In this essay I will define client empowerment in planning care as it is applied to adults, especially adults at risk of neglect and abuse, and explore how care management policy aims to empower clients. There is a dilemma in Mr Bankss case which appl
Planning Care for Adults Balancing risk management, and client empowerment in planning care In this essay I will define client empowerment in planning care as it is applied to adults, especially adults at risk of neglect and abuse, and explore how care management policy aims to empower clients. I will then look at the notion of risk management, and explore what risks are associated with care and support for older people, using the example of Mr Banks as my case study. I will evaluate how risk can be minimised, managed and monitored, including risks to the health and welfare of informal carers. Care planning is a way of agreeing, arranging and managing the services or help needed to enable a person to live at home or to move into a residential or nursing home. It is the process of developing an agreement between the client and the social worker, where client problems, outcomes to be achieved and actions to be pursued in support of a goal achievement are identified. It involves noting both formal and informal services and intended results in a written document. In the assessment stage of care planning, each service user receives an assessment of their care needs and must meet appropriate criteria for the services to be provided. When a service or services have been arranged, a care plan will be written and a copy given to the user. This will contain details of what services
The literature I will be critically reviewing is an article entitled, Parental substance misuse and child care social work: findings from the first stage of a study of 100 families. It was written by Donald Forrester and Judith Harwin.
A CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW ON PARENTAL SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND CHILD CARE SOCIAL WORK: FINDINGS FROM THE FIRST STAGE OF A STUDY OF 100 FAMILIES. BY DONALD FORRESTER AND JUDITH HARWIN, CHILD AND FAMILY SOCIAL WORK 2006, Vol. 11, pp325-335 The literature I will be critically reviewing is an article entitled, "Parental substance misuse and child care social work: findings from the first stage of a study of 100 families". It was written by Donald Forrester and Judith Harwin. Donald Forrester was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Social Work at the time the article was published in January 2006. He has written a number of articles on the subject of Parental Substance Misuse (PSM) of which three are included in my 50 literature search. The second author, Judith Harwin is a Professor of Social Work, Department of Health and Social Care at Brunel University in the UK at the time of publication. One of the aims of this article is to address the lack of British research on the topic by reporting on the first stage of a study of all cases allocated for long-term work in four London local authorities over one year. The study focused on cases in which there was alleged misuse of drugs and/or alcohol by parents. The findings address some important questions that have received little coverage in British research so far. These include: what is the extent of parental substance misuse
Cultural Aging. This paper is designed to illustrate a cultural or ethnic group of my choosing and how they feel about the aging process.
Abstract This paper is designed to illustrate a cultural or ethnic group of my choosing and how they feel about the aging process. Also, to give detail of their background, their perspective and how it coordinates with the group, how they feel it effects aging on the older population, the elderly role in this cultural or ethnic group and and historical information in the group perspective if they immigrated in the United States. Within my findings I found out that African American woman (in particular) are concerned with aging but are not as concerned as Caucasian women. Being that African Americans have more melanin in their skin, wrinkles are not as common at the age of 65 as it would be of women who are the same age but of the Caucasian race. For my paper on the perspectives, I chose to research African Americans and take a look in to how they perceive aging, how they feel it effects aging on the older population, their roles and if there are any historical changes in their perspective. Most African Americans are the descendants of captive Africans held in the United States from 1619 to 1865. Blacks from the Caribbean whose ancestors immigrated, or who immigrated to the United States, also traditionally have been considered African American, as they share a common history of predominantly central Africans roots or west African, the middle passage and slavery. In the
Anti-discriminatory parctice and social care work.
