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As public spending cuts bite, joint working between health and
social care is more important than ever before - but even harder to
achieve. Following a series of high profile reforms and policy
announcements, this substantially updated second edition highlights
key developments under both the UK New Labour (1997-2010) and the
Coalition governments (2010-), focusing on the key policy and
practice dilemmas facing community health and social services. With
partnership working now part of core business rather than an
optional extra, this book is essential reading for anyone studying
or working in health and social care. It provides practical
material to populate the theoretical and conceptual knowledge of
social policy students, and conceptual material to help make sense
of the practical experience of professional students on training
courses. It also appeals to both a social care and a health care
audience - and particularly to those who seek to work such
boundaries.
UK health and social care are increasingly being asked to work
together across traditional agency boundaries. Although this sounds
easy in theory, doing it in practice is complicated and difficult.
In many cases, moreover, current training programmes, research and
textbooks are even more divided than front-line services, and
practitioners and managers are often being given the task of making
partnerships work without the necessary support. Against this
background, the second edition of this bestselling book provides a
concise 'warts and all' introduction to partnership and
integration, summarising updated references to current policy and
research, setting out useful frameworks and approaches, and helping
policy makers and practitioners to work more effectively together,
with greater emphasis on 'integrated care'. Written by the leading
authors in the field and fully updated since the Health and Social
Care Act 2012, the book is also fully evidence- and research-based,
while still being accessible and applicable to everyday practice.
Aimed at students, practitioners, managers and policy makers in
health and social care, and including new reflective exercises and
boxed examples, this is still the one book that everyone in the
field should read.
This is the concise, accessible guide for students and
practitioners who want a comprehensive introduction to health and
social care. Engaging practical features, such as user-focused case
studies and reflective exercises, promote understanding of
theoretical and conceptual knowledge. In turn, clear explanations
of social policy theory help frame the policy and practice dilemmas
faced by students, front-line workers and policy makers. Chapters
cover partnership working and integrated care, independent living,
disability and long-term conditions, discrimination, user
involvement and support for carers. This new edition has been
updated to cover key developments under the Coalition and beyond,
including the 2012 Health Act, the 2014 Care Act, the Francis
inquiry, the Winterbourne View abuse scandal, the integrated care
agenda and the impact of austerity.
In the context of the Care Act 2014, this third edition of the
leading textbook on personalisation considers key policy changes
since 2009 and new research into the extension and outcomes of
personal budgets. Direct payments and personal budgets have
developed rapidly, transforming the whole of adult social care. In
future, all care will be delivered via a personal budget, with
direct payments as the default rather than the exception. As the
concepts have spread from adult social care to other sectors, the
changes have been controversial and difficult to implement.
Front-line practitioners and people using services have struggled
to make sense of these ways of working in a challenging financial
and policy context. This accessible textbook is essential reading
for students, practitioners and policy makers in social work and
community care services.
In the context of the Care Act 2014, this third edition of the
leading textbook on personalisation considers key policy changes
since 2009 and new research into the extension and outcomes of
personal budgets. Direct payments and personal budgets have
developed rapidly, transforming the whole of adult social care. In
future, all care will be delivered via a personal budget, with
direct payments as the default rather than the exception. As the
concepts have spread from adult social care to other sectors, the
changes have been controversial and difficult to implement.
Front-line practitioners and people using services have struggled
to make sense of these ways of working in a challenging financial
and policy context. This accessible textbook is essential reading
for students, practitioners and policy makers in social work and
community care services.
This unique book brings together, for the first time, advocates and
critics of the personalisation agenda in English social care
services to debate key issues relating to personalisation.
Perspectives from service users, practitioners, academics and
policy commentators come together to give an account of the
practicalities and controversies associated with the implementation
of personalised approaches. The conclusion examines how to make
sense of the divergent accounts presented, asking if there is a
value-based approach to person-centred care that all sides share.
Written in a lively and accessible way, practitioners, students,
policy makers and academics in health and social care, social work,
public policy and social policy will appreciate the interplay of
rival arguments and the way that ambiguities in the care debate
play out as policy ideas take programmatic form.
Commissioning is now a key task for health and social care - and
yet policy aspirations often outstrip the infrastructure needed to
support commissioners as they take difficult decisions about future
services and to make commissioning a career of choice for future
leaders. While commissioning was important under New Labour, it
seems set to be even more fundamental now as commissioners think
about future services in an era of austerity. Against this
background, this is the first comprehensive text on a key area of
management practice , exploring what commissioning is, where it has
come from and where it might be taking us. With a wide range of
leading contributors from fields including health care, social
care, local government , the book takes students, practitioners and
managers through key stages of the commissioning cycle as well as
addressing cross-cutting themes such as the economics of
commissioning, user involvement and commissioning in an era of
personalisation. It is essential reading for everyone involved in
the planning and delivery of health and social care - for social
policy students, health and social care practitioners, managers and
policy makers alike.
The 1996 Community Care (Direct Payments) Act came into force in 1
April 1997, empowering social services departments to make cash
payments to some service users in lieu of direct service provision.
Social work and direct payments guides readers through the issues
at stake in this fundamental area of practice. The book summarises
and builds on current knowledge and research about 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, both for service users and for
social work staff.
