Focusing on the enormous organizational and cultural changes that
local authority social services have undergone since the 1990 NHS
and Community Care Act, this volume provides an overview of the
structure and function of social care at practice, management and
policy levels. It contains contributions from leading academics,
researchers and practitioners in the UK, and also includes chapters
on the experiences of the rest of Europe and the US.
The contributors examine the impact and effectiveness of key
shifts in the weighting of responsibility of central and local
government; who the purchasers and providers of social care are;
the interaction between social services and other agencies; the
relationship between voluntary and statutory sectors; and the
involvement of users and carers in service design and
provision.
They assess the significance of the breakdown of the traditional
distinctions and roles underlying social care, and lay the
foundations for effective and coordinated future policy, practice
and research. With the publication of the Labor Government's White
Paper Modernizing Social Services, the future of social care is set
for yet more upheaval. This volume will provide an indispensable
overview of the evolution and destiny of local authority social
services for students, practitioners and managers.
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