Book Review: Critical Perspectives on Children's Social Services Reform by Robin Sen and Christian Kerr (eds)
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 349-351
ISSN: 1461-703X
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 349-351
ISSN: 1461-703X
In: Social policy and administration
ISSN: 1467-9515
AbstractSocial services in the welfare sector consist of women‐dominated jobs generally characterised by arduous working conditions, including exposure to client violence. Although there is a rather extensive research base on client violence in institutional social services, less is known about how client violence is handled in noninstitutional social services. Using longitudinal data obtained from the Swedish Work Environment Agency's register on work injuries caused by workplace violence, we examined the effects of organisational factors and employee characteristics on the reporting of client violence in noninstitutional social services. We found that most of the reports about work injuries caused by client violence are filed by public employers and that most reports concern occupational groups performing direct care services in clients' homes. Moreover, although most reports include female employees and incidents of physical violence, reports concerning male employees are comparatively more likely to include physical violence, and reports concerning female employees are comparatively more likely to include threats. Taken together, our findings point to a much‐needed improvement of health and safety measures for care workers in noninstitutional social services in Sweden.
In: Journal of human rights and social work
ISSN: 2365-1792
In: Notfall & Rettungsmedizin: Organ von: Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin
ISSN: 1436-0578
ZusammenfassungDer Rettungsdienst hat sich auf operativer Ebene im Einsatzgeschehen u. a. durch den demografischen Wandel und Leistungsreduktionen im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen von einer Notfallversorgungseinrichtung zu einem rund um die Uhr erreichbarem sozialmedizinischen Dienstleister verändert. Die Mehrzahl der Fälle stellen Menschen mit chronischen, subakuten Erkrankungen und psychosozialen Herausforderungen dar. Eine Verweisung auf pflegerische, hausärztliche oder soziale Dienste wird nur dann erfolgreich sein, wenn diese auch verlässlich durch die Leitstellen disponierbar sind und keine Fallabweisung und somit Rückdelegation an die Leitstelle durchführen können.Der Leitstelle kommt somit eine fachliche Beratungs-, Lenkungs- und Maklerfunktion zu, die idealerweise auch auf Ressourcen wie Acute Community Nurses, Gemeinde-Notfallsanitäter und Akutsozialarbeiter zurückgreifen kann. Damit können für einen Teil der Anliegen passender und zielgerichtetere Strategien angewandt werden und der Rettungsdienst entlastet werden. Auf planerischer und strategischer Ebene muss dieser Paradigmenwechsel in Bereichen wie Ausbildungsschwerpunkte, Leitstellenberatung, Einsatztaktik, eingesetzte Berufsgruppen noch mit vollzogen werden.Diese Änderungen gilt es als Chance zu einer fairen und gleichmässigen sozialen, medizinischen und pflegerischen Versorgung seitens der Führungskräfte, Mitarbeiter und Kostenträger des Rettungswesen aktiv mitzugestalten.
Chapter 1. Welfare State Reforms and Their Implications for Social Work in Central and Southeast Europe -- Chapter 2. The Austrian Welfare State – a Halfway House -- Chapter 3. Social Policy and Social Work in the Czech Republic: Partners at Fragile Times -- Chapter 4. The Politics of Welfare – From Rights to Obligations: The Case of Slovenia -- Chapter 5. Social Work and Social Policy in Croatia in Times of Continuous Reforms and Crisis -- Chapter 6. Three Decades of Post-Yugoslav Tranformation(s) of Social Policy and Social Work in Serbia – Still Between Uncertainty and Failure -- Chapter 7. Social Policies and Social Services in North Macedonia: Between Ideology and Reality -- Chapter 8. Social Welfare Policy and Social Work in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Chapter 9. Social Protection in the Republic of Srpska: Conditions, Challenges and Reforms -- Chapter 10. Toward a Post-Crisis Welfare State in Central and Southeast Europe: Challenges and Perspectives.
What is Social Exclusion? -- Social Work Values, Poverty and Exclusion -- Tackling Exclusion in Practice -- Working with Socially Excluded Children and Families -- Tackling Exclusion of Young People -- Social Care and Excluded Adults -- Working with Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods -- Social Work and Social Exclusion in Rural Areas -- Racism and Social Exclusion -- Racism and Social Exclusion.
"This book will inspire the next generation of social work practitioners to integrate research into their everyday social justice practice. Through highlighting the centrality of values to the task of research and the possibilities for enacting social justice through our research practice, it argues for respectful, meaningful and just relationships with the people with whom we do research and build knowledge; acknowledge the ongoing impact of colonialism; respect diversity; and commit to working towards social change. With First Nations Worldviews - ways of knowing, ways of being, ways of doing - weaved throughout the text, this book seeks to both reclaim ancient knowledges and disrupt Western research traditions. Divided into three sections - a strong rationale for the importance of research skills to social work practice; - step-by-step guides on doing social research aimed at novice researchers; - a series of examples of applied social justice projects Bringing the authors' passion for finding new ways 'doing' research and contesting traditional research paradigms of objectivity and the scientific, it advocates for knowledge building that is participatory, emancipatory, and empowered. It will be required reading for all social work students at both the undergraduate and masters level as well as professionals looking to put research into practice"--
Social workers are increasingly faced with contemporary global challenges such as inequality, climate change and displacement of people. As a field committed to supporting the world's most vulnerable populations and communities, social work must adapt to meet the needs of this changing global landscape. Re-imagining Social Work broadens the imaginative horizons for social workers and acquaints readers with their potential to creatively contribute to global change. Written in an accessible style, this book motivates readers to think outside the box when it comes to linking theory to their social work practice, in order to construct innovative solutions to prominent social problems. Re-imagining Social Work provides a unique perspective on how social work can evolve for the future. Through theory and critical perspective, this book provides the skills required to be an innovative creative social worker.