As a field, health and social care is facing considerable challenge
and debate, in the UK and internationally. This clear and succinct
text offers a valuable introductory guide to this multidisciplinary
subject, helping people who want to study or work in health and
social care understand why these services matter, how they have
developed and how they work. Framed by vital historical and social
policy context, the book considers: * The social context in which
health and social care are delivered * The history and nature of
current services * Organising, funding and delivering services *
How to be a professional in practice Including chapter summaries
and links to further reading, this text will be invaluable to
undergraduate students on programmes in Health and Social Care,
Social Work, Nursing, Allied Health Professions, Social Policy and
related applied social science subjects, as well as to A-level and
Foundation programmes prior to University.
In many areas of the welfare state, there is a growing emphasis on
'evidence-based policy and practice.' Against this background - in
health care and social care - the contributions in this book
provide a hard-hitting and deliberately provocative overview of:
the relationship between evidence, policy, and practice; how policy
is implemented; and how research can and should influence the
policy process. Written by leading analysts and researchers, the
book develops an alternative view of evidence-based policy and
practice and the policy-making process, suggesting a more inclusive
idea of 'knowledge-based practice.'
This is the concise, accessible guide for students and
practitioners who want a comprehensive introduction to health and
social care. Engaging practical features, such as user-focused case
studies and reflective exercises, promote understanding of
theoretical and conceptual knowledge. In turn, clear explanations
of social policy theory help frame the policy and practice dilemmas
faced by students, front-line workers and policy makers. Chapters
cover partnership working and integrated care, independent living,
disability and long-term conditions, discrimination, user
involvement and support for carers. This new edition has been
updated to cover key developments under the Coalition and beyond,
including the 2012 Health Act, the 2014 Care Act, the Francis
inquiry, the Winterbourne View abuse scandal, the integrated care
agenda and the impact of austerity.
Improving partnership working between health and social care
agencies has long been a feature of government policy but has
recently gained increased impetus as a result of New Labour's
commitment to joined-up government. This book provides a detailed
but accessible introduction to policy and practice at the interface
between health and social care. Drawing on key research, government
policies and real-life case studies, the book assists health and
social care professionals to work more effectively together in
order to improve services for users and carers. The health and
social care divide: explains why partnerships are important and
what helps or hinders partnership working; reviews the legal and
policy framework, providing a chronological overview and placing
current initiatives in their historical and social policy context;
summarises existing research findings with regard to key health and
social care policy debates; uses case studies to explore the
implications of this research for health and social care
practitioners; provides good practice guidance for both students
and frontline practitioners. The book is designed as an
introductory text for those working or training to work in a
multi-agency environment. In particular, it will be of interest to
social work, nursing, therapy and medical students, frontline
practitioners and those undertaking post-qualification training
courses.
Improving partnership working between health and social care
agencies has long been a feature of government policy but has
recently gained increased impetus as a result of New Labour's
commitment to joined-up government. This book provides a detailed
but accessible introduction to policy and practice at the interface
between health and social care. book assists health and social care
professionals to work more effectively together in order to improve
services for users and carers. and what helps or hinders
partnership working; reviews the legal and policy framework,
providing a chronological overview and placing current initiatives
in their historical and social policy context; summarises existing
research findings with regard to key health and social care policy
debates; uses case studies to explore the implications of this
research for health and social care practitioners; provides good
practice guidance for both students and frontline practitioners.
work in a multi-agency environment. In particular, it will be of
interest to social work, nursing, therapy and medical students,
frontline practitioners and those undertaking post-qualification
training courses.
Maintaining a balance between managing and assessing risk and
upholding the required high standards of practice in health and
social care can be demanding, particularly in the current climate
of increased preoccupation with the difficult tensions between
rights, protection and risk-taking. Good Practice in Assessing Risk
is a comprehensive guide to good practice for those working with
risk, covering a wide variety of health, social care and criminal
justice settings including child protection, mental health, work
with sex offenders and work with victims of domestic violence. The
contributors discuss a range of key issues relating to risk
including positive risk-taking, collaborating with victims and
practitioners in the design of assessment tools, resilience to
risk, and defensibility. The book also explores the role of
bureaucracy in hindering high quality professional practice,
complex decision-making in situations of stress or potential blame,
and involving service users in assessment. This book reflects the
latest policy and practice within health, social care and criminal
justice and will be an invaluable volume to all professionals
working in these fields.
This highly regarded book offers a clear and considered guide to
modern mental health policy and practice. Building on the success
of previous editions, this third edition provides: * An up-to-date
overview of the changes to mental health policy and practice as
they apply to a broad range of mental health services, from primary
care and forensic mental health issues * A focus on mental health
specific issues in the context of broader health and social care
reforms, including the reform of primary care, the impact of
austerity and the personalisation agenda * A greater exploration of
what interagency working means: it goes beyond issues with health
and social services and explores the everyday services that are
essential to everyone * A range of case studies, reflection and
analyses, followed by engaging exercises and suggestions for
further reading. This book is designed for students of social work,
social policy, nursing and health taking courses on mental health
policy and practice. It also serves as an important update for
practitioners in the field.
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