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Our way or no way
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.7.01, 2001, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Direct payment schemes can make a positive contribution to care, but what happens when the service user disagrees with the practitioner about how funds should be used? The author talks to a social workers about a case in which the user and her husband had strong views about the type of care they wanted.
Sorry that's not my job any more
- Author:
- VAUX Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.5.01, 2001, p.33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Government plans to reduce GP's paperwork will affect the way in which social services clients claim certain benefits and grants. Explains why social workers should be mindful of the changes.
A practitioner's guide to carers' assessments under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A carers' assessment under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 is carried out at the request of the carer in order: to determine whether the carer is eligible for support; to determine the support needs of the carer (ie what will help the carer in their caring role; and help them to maintain their own health and well -being). To see if those needs can be met by social or other services Carers have a right to an assessment of their needs even where the person cared for has refused an assessment for, or the provision of community care services, provided the person cared for would be eligible for community care services.
Is boarding the only option?
- Authors:
- WARD Linda, ABBOTT David, MORRIS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.12.01, 2001, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Norah Fry Research Institute recently carried out research into the experiences of disabled children who attend residential schools. Describes their findings and messages for social services and education professionals.
Current social work practice in the fields of mental illness and intellectual disability: changing service approaches to people with a disability?
- Authors:
- LOGAN Bill, CHUNG Donna
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 54(3), September 2001, pp.31-42.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study of social work practice and disability follows the history of two fields of disability: mental illness and intellectual disability. Of particular interest are two key policy influences in the disability sector, deinstitutionalisation and normalisation. The extent to which deinstitutionalisation and normalisation have brought real benefit to people with disabilities is examined from the social workers' perspectives. The implementation of these polices and practices on the daily work of social work practice in these two field involves significantly different foci and approach. The study found that the similarities and differences between the two fields of practice are influenced by the historical and contemporary developments in the care and control of people with disabilities.
No sign of harm: issues for disabled children communicating about abuse
- Authors:
- OOSTERHOORN Rebecca, KENDRICK Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 10(4), July 2001, pp.243-253.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article explores the views of professionals working with children using alternative/augmented communication systems on the issues relating to communication about abuse. Interviews were carried out with 20 staff from eight establishments for disabled children across Scotland. It describes the range of alternative/augmented communication systems used and the barriers to communication about abuse. Staff generally accepted the importance of providing the appropriate vocabulary in augmented communication systems, but systems that provide such vocabulary were not widely used. Staff considered that a major difficulty concerned the level of understanding disabled children might have about concepts of abuse. Staff felt that discovery of abuse was more likely to come from them noticing physical signs, behaviour or mood changes than from the child communicating explicitly about abuse. Highlights the need for appropriate training and increased coordination between social work, health and education.
Collaboration facilities and communities in day care services for older people
- Authors:
- BURCH Sarah, BORLAND Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 9(1), January 2001, pp.19-30.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reports on the process of carrying out a randomised controlled trial of different models of day care for older people. The trial compared the outcomes of rehabilitation in a day hospital setting with social services day centres supplemented by visiting therapists. Focuses principally on the difficulties and opportunities encountered in the process of attempting to integrate health and social care provision in a day care setting. The day centre model had several problems, principally discharge policy, acceptability, facilities and attitudes of staff and regular attendees. Positive aspects of the day centre model, as well as successful rehabilitation, included shared skills, knowledge and resources. This article suggests that collaborative working in day centres requires multipurpose facilities.
Integrated practice: using narratives to develop theories in social care
- Author:
- HIGHAM Patricia
- Publisher:
- Venture Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 90p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
This book argues that examples from research, practice and education provide threads of evidence that orient the student and practitioner to selected theoretical concepts. The book seeks to show how social care workers can use particular approaches to be more effective in practice. Examples are taken from research in older people in residential homes, people with learning difficulties and their families, and the Sure Start programme.
Social work practice with depressed mothers in child and family care
- Author:
- SHEPPARD Michael
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 250p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Evaluates the processes of social work intervention in terms of their appropriateness for depressed mothers and their families, based on interviews with nearly one hundred such women and their social workers. Discusses the women's experience of depression and the social workers' mental health attributions. Examines the clients' particular problems and needs, the social work response and the involvement of mental health agencies. Examines interventions related to child protection, family support and disabled children and describes the womens' experience of receiving intervention. draws conclusions and makes recommendations for future practice.
Double dilemma
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.7.01, 2001, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
How a social worker approached a case involving a mother with parenting problems and her twin teenage daughters, one of whom is profoundly disabled while the other exhibits very challenging behaviour.