In: Social Inclusion, Band 12
Solva in West Wales, UK, is a small community with about 700 people on the electoral roll. In 2013, Solva Community Council faced the fact that things were not going well for the elderly in our village. Many had to leave home and go "into care." They didn't want to go and we didn't want to lose them. A community councillor at that time, author Mollie Roach, did some research and decided that the village could look after its own. A small working party including first author Frances Barker was set up to plan the way forward. The original idea was not a volunteer service. We wanted to set up a local domiciliary care service, where the carers would live locally and not have to spend their precious time travelling between wide-spread destinations. We soon found that there were several administrative and monetary barriers in the way of setting up such a scheme, especially for a small community. Registration needed money and qualified people. and the "rules" were such as to prevent rather than encourage individual response to individual circumstances. However, we could see that there was a need for a local volunteer service. It is disturbing when you discover you cannot go up a ladder and change a light bulb. It is devastating when you are told you cannot drive anymore because of an eye problem. It is worrying when you cannot take the dog for a good walk or collect your prescription because of arthritis. All these problems are under the radar of statutory services. This is a gap that can be alleviated by a local community-based volunteer scheme. Solva Care evolved with a paid co-ordinator to mediate between volunteers and those needing help. We are now getting closer to the original idea, doing our best to integrate domiciliary and social care, working with agencies, private carers, families, and individuals, as well as continuing to run the volunteer service.
1: Thinking about disability – implications for practice -- 2: Building strong foundations: Listening to and learning from people with intellectual disabilities and their families -- 3: Supporting community participation and life-long learning -- 4: The importance of economic participation for quality of life -- 5: Relationship-based practice with people with mild intellectual disabilities who have been socially marginalised and excluded -- 6: Supporting engagement in everyday life at home and in the community: Active Support -- 7: Healthy lifestyles and primary health care -- 8: Support for people with complex and challenging behaviour -- 9: Support planning with people with disabilities -- 10: The right to participate in decision making: Supported decision making in practice -- 11: 'Nothing about us without us.' Including lived experiences of people with intellectual disabilities in policy and service design -- 12: Organisational culture in disability accommodation services -- 13: Building quality and safeguarding into disability service provision.
Part 1. Complex practice in a complex world -- 1. Introduction: social work in a changing context -- 2. The strengths and limitations of social work -- 3. Becoming a complexity thinker: towards an epistemology of social work practice -- 4. Thinking complexity and acting pragmatically -- Part 2. Thinking complexity in practice -- 5. Early doing and thinking complexity: the Multiple and Complex Needs Initiative -- 6. Thinking complexity across fields of practice: children and older people -- 7. Thinking complexity in management -- 8. Thinking complexity in community development -- 9. Thinking complexity in hospital social work practice -- Part 3. Thinking complexity in Policy, Research and Education -- 10. Thinking complexity in public policy -- 11. Thinking complexity in research -- 12. Thinking complexity in social work education and professional practice -- 13. Next steps: what do we know about thinking complexity and acting pragmatically in social work?.
In: Routledge advances in social work
Introduction: Against critical thinking? -- Critical atmospheres: where are we now with facts, critique and care? -- The rhetoric of urgency: tensions between critique and practice -- Autonomy, critique, and consensus -- Placing the review under review: reconciling critique with assemblage in safeguarding reviews -- The power of critique: looking back and forwards with Foucault -- The vulnerability of critique.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Social Work -- Chapter 2: Introduction to Fieldwork in Social Work -- Chapter 3: Preparing for Fieldwork in Social Work -- Chapter 4: Field Assignments and Duties in Social Work Field Practice -- Chapter 5: Culturally Responsive Diversity in Social Work Field Practice -- Chapter 6: Developing Professional Skills in Social Work Field Practice -- Chapter 7: Assessing and Planning for Agency-Level Field Practice in Social Work -- Chapter 8: Implementation and Intervention in Field Practice at the Agency Level -- Chapter 9: Data Collection for Field Reports in Social Work Practice -- Chapter 10: Navigating Field Settings and Agency Dynamics -- Chapter 11: Working Within Systems: Applications of Assessment Planning Interventions -- Chapter 12: Supervision of Fieldwork Students -- Chapter 13: Challenges and Opportunities in Fieldwork Practice -- Chapter 14: Fieldwork Report Writing Format -- Chapter 15: Reflective Practice and Learning in Fieldwork -- Chapter 16: Concluding and Future Directions in Social Work Field Practice.