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Supporting skills for care workers
- Authors:
- DENCH S., LA VALLE I., EVANS C
- Publisher:
- University of Sussex. Institute of Employment Studies
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 109p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Presents the findings of an in depth exploration of the skills required to work in two caring occupations: child care and elder care. Challenges the view that these occupations require little skill and shows that both looking after children and older people require a body of skill and knowledge which is changing and becoming more complex. Also looks at recruitment and recruitment difficulties, how the appropriate skills are identified, and training and development..
Rehabilitation studies handbook
- Editors:
- WILSON Barbara A., McLELLAN D. Lindsay
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 425p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Provides a resource for all those involved in the care and rehabilitation of disabled people. Integrates the concepts and principles of rehabilitation with good clinical practice. Includes chapters on: disabled people in society; disability equality training; towards a therapeutic model of rehabilitation; work, occupation and disability; management in rehabilitation; research and evaluation; social policy, disability and rehabilitation; principles of the acquisition of sensorimotor skills; management of acquired cognitive disorders; challenging behaviour and people with severe brain damage; pain; the multiply handicapped child; and factors specific to disabled older people.
Using contact theory to assess staff perspectives on training initiatives of an intergenerational programming intervention
- Authors:
- WEAVER Raven H., NAAR Jill J., JARROTT Shannon E.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 59(4), 2019, pp.770-779.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Background and Objectives: Project TRIP (Transforming Relationships through Intergenerational Programs) was developed as a sustainable intergenerational community project involving child care participants and elders attending an elder care program or volunteering at the children’s program. The project focused on staff development of evidence-based intergenerational practices. To enhance available intervention research, contact theory provided a theoretical framework to explore how staff members’ and administrators’ perceptions of the intervention influenced their ability to implement programming in social care settings. Research Design and Methods: This study used a directed content analysis approach to analyze small group and individual interviews with 32 participants from 6 program sites over 5 years. Results: Participants highlighted inherent challenges and subsequent benefits of academic–community partnerships. Greater on-site presence, open communication, and relationship-building proved critical to improve community partnerships, project fidelity, and program sustainability. When interactions reflected contact theory tenets, collaborators reported positive attitudes toward and interactions with research partners. Discussion and Implications: Contact theory provided a useful framework to understand the researcher–practitioner partnership. Researchers should plan for partnerships that: (a) are supported by authority figures, including staff and participants, (b) utilize a shared expertise approach where partners have equal group status, (c) involve close cooperation; (d) align research and program goals, and (e) foster positive communication through frequent contact using practitioners’ preferred methods and including in-person contact. This study recommends future intergenerational programming interventions build on a foundation of both theory and practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Library and information services for visually impaired people: national guidelines
- Authors:
- MACHELL Jean, comp
- Publisher:
- Library Association
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 77p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Offers practical advice on how to set up and develop appropriate library and information services for visually impaired people. Covers: staffing; service provision; service delivery; specific needs of client groups such as children; students and ethnic groups; reading resources; reading aids and equipment; accessing information; promotion and publicity.
Director of social services: 1993-1995 departmental report
- Author:
- STRACHAN Ian
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong. Department of Social Welfare
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 84p.
- Place of publication:
- Hong Kong
Caring for a community: the community care policy of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Authors:
- BHUGRA Dinesh, BRIDGES Keith, THOMPSON Chris
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 104p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Outlines the revised policy on care in the community for people with mental health problems. Covers the causes and effects of psychiatric disorders which affect service delivery; principles of a community psychiatry service; the organisation and provision of services for children, adults and older people; training; and the legal framework.
Quality of life for persons with disabilities: international perspectives and issues
- Editor:
- GOODE David
- Publisher:
- Brookline Books
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 218p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Comparative study of the quality of life of people with learning difficulties. Includes papers on: quality of life in the Danish context; a six year study of a quality of life model; Australian legislation, service delivery and quality of life; overview of theory and practice in Germany; quality of life and unemployment among people with disabilities in Hungary; the National Quality of Life for Persons with Disabilities Project in the USA; the California quality of life project; towards an understanding of quality of life in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities; quality of life and ageing; quality of life at school; training staff in quality of life issues; and the concept of quality of life and its current applications in the field of developmental disabilities.
Social welfare services in Japan: revised edition 1990
- Authors:
- JAPANESE NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ICSW
- Publisher:
- Japanese National Committee, ICSW
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 168p.,tables,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- Tokyo
Hong Kong annual departmental report by the Director of Social Welfare... for the financial year 1988-89
- Author:
- WONG Elizabeth
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong. Department of Social Welfare
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- n.p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- Hong Kong
A comprehensive annual review of social services provided in Hong Kong.
London in need: a review of needs, policy and legislation facing London
- Author:
- LONDON RESEARCH CENTRE
- Publisher:
- London Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 107p., tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides detailed coverage of recent legislation and the effects of that legislation on groups within London and implications for services provided by voluntary organisations.