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Putting the parity into service-user participation: an integrated model of social justice
- Authors:
- DAVIES Kate, GRAY Mel, WEBB Stephen A.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 23(2), 2014, pp.119-127.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Models of service-user participation have derived from citizenship or consumerist agendas, neither of which has achieved the structural reforms important for the most marginalised social work clients. This article proposes Fraser's model of ‘parity of participation’ as an appropriately multifaceted frame for capturing the social justice aspirations of service-user participation. A qualitative case study compared the experiences and expectations of people who had used Australian mental health services with a sample who had used Australian homelessness services to examine their expectations of participation at individual and representative levels. The findings reinforce concerns from Fraser's research about the tendency for identity-based consumerist notions of participation to reify group identity. This leads to tokenistic service-user involvement strategies that have little impact on participation at a structural level. Fraser's parity of participation is shown to have untested potential to reshape service-user participation to meet the social justice aspirations of social work clients. (Publisher abstract)
Paul's journey
- Author:
- ASHTON Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 14(4), 2011, pp.142-144.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article presents a personal account of one of the authors of “Staff and ex-service user co-working: a counselling service's enhanced response to multiple exclusion homelessness” (Housing, Care and Support, 14(4), pp. 134-141), which presents a novel collaboration between a worker and a former service user in developing two support groups – an art group and an alcoholics anonymous group at a central London hostel for the homeless. It is published to appear alongside the account of the authors’ joint experience of co-working, as part of the series on personal perspectives on development work. It aims to give an account of the author’s journey into homelessness and mental health problems in the context of multiple exclusion and homelessness.
Your place, not mine: experiences of homeless people staying with family and friends
- Authors:
- ROBINSON David, COWARD Sarah
- Publishers:
- Crisis, Countryside Agency
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There are as many as 380,000 hidden homeless people in Great Britain, the majority of whom are sleeping on friends and family’s floors. Although their existence is widely acknowledged, their plight is rarely tackled. Part of the reason for this is the lack of knowledge surrounding the nature of their experiences and the extent of their vulnerability. The report casts light on the incidence and experiences of people staying with family and friends in response to homelessness. The report draws on evidence generated through a survey of 164 homeless people in three case study areas (London, Sheffield and Craven, North Yorkshire). Women were found to be more likely to only ever stay with a friend or relative while homeless and certain minority ethnic groups also appear more likely to stay with a friend or relative. Homeless people who stay with a friend or relative have a younger age profile than other homeless people and the majority are single. One in four homeless people staying with a friend or relative are in employment. People staying with family or friends experience personal problems and challenges typical of the problems apparent within the wider homeless population, including experience of time spent in local authority care as a child, time spent in prison or a young offenders’ institute, problems with drug and/or alcohol use, mental and physical health problems and learning difficulties, although the profile and experiences of homeless people staying with family and friends were found to vary between the case study areas.
Mapping the maze: services for women experiencing multiple disadvantage in England and Wales
- Publishers:
- Agenda, AVA
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 47
- Place of publication:
- London
The report of the Mapping the Maze project, set up to map specialist support available for women affected by substance use, mental ill-health, homelessness and offending and highlight gaps in provision. The report also provides a model of good practice for working with women affected by substance use, mental ill-health, homelessness and offending. The model has four broad components: organisational ethos, safe and enabling environment, approach to working and organisational practice: It was developed through the results a literature review, consultation with women accessing services and consultation with professionals who deliver or campaign for specialist interventions for women. Key findings from the study include: the belief amongst women that specialist women’s services are the best way to meet their needs, that good services are often about the culture of the service and the staff rather than any one specific element of service design, and that specialist services for women experiencing disadvantage are under-resourced. Recommendations from the project for government, commissioners and service providers are set out in the final section. These include the need for a cross-government approach and funding stream for women experiencing multiple disadvantage and joined-up funding across local areas to deliver improved support for women experiencing multiple disadvantage. (Edited publisher abstract)
Being mindful of mental health: the role of local government in mental health and wellbeing
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 56
- Place of publication:
- London
This report explores the different ways that local authorities support mental health and wellbeing in communities, using their statutory duties and non-statutory duties. It looks at what councils can do to create mentally well places and highlights their role in the prevention and early intervention of mental health problems, along with the voluntary and community sector. The report looks how council services can contribute to mental wellbeing in the following areas: adult social care; public health; child and adolescent mental health; housing and homelessness; community safety; parks and green spaces; and culture and leisure services. It includes short case studies of local authority initiatives and links to additional resources. It also highlights the need to re-focus mental health policy away from medicalisation and mental ill health to prevention, early intervention and mental wellness. (Edited publisher abstract)