender who also abused alcohol.
A social worker talks to the author about the approach she took when working with a profoundly deaf young women with learning difficulties who was having a baby with a schedule one offender who also abused alcohol.
Social worker talks about how she tackled the problem of what to do about a residential care resident with learning difficulties whose aggressive behaviour posed a risk to staff and himself.
Social worker talks about how she tackled the problem of what to do about a residential care resident with learning difficulties whose aggressive behaviour posed a risk to staff and himself.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, quality of life, residential care, risk, social work, social work assistants, social workers, staff, violence, aggression, assessment, decision making;
Finds out how a social worker in a children with disabilities team in Hackney tackles the difficult issue of whether the needs of a child with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties could be met at home from a vulnerable mother who lacks parenting skills, but nonetheless provides love.
Finds out how a social worker in a children with disabilities team in Hackney tackles the difficult issue of whether the needs of a child with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties could be met at home from a vulnerable mother who lacks parenting skills, but nonetheless provides love.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mothers, needs, parental role, parents, parents with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, risk, social work, social workers, child development, children, decision making, families;
Describes how one social worker trod the fine line between respecting a client's wish to live independently while making sure that the move would not put him seriously at risk.
Describes how one social worker trod the fine line between respecting a client's wish to live independently while making sure that the move would not put him seriously at risk.
Subject terms:
home care, independence, learning disabilities, mental health problems, residential care, rights, risk, service users, social workers, vulnerable adults, carers, community care, decision making, empowerment;