Care, welfare and community are three key concepts in contemporary social policy. This reader covers a wide range of topics associated with them and relevant to the delivery of care and support to adults. Groups covered include people with mental health problems, homeless people, older people, people with learning difficulties and people with impairments. The focus throughout is on how policies and practice can be developed appropriately and sensitively through an understanding of current issues.
Care, welfare and community are three key concepts in contemporary social policy. This reader covers a wide range of topics associated with them and relevant to the delivery of care and support to adults. Groups covered include people with mental health problems, homeless people, older people, people with learning difficulties and people with impairments. The focus throughout is on how policies and practice can be developed appropriately and sensitively through an understanding of current issues.
Subject terms:
homeless people, learning disabilities, older people, policy, severe mental health problems, social work, user participation, vulnerable adults, communities, community care;
Looks at housing problems faced by clients of social work agencies, and how problem-solving strategies must be evolved by the professionals concerned. Uses surveys, case studies and policy analysis to piece together possible practice strategies. Includes chapters on: leaving home; leaving institutions; relationship breakdown; homeless families; difficult estates; and ill health, old age and housing.
Looks at housing problems faced by clients of social work agencies, and how problem-solving strategies must be evolved by the professionals concerned. Uses surveys, case studies and policy analysis to piece together possible practice strategies. Includes chapters on: leaving home; leaving institutions; relationship breakdown; homeless families; difficult estates; and ill health, old age and housing.
Subject terms:
homeless people, homelessness, housing, leaving care, looked after children, older people, physical illness, social work, young people, families;
The last two decades have seen significant changes in the socio-economic systems of Central and Eastern Europe. This has produced many challenges for those developing domestic policies and practices and planning, managing and delivering services. This book addresses some of these issues. It is an edited volume of papers given at a conference organised by Opole University, Poland in 2008. In the wide-ranging contributions, researchers from Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic and from the UK, Denmark and Germany offer perspectives on social work interventions in adult services in the European Union. Topics include: adult care policies in Europe and the UK, including personalisation, end-of-life care, care homes for older people, drug abuse, Roma people, care leavers and foster care recruitment and management, people with disabilities, homelessness and unemployment, multi-problem families and universities of the Third Age. The papers draw on research and practice across a wide range of social work agencies in many different European countries.
The last two decades have seen significant changes in the socio-economic systems of Central and Eastern Europe. This has produced many challenges for those developing domestic policies and practices and planning, managing and delivering services. This book addresses some of these issues. It is an edited volume of papers given at a conference organised by Opole University, Poland in 2008. In the wide-ranging contributions, researchers from Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic and from the UK, Denmark and Germany offer perspectives on social work interventions in adult services in the European Union. Topics include: adult care policies in Europe and the UK, including personalisation, end-of-life care, care homes for older people, drug abuse, Roma people, care leavers and foster care recruitment and management, people with disabilities, homelessness and unemployment, multi-problem families and universities of the Third Age. The papers draw on research and practice across a wide range of social work agencies in many different European countries.
Subject terms:
homeless people, leaving care, older people, personalisation, service development, social policy, social work, social care provision, substance misuse, unemployment, adult social care, care homes, end of life care, foster carers, Gypsies, government policy;
Based on practice experience in both the UK and the USA, this book brings together groupwork knowledge, skills and values in a transatlantic partnership. The book summarizes the history of gender-based groups for both women and men and outlines a wide range of examples of groups in different contexts. These accounts encompass groups for older women and women facing inequalities in healthcare. Work with homeless people, with caregivers and lesbian and gay youth is described in detail and there is a particular focus on domestic violence, where groups can often determine the intervention of choice.
Based on practice experience in both the UK and the USA, this book brings together groupwork knowledge, skills and values in a transatlantic partnership. The book summarizes the history of gender-based groups for both women and men and outlines a wide range of examples of groups in different contexts. These accounts encompass groups for older women and women facing inequalities in healthcare. Work with homeless people, with caregivers and lesbian and gay youth is described in detail and there is a particular focus on domestic violence, where groups can often determine the intervention of choice.
Subject terms:
homeless people, lesbians, older people, social work, social work methods, social worker teams, women, comparative studies, domestic violence, groups, groupwork, gay men, gender;
Articles on the social changes taking place in St. Petersburg, after the euphoria of perestroika had evaporated. Social problems looked at include: homelessness, unemployment, homeless children living on the streets, crime, and poverty. Places these issues in the context of the ineffectiveness of state social policy and the role social work could play in alleviating these problems.
Articles on the social changes taking place in St. Petersburg, after the euphoria of perestroika had evaporated. Social problems looked at include: homelessness, unemployment, homeless children living on the streets, crime, and poverty. Places these issues in the context of the ineffectiveness of state social policy and the role social work could play in alleviating these problems.
Subject terms:
homeless people, homelessness, homosexuality, housing, mental health problems, older people, physical disabilities, poverty, prostitution, refugees, social policy, social welfare, social work, suicide, alcohol misuse, children, crime, drug misuse, families, employment;
Student textbook written in response to the new social welfare era ushered in by the Reagan presidency. Includes chapters on: social work as a profession; religion and social work; poverty and the nature and causes of poverty; child welfare; crime and criminal justice; mental health and developmental disability; health care; housing and homelessness; ageing; and responses to human diversity.
Student textbook written in response to the new social welfare era ushered in by the Reagan presidency. Includes chapters on: social work as a profession; religion and social work; poverty and the nature and causes of poverty; child welfare; crime and criminal justice; mental health and developmental disability; health care; housing and homelessness; ageing; and responses to human diversity.
Subject terms:
homeless people, homelessness, housing, learning disabilities, learning disability nursing, older people, physical disabilities, poverty, religions, social welfare, social work, social work theories, students, ageing, children, crime, criminal justice;
immigrants, homeless people, homelessness, housing, inner cities, learning disabilities, legal aid, local authorities, local government, local government finance, mental health problems, NHS, mothers, offenders, older people, physical disabilities, probation, poverty, pre-school children, punishment, social services, social work, social care provision, urban areas, welfare state, young people, after care, alcohol misuse, benefits, central government, children, community health care, drug misuse, education, employment, family planning, financing, Gypsies, health care;