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Risk and ageing
- Author:
- BREARLEY C. Paul
- Publisher:
- Routledge and Kegan Paul
- Publication year:
- 1982
- Pagination:
- 149p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Social work with older people
- Authors:
- CRAWFORD Karin, WALKER Janet
- Publisher:
- Learning Matters
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 176p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Exeter
This book helps students develop a distinctive focus on social work practice in the context of working with older people. It enables readers to develop the knowledge, skills and values that will enable them to promote and protect the individual and collective well-being of the older people with whom they work. This book is designed to be used as an interactive resource, with activities and case studies throughout the text. The case studies and summaries of contemporary research illustrate and draw out key points, to aid and reinforce learning. There are also links to current Government guidance and policy documents, all of which support best social work practice when working with older people.
Educating for mental health practice: results of a survey of mental health content in Bachelor of Social Work curricula in Australian schools of social work
- Authors:
- SHEEHAN Rosemary, RYAN Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 20(3), June 2001, pp.351-361.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Health problems are amongst the most pressing encountered by social workers in practice. Health policy, largely through deinstitutionalisation, has placed mental health problems in the mainstream of health practice. One in 25 Australians will require professional assistance with mental health problems. Moreover, other professions are increasingly claiming that mental health is their area of expertise. Social work needs to reclaim this area as their own and hence it is incumbent on social work education to prepare students to practice in this area. As the second of a two-part survey of health and mental health curricula in Australian schools of social work, the findings of the survey on mental health curricula conducted in 1997 are presented in this article. Based on responses from 95% of the schools, nine of the 20 respondent schools were found to offer a separate mental health unit. The remaining 11 schools' coverage ranged from no coverage at all through to integration in other subjects. Overall it was concluded that the majority of students received a significant amount of input on mental health. A number of recommendations are made to improve mental health input including more skill development, greater local contextualisation, more attention to an anti-oppressive agenda, and more explicit links to field education.
Living dangerously: risk-thinking and risk management in mental health care
- Author:
- ROSE Nikolas
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(8), April 1998, pp.263-266.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The author argues that behind today's fixation on risk assessment and risk management in the care of people with mental health problems in the community lies a more sinister regime. Argues that clinical judgement is now less about care and treatment; much more about the control of those who might pose a threat to the community in which, with the closure of the long-stay hospitals, they now must live.
Gender and community care: social work and social care perspectives
- Author:
- ORME Joan
- Publisher:
- Palgrave
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 276p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
Discusses the gender assumptions behind social work practice and community care, and reveals the impact these have on men and women as providers and recipients of care. Outlines feminist theory and relates this to the development of policy and practice in community care. Goes on to explore how assumptions coloured by gender have influenced services to different user groups, such as people with mental health problems, older people, and disabled people. Ends by examining how good practice can be developed in regard to these issues.
Mental health practice in primary care: some perspectives concerning the future of social work in organised delivery systems
- Author:
- ALMGREN Gunnar
- Journal article citation:
- Smith College Studies in Social Work, 68(2), March 1998, pp.233-253.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Discusses the rise of managed care as the dominant from of healthcare delivery in the U.S. and its dramatic implications for the profession of social work. Considers some of the more positive aspects of the transformation from fee-based to population-based healthcare systems, in particular the vigorous trend toward multi-disciplinary primary care and collaborative mental health practice. Also considers the implications for social work education and the division of labour among the healthcare professions.
Housing and social work, the BASW green paper: a consultative report
- Editor:
- McCARTHY Michael
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 1985
- Pagination:
- 79p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham