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Consumer participation in service planning - the AWS experience
- Author:
- MCGRATH Morag
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 18(1), January 1989, pp.67-89.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
A case study of the involvement of carers in planning services for mentally handicapped people under the All Wales Strategy.
Supporting 'needs-led' services : implications for planning and management systems (a case study in mental handicap services)
- Authors:
- MCGRATH Morag, GRANT Gordon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 21(1), 1992, pp.71-97.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Identifies two elements of needs-led services : user participation and management delegation; uses a case study from the All Wales Strategy for services to mentally handicapped people to illustrate and discuss three models of planning and management and the implications for implementing community care.
Whatever happened to teamwork? Reflections on CMHTs
- Author:
- MCGRATH Morag
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 23(1), February 1993, pp.15-29.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a survey of Community Mental Handicap Teams as part of an evaluation of the All Wales Strategy. Organisational structures of CMHTs are discussed, and a framework for service planning is then outlined, focusing on the co-ordination of service delivery at a case level and on service planning and development. It is argued that whereas case co-ordination may be obtained through a key worker or case manager system, service planning and development are among the strengths of teamwork. Aspects of teamwork are then explored with reference to needs-led services, local community-based provision and consumer participation. Finally, the level of delegated authority and organisational support required to achieve an 'ideal' needs-led team is outlined.