Social Care Practice in Context

by Adams, Robert; Dominelli, Lena; Payne, Malcolm

• ISBN13: 9780230521810
• ISBN10: 0230521819
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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.

Author Biography

MALCOLM PAYNE is Director of Psychosocial and Spiritual Care at St. Christopher's Hospice, London.

Table of Contents

Figures	p. vii
Research boxes	p. viii
Tables	p. ix
Introduction	p. x
What is social care practice?	p. 1
What is social care?	p. 1
Social care, citizenship and social services	p. 4
Care and caring	p. 10
The social	p. 19
Social care and social work	p. 23
Conclusion	p. 24
Main points	p. 25
Stop and think	p. 25
Taking it further	p. 25
Valuing users and carers	p. 26
Normalizing and valuing: objectives in the caring arena	p. 26
General social factors	p. 29
Long-term care	p. 36
The elements of social care	p. 37
Social care now	p. 49
Conclusion	p. 50
Main points	p. 51
Stop and think	p. 51
Taking it further	p. 51
The state and the individual	p. 52
Social care service agencies and policy	p. 52
Understanding social care agencies	p. 53
Social care policy and legislation	p. 62
Community care and child care policy	p. 69
Practice impact of policy and finance for community social care	p. 74
Policy initiatives	p. 75
Conclusion	p. 78
Main points	p. 79
Stop and think	p. 79
Taking it further	p. 79
Engaging and assessing in social care	p. 81
Engagement: taking on a social care identity	p. 81
Engagement practice	p. 83
Developmental caring	p. 86
Assessment	p. 89
Conclusion	p. 100
Main points	p. 101
Stop and think	p. 101
Taking it further	p. 102
Partnership with agencies and colleagues	p. 103
Partnership to provide continuity	p. 103
Boundaries	p. 104
Negotiation	p. 105
Community social work	p. 108
Social care and wider care services	p. 109
Forms of service partnership	p. 111
Coordination between services	p. 118
Advocacy	p. 123
Conclusion	p. 126
Main points	p. 127
Stop and think	p. 127
Taking it further	p. 127
Personal and social intervention	p. 129
The objectives of social care practice interventions	p. 129
Body, mind and spirit in social care	p. 132
Ecological aims: time and place	p. 136
Networking	p. 138
Support	p. 139
Services to carers	p. 141
Care management approaches	p. 144
Direct payments, independent budgeting and self-directed care	p. 151
Risk and protection	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 158
Main points	p. 158
Stop and think	p. 158
Taking it further	p. 159
Endings, monitoring and evaluation	p. 160
Ending social care: personal and professional implications	p. 160
Monitoring, evaluation and review	p. 162
Audit	p. 170
Research	p. 171
Staff development and supervision	p. 175
Conclusion	p. 177
Main points	p. 177
Stop and think	p. 177
Taking it further	p. 178
The future of social care	p. 179
Abbreviations	p. 183
Glossary	p. 184
Bibliography	p. 188
Index	p. 202
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