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Care managers can be champions for direct payments
- Author:
- BEWLEY Catherine
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 6(4), June 2000, pp.13-16.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Since the introduction of direct payments in 1997, only limited progress has been made in introducing schemes for people with learning difficulties. This article reviews the developments and the challenges, including the difficulties caused by publicity over the South Lanarkshire case. Care managers should do more to support and promote direct payments which are "exciting, challenging, innovative tools that help us towards empowerment and equality".
Alice in social work wonderland: reflections on disability policy and services during student placement
- Author:
- SHERMAN Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 52(3), September 1999, pp.57-61.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article discusses observations from student placement in the area of disabilities and reflects on the role of a social worker.
Power cut prevention
- Author:
- SIDDIQUI Salma
- Journal article citation:
- Care Weekly, 22.9.94, 1994, pp.10-11.
Empowerment has become the cornerstone of community care. Yet, few managers fully appreciate the complexity of moving from a professional-led service to one based on an equitable sharing of power between clients and practitioners. A research project that explored the possibilities and the level of consumer empowerment in services for physically disabled people found that empowerment challenged traditional models of service delivery.
Taking rights structurally: disability, rights and social worker responses to direct payments
- Author:
- STAINTON Tim
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 32(6), September 2002, pp.751-763.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article examines the link between a justice and rights discourse and disability policy and practice. Specifically, it considers social worker responses to direct payments, a policy which has been linked to a discourse of social justice and rights. The article initially considers the nature of justice and rights, arguing that these can plausibly be seen to be grounded in the idea of autonomy and that a rights or justice based social policy and practice must be grounded in the protection, enhancement and development of the capacity for autonomous action. The article then presents partial findings of a research project, which sampled social workers' views and attitudes towards direct payments in three local authorities. The findings suggest that social workers are aware of the link between direct payments and autonomy and are generally very supportive of the move to a rights based approach to policy and practice as evidenced by programmes such as direct payments. The article concludes that structural constraints limit social workers' ability to fully function from a rights based approach to disability.
Social work practice with disabled children
- Author:
- GRIFFITHS Elisabeth
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 50p.bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
This book aims to explore the experiences of five families who have received social work input because their child or children are disabled. It aims to establish whether they found the input a help or a hindrance, empowering or further disabling for themselves and their children. Contents: literature review; method and methodology; presentation, discussion and analysis of results; conclusions, recommendations and suggestions for future research.
Ramps and civil rights
- Author:
- SAPEY Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 7(1), 1995, pp.5-18.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reviews the literature on housing and disability from a civil rights perspective. Presents strong evidence that housing cannot be ignored by social workers if they are to be effective in the provision of genuine community care. It argues for an increased involvement of social workers in this field as they have the skills that could benefit disabled people and because of the evidence that if it is left to occupational therapists and district council officials, there will be a disregard of the 'civil rights' perspective. Finally, suggests specific ways in which social workers could work effectively with disabled people to enable them to live independently.
Humanistic approaches to health care: focus on social work
- Editor:
- BERKOWITZ Norma
- Publisher:
- Venture Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 236p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Looks at social work practice in health care in the United States and internationally. Stresses the caring and humanising role of the social worker when working with those who have health problems. Includes chapters on: alcohol abuse; social work practice in hospitals; oncology social work and palliative care in the United States; primary health care and its relation to generalist practice and to public health; social work and family planning in Russia; HIV and AIDS; community mental health services in Slovenia; social work practice with refugee populations in Hungary; disabled people; empowerment; and preparing social workers for practice in health care.