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Building capacity and bridging the gaps: Strand 1: Social care practice with older people, people with learning disabilities and physically disabled people who use alcohol and other drugs: final report
- Authors:
- DANCE Cherilyn, ALLNOCK Debbie
- Publisher:
- University of Bedfordshire. Tilda Goldberg Centre for Social Work and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 68
- Place of publication:
- Luton
This report conveys the findings of one part of a three strand project which set out to examine the current state of training to work with alcohol and other drug problems (AOD) in social work and social care. This strand highlights the experiences and needs of social work and social care practitioners when encountering AOD problems in their work with older people, adults with learning disabilities and physically disabled adults. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data from a survey undertaken in 2010-11, this secondary analysis has identified that practitioners in these areas encounter AOD problems relatively infrequently (compared with child protection or adult mental health fields), but that significant challenges are faced when they do so. Many practitioners in these fields feel under-prepared for this work; and they struggle with a lack of confidence in their knowledge about AOD, and with balancing their duty of care with respect for an individual’s right to self-determination, each of which affects their sense of entitlement to discuss AOD issues with service users. The current mode of service delivery, case management, focuses on signposting and referring on, and thus limits the perceived opportunities for practitioners to develop the sort of relationships with service users which would permit meaningful discussion of their AOD use. In addition, there is a lack of clarity about what is, or should be expected of adults’ social practitioners with respect to problematic AOD use. While the focus of the new Health and Well Being Boards is yet to be established, it is hoped that by bringing together health and social concerns under one body responsible for strategic planning and commissioning of services might offer the opportunity for tackling some of these issues. The project was funded by Alcohol Research UK. (Edited publisher abstract)
Addressing alcohol and drug addiction among people with mental retardation in nonaddiction settings: a need for cross-system collaboration
- Authors:
- SLAYTER Elspeth, STEENROD Shelley A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 9(1), January 2009, pp.71-90.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The evidence suggests that substance abuse services for people with learning disabilities are likely to be received in nonaddiction settings that are generally focused on mental health services and are unequipped to service and support such clients. This article aims to provide social workers in nonaddiction settings with the tools to conduct substance abuse screening and to engage with colleagues in addiction settings to bring about effective intervention. The article discusses the risk, consequences and prevalence of substance abuse in people with learning disabilities, and the issues regarding their access to treatment. Current knowledge about substance abuse screening, assessment, and intervention in people with mental retardation is covered. Finally, the article concludes with a basic framework for social workers in mental health services to improve cross-system collaboration with social workers in substance abuse when working with a client with learning disabilities and substance abuse.
The experiences of professionals who care for people with intellectual disability who have substance-related problems
- Author:
- MCLAUGHLIN D.F.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Substance Use, 12(2), April 2007, pp.133-143.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
More people with intellectual disability are living independent lives. They can and do experiment with substances that the wider community try, such as alcohol and drugs (both legal and illicit). Unfortunately for some, they develop problems related to their use of these substances. Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 professionals who work in Intellectual Disability Services and Alcohol and Drug Services to discover their experiences of caring for people with intellectual disabilities who hazardously use substances. Although small numbers of people presented to these services, many more people with intellectual disabilities used Intellectual Disability Services for support, rather than their local Alcohol and Drug Services. While the numbers may be relatively small, the challenges this client group pose are very perturbing in relation to their physical, emotional and social health. The professionals reported a lack of education in working with this doubly disadvantaged population. Moreover, policies were absent to guide staff to work collaboratively with this often-ignored population. These findings are discussed in light of the innovative practices that are occurring in other parts of the UK regarding the recognition, assessment treatment and long-term management of this population. Intellectual Disability Services and Alcohol and Drug Services need to work more closely together if the needs of this population are to be effectively met.
Unit costs of health and social care 2014
- Author:
- CURTIS Lesley
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 302
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This publication provides unit costs for a wide range of health and social care services using a standardised methodology. The report is organised into five main sections. Section I covers services used by a particular client group, and includes services for older people, people with mental health problems, people who misuse drugs/alcohol, people with learning disabilities, younger adults with physical and sensory impairments, services for children and their families, hospitals, and care packages. Sections II, III and IV deal with the unit costs of professionals in community-based health care, community-based social care, and hospital-based health care. These include social care staff, health and social care teams, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals. Section V details the sources of information used. This volume also includes three focused articles which explore: approaches to costing for those involved in planning and implementing integrated care initiatives; understanding the costs of shared lives, and the intervention costs of the reminiscence intervention Remembering Yesterday Caring Today (RYCT) and the Carer Support Programme (CSP). (Edited publisher abstract)
Unit costs of health and social care 2006
- Authors:
- CURTIS Lesley, NETTEN Ann, (comps.)
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 218p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Aims to improve unit cost estimates for health and social services. Includes sections on services for: elderly people; people with mental health problems; people with learning difficulties; services for children and families; and substance misusers. Also provides a breakdown of costs of health care staff in the community and in hospitals.
Rights, needs and the user perspective: a review of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990
- Editors:
- BALLOCH Sue, et al
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 105p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Review looking at the diverse and sometimes contradictory perspectives and experiences of a wide range of stakeholders in community care services. Aims to record what they think has really been taking place. Contains chapters on: key issues; identifying need; users' perspectives; the perspective of black communities; older people; older people with dementia and their carers; people with learning difficulties; rationing, charging and costs; housing and community care; community care and substance misuse; and social services departments and their staff.
Unit costs of health and social care 2015
- Authors:
- CURTIS Lesley, BURNS Amanda
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 274
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
This report provides unit costs estimates for a range of health and social care services and staff. It comprises five sections. Section 1 estimates the costs of services for older people, people with mental health problems, people who misuse drugs or alcohol, people with learning disabilities, adults with physical disabilities, children and their families, hospital and related services and care package. Sections 2, 3 and 4 provides cost estimates for community-based health and social care staff and hospital-based staff. These include: allied health professionals, nurses, general practitioners, social workers, home care staff, scientific and professional staff and specialist doctors. Section V details the sources of information used. The report also includes four discussion and research papers, examining some of the implications of the 2014 Care Act, the development of a new survey tool to gather self-reported data about respondents’ care needs, use of formal care, and their use and provision of informal care, the costs of vision rehabilitation services in England, and resource-use questionnaires used in trial-based economic evaluations. (Edited publisher abstract)