Social Care Practice in Context

ISBN-13: 9780230521810 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 240 str.

M Payne

Opis

In this book, best-selling author Malcolm Payne analyzes the major elements of social care practice, showing how social care reflects the core values and methods of traditional social work. He looks at the varying contexts in which social care takes place, from secure units through residential care to people's own homes, the interlocking agencies that provide it, and the relationships at its heart. Each chapter includes an account of the key issues and research from the literature, brief case vignettes and exercises to help readers to apply what they have learned to their own practice.

Spis treści

What is Social Care Practice?.- Valuing Users and Carers.- The State and the Individual.- Engaging and Assessing in Social Care.- Partnership with Agencies and Colleagues.- Personal and Social Intervention.- Endings, Monitoring and Evaluation.- Development for Service Users, Carers and Practitioners.- Social Care Futures.

O autorze

MALCOLM PAYNE is Adviser, Policy and Development, at St. Christopher's Hospice, London, UK, where he was previously Director of Psychosocial and Spiritual Care. He is Emeritus Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University and Honorary Professor at Kingston University/St George's University of London. He is the author of many books, including the international best-seller, Modern Social Work Theory.

Blurb

In this clear and insightful book, best selling author Malcolm Payne analyses the major elements of social care practice, explaining how caring and social work skills and values are crucial to effective social care.

Through theory, research evidence and skill development, Payne identifies the varying contexts in which social care takes place, the agencies that provide it and the relationships at its heart. The book explains the key practical social care skills:

• How to be receptive to users' and carers' own understanding of their needs
• How to develop continuity in service provision
• How to use effective interpersonal engagement with users and carers to ensure a positive future for them in which they have as much control over their care as possible
• How to work in partnership with colleagues and other agencies

With practice and case examples, research boxes, further reading and reflection activities, this book is a stimulating read for social work and community care students and practitioners.