FORSGARDE Marianne, WESTMAN Berith, NYGREN Lennart
Journal article citation:
Journal of Interprofessional Care, 14(4), November 2000, pp.351-361.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Due to social policy reforms in Sweden, professionals with a social and a medical education work together. Reported conflicts within municipal elderly and disabled care, related to professional training, sometimes result in a deteriorated work climate. As an attempt to improve the work climate in interprofessional groups, an intervention study was set up in four 'experimental dwellings' where staff participated in systematic ethical group discussions. Work climate was studied before and after the intervention using a questionnaire measuring sense of coherence, job satisfaction, and burnout among the staff. The small observed changes after intervention indicate that the intervention did not lead to the expected improvement of work climate, but might also result from the chosen scales inability to measure complex social processes. The importance of interprofessional discussions about everyday skills and values is stressed.
Due to social policy reforms in Sweden, professionals with a social and a medical education work together. Reported conflicts within municipal elderly and disabled care, related to professional training, sometimes result in a deteriorated work climate. As an attempt to improve the work climate in interprofessional groups, an intervention study was set up in four 'experimental dwellings' where staff participated in systematic ethical group discussions. Work climate was studied before and after the intervention using a questionnaire measuring sense of coherence, job satisfaction, and burnout among the staff. The small observed changes after intervention indicate that the intervention did not lead to the expected improvement of work climate, but might also result from the chosen scales inability to measure complex social processes. The importance of interprofessional discussions about everyday skills and values is stressed.
Collection of papers exploring current challenges facing practitioners across a broad spectrum of the caring professions. Includes chapters on: reshaping welfare; the public administration model of welfare delivery; community care in the 1990s; changes in maternity policy; human behaviour and social policy; theory and practice in health and social care; applying reflective practice; reflection and reflective practice; requirements of a caregiver; social work values; anti oppressive theory and practice in social work; working with diversity; keys to collaboration; collaboration and conflict within the treatment team; using psychotherapeutic concepts to understand team conflict; the missing link in quality assurance for disabled people; developing the role of user involvement in the UK; the role of women support staff in relation to men with learning difficulties who have difficult sexual behaviour; care costs; confidentiality, accountability and the boundaries of client worker relationships; obstacles to medical audit; the accreditation experience; the resettlement of people with severe learning difficulties; the creative work of care package purchasing; voluntary sector boards in a changing public policy environment; professional practice in social work and health care; a new social basis for welfare; and user voice, interprofessionalism and postmodernity.
Collection of papers exploring current challenges facing practitioners across a broad spectrum of the caring professions. Includes chapters on: reshaping welfare; the public administration model of welfare delivery; community care in the 1990s; changes in maternity policy; human behaviour and social policy; theory and practice in health and social care; applying reflective practice; reflection and reflective practice; requirements of a caregiver; social work values; anti oppressive theory and practice in social work; working with diversity; keys to collaboration; collaboration and conflict within the treatment team; using psychotherapeutic concepts to understand team conflict; the missing link in quality assurance for disabled people; developing the role of user involvement in the UK; the role of women support staff in relation to men with learning difficulties who have difficult sexual behaviour; care costs; confidentiality, accountability and the boundaries of client worker relationships; obstacles to medical audit; the accreditation experience; the resettlement of people with severe learning difficulties; the creative work of care package purchasing; voluntary sector boards in a changing public policy environment; professional practice in social work and health care; a new social basis for welfare; and user voice, interprofessionalism and postmodernity.
Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, joint working, interprofessional relations, learning disabilities, mixed economy of care, NHS, nurses, multidisciplinary services, physical disabilities, prevention, quality assurance, reflective practice, severe learning disabilities, social policy, social services, social welfare, social care, social care provision, social work methods, social work theories, staff-user relationships, teamwork, voluntary sector, accountability, anti-discriminatory practice, anti-oppressive practice, black and minority ethnic people, community care, ethics, health care;