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Social work in partnership: issues in collaborative research
- Authors:
- FISHER Mike, LUKEY Vivienne, WILKINGS Patrick
- Publisher:
- University of Sheffield. Department of Sociological Studies
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Sheffield
Short paper looking at models of partnership and collaboration with users in social work practice. Part of a larger developmental research programme to build models of partnership practice in child care and in services to older people.
Has service user participation made a difference to social care services?
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, CARR Sarah
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 31p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper brings together the key themes and findings from the synthesis of six literature reviews on the impact of user participation on change and improvement in social care services. Reviews on older people, children and young people, people with learning difficulties and disabled people were commissioned by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). Reviews on mental health service user participation and on general user/ consumer involvement were commissioned by NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development Programme. The aim of this work is to give an overview or synthesis of these reviews in order to provide a comprehensive, accessible account of what is currently known about the impact of service user participation on change and improvement in social care services. It will also provide a basis for SCIE Practice guides on service user participation.
Age consumer direction and outcomes of supportive services at home
- Authors:
- BENJAMIN A.E., MATTHIAS Ruth E.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 41(5), October 2001, pp.632-642.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Supportive services at home are essential for older people with severe chronic impairments. Newer "consumer-directed" models of organising home-based services rely heavily on service recipients rather than home care agencies to arrange and direct care at home. This study examined differences in service experience and outcomes between recipients over the under age 65 who direct their own services in one large medicaid programme in the USA. Findings indicate that although younger recipients embrace self-direction more enthusiastically than older ones, age differences are small on a majority of service outcomes. On average, older users embrace this model and manage within it much like younger users. Some differences emerge between the young-old (65-74) and old-old (75 plus), but these are neither consistent nor determinative. Concludes that old age is far from an inevitable barrier to self-direction. As with other age groups there are opportunities and obstacles to be addressed as this newer approach to home care is disseminated.
Enabling research: people with learning difficulties. Elderly people. Young children
- Authors:
- SIMONS Ken, RICHARDS Sally, HAYDEN Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 12(2), 1994, pp.4-8.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Workshop leaders were tasked with presenting a session about particular issues arising when carrying out consumer research with different groups of people. The groups of people under consideration were people with learning difficulties, older people and young people. Reports on the issues explored in the different workshops.
User participation in health and social care research: voices, values and evaluation
- Editors:
- NOLAN Mike, et al, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 232p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
User participation in research is still in its relative infancy with many practical, ethical, moral, methodological and philosophical questions unanswered. This text gathers together an international set of authors to explore these issues and begin to forge some practical solutions to each of these concerns. The book includes contributions on the use and application of narrative approaches, intervention and evaluation research, methodological development and quality thresholds. It provides a practical framework for all groups wishing to undertake research based on the principles and values of user participation. The book is structured around ten original case studies which explore the use of participatory methods in practice with a variety of groups across diverse health, social care and community settings. These include older people, including those with dementia, people with learning disability, mental health service users and their carers, and children and young people. Unique and often groundbreaking studies from Australia, Sweden, the UK, and the USA are used to illustrate application of theory to research practice.
Access to and use of Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) by children, young people and parents: a national survey
- Author:
- SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH UNIT
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) are a key part of the user involvement system in the NHS in England. Reports on a national survey of PALS to examine the extent to which PALS have developed in ways that are inclusive of children, young people and parents. Respondents from 243 PALS provided information for the survey; 122 in PCTs, 101 in NHS trusts, 15 serving both PCTs and NHS Trusts, and 5 in Children's Hospitals. Discusses the findings in relation to staffing, location and open hours, links with other organisations, training and ability to deal with users concerns.
Social inclusion and community care
- Author:
- TOWELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 2000, pp.5-7.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
The pursuit of concerted policies to build a more inclusive society or, more precisely, to tackle social exclusion, is arguably the 'big idea' of New Labour's first year in government. Asks what opportunities and challenges this over-arching policy agenda offers for improving what we call community care.
Critical issues in social research: power and prejudice
- Editors:
- HOOD Suzanne, MAYALL Berry, OLIVER Sandy
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 186p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Addresses questions such as: whose interests are served by research; for whom is it undertaken; what research methods are appropriate; and how can those researched find a voice in the research process. To illustrate these questions, contains papers on: children and childhood; children in developing countries; learning difficulties and research; disturbed young people; women's private past; black and minority ethnic health; frail elderly people; gay men; the targets of health promotion; and users of health services.
Social work research with minority and oppressed populations: methodological issues and innovations
- Editors:
- POTOCKY Miriam, RODGERS-FARMER Antoinette Y.
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 130p.,bibliog. SERIES
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
Contains papers on: facilitating the participation of gay and bisexual men in intervention and research; methodological issues when developing prevention programmes for low income young people from urban areas; methodological issues in social work research with depressed women of colour; conceptual and methodological considerations in rsearch with black and minority ethnic older people; and applying Rasch Analysis to exploring the differences in depression between African-American and white children.
Social work practice in health care
- Editors:
- BADAWI Mieke, BIAMONTI Brenda
- Publisher:
- Woodhead-Faulkner
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 212p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Discusses ways of organising social work in a health setting; the nature of health-based social work; building links between the hospital and community; multidisciplinary framework; and working with various client groups, including children, old people and the chronically ill.