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Social Work and direct payments
- Authors:
- GLASBY Jon, LITTLECHILD Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 172p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book summarises and builds on current knowledge and research on direct payments in the UK and considers developments in other European countries. It identifies good practice in the area and explores the implications of direct payments for users and social workers. Through direct payments, recipients are able to control and integrate into their daily routines a wide range of health-related activities, in ways which offer increased independence and better quality of life, compared with conventional services. I