Assessment task 1b In this essay I am going to be outlining the definition of anti-discriminatory its main values that underpin it,also looking into the way my working place promotes the anti-discriminatory act and how it influences my role as a social care worker. Furthermore I will be outlining the legislations that underpin anti-discriminatory practice and how it influences the role of a social worker. In order for us to understand the anti-discriminatory issues being faced by service users and care givers I have listed a few of the many discrimination types that are outlawed in the new legislation. Direct discrimination- when someone is less favored because of their characteristic. Associative discrimination- Direct discrimination against an individual because they are associated with another person who possesses a protected characteristic. Discrimination by perception- This is direct discrimination against someone because others think they possess a particular protected characteristic. Indirect discrimination- when there is a policy that applies to everyone but disadvantages an individual with a protected characteristic. Harassment- Behavioral that is deemed offensive by the recipient. Victimization- this occurs when someone is treated badly because they have made or supported a complaint or grievance under this legislation. Anti-discriminatory practice is an
This assignment will focus on the characteristics of the social and medical model of mental illness. The assignment will demonstrate professional judgement, accountability of a social worker and statutory requirements of protection and intervention for a
Assessment 2. Using the directed reading and other appropriate literature and research, compare and contrast the medical and social model of mental health and mental disorder. Critically evaluate how the identified reading and other literature can inform a social work practitioner's understanding and practice. This assignment will focus on the characteristics of the social and medical model of mental illness. This assignment will demonstrate an understanding of how adults and cares experience mental health and social problems. The assignment will demonstrate professional judgement, accountability of a social worker and statutory requirements of protection and intervention for a social worker working with people who are suffering from a mental illness. According to Golightley (2004) there are several theories about mental disorder but the two main theories are the medical and non-medical models. The medical model or disease model has been the dominant model of mental disorder from around 150 years ago when the state employed the medical profession to manage and treat mental disorder (Golightley 2004). The medical model views mental disorder as a physical illness, which can be medically treated in a medical institution (Beech 1991). Beresford (2002) pointed out that 'this approach is based on a deficit model that presumes health problems primarily arise from within the
Reflective Practice study
Reflective Practice Review This is an account of my practice as a student social worker on placement with the children and family department of Perth council. I work directly with the family placement unit which has responsibility for recruiting foster carers as well as providing the necessary support that they need. I started this placement with relatively very little knowledge of fostering and permanence planning, attachment theories and the role of foster carers. During my first two weeks of practice I shadowed couple of my colleagues on their routine carer supervision. On one occasion, my attention drawn to a two year old toddler who has been fostered by a couple for the past five months and seemed well looked after and attached to his foster parents who gave him all their attention and, they too have become attached and attuned to the toddler. However the couple become upset when they heard that plan were being made for the child to move onto adoption in a single family together with his two older brothers. At this point, I realised the complexity of the role and tasks of social workers in fostering and adoption. I have therefore decided to read further on the theories of attachment and resilience and their applications to the social work practice. Fahlberg (1994) defined attachment as 'an affectionate bond between two individuals that endures through space and time and
Applying Theory to Practice in Social Work
(a) The social work task The referral is of Jameela, who is the service user, however it is impossible to ignore the needs of the whole family and of Farah, the carer. It would be necessary to work with all the adult family members and if there were any concerns regarding the children to refer them to the children's team. The family are opposed to Jameela being placed in a care home, which the GP suggested. The primary role of the social worker in this case in the elderly person's team would be that of a direct change agent to communicate and work with the service user and family as a mediator to help improve family relationships and to work along with them to promote change and find solutions to the current situation. Secondly, in the executive role as lead worker heading the multidisciplinary team, of other professionals, who the family will be referred to in order to assist with their needs. This role would be to co-ordinate the family's needs with the other agencies to plan actions and services together with the family. The social worker needs to establish an open, honest and trusting relationship with members of this family. The social worker needs awareness of cultural factors and possible communication barriers. Knowledge of assessments and our duties regarding community care assessments under section47, National Health Service and Community Care Act (1995);The
Just Another Unique Social Location. Becoming familiar my individuality will assist me greatly as a social worker. I definitely would cease to be the same individual if it wasn't for my unique social location.
Just Another Unique Social Location Natalie Kennard Social Work 2060 Instructor: Jennifer Murphy Just Another Unique Social Location It's amazing how every human being is unique and thus will never be an exact replicate of any other individual under the sun. Despite the obvious similarities we also tend to share, no two people will ever experience the same events, share the same memories, or perceive the same universe in an identical way. One's identity, as well as the outcome of anyone's life adventure can be largely determined by their social location - where they find themselves within society pertaining to such aspects of themselves as their race, class, gender, and religion. My own social location assists in dictating how I react towards others, as well as how others will react towards me. Anne Bishop's " Becoming an Ally" (2002) explains that the various aspects of ones social location can either empower a person in comparison to others within their world, or leave them powerless . Things are seldom ever black or white, and thus there are several features to do with my social location that place me on ends of the spectrum. Becoming familiar my individuality will assist me greatly as a social worker. I definitely would cease to be the same individual if it wasn't for my unique social location. A Canadian middle class citizen brought up in a Canadian middle class
Compare and contrast rational and incremental models of policy making.
Making Public Policy Assignment Compare and contrast rational and incremental models of policy making. Decision making is recognised as a fundamental activity of public administration. The debate of rational versus incremental models of policy making is could be viewed as a debate over alternative political systems and values. Rational decision making has a centralising bias, while incrementalism tends to favour representative and pluralist decision making. Additionally, the rational model tends not to favour any community contribution while incrementalism leans towards widespread popular participation in decision making. Despite their numerous differences, both techniques can work well or even fail, depending on the situation in which they are used. The rational model is aimed at maximising efficiency and 'net value achievement'. This means that all of the values of society are known and that any sacrifice in one or more values required by a policy is compensated for by attainment of other values. This definition could be viewed as interchangeable with the concept of efficiency - it comes down to more than money - all social, political and economic values have to be considered. Many techniques are employed to limit alternatives and to promote effective decision making; these include hierarchy, specialisation, premise controls and 'grid regulation'. Rationalism makes the
Critically discuss the links between social theory and social research.
SOC 103 Exploring Social Research Critically discuss the links between social theory and social research Student: Jennifer Gartland Student no: 032805136 Module tutor: Andrew Hope This essay will identify the links between social research and social theory. Social theory can be defined as 'a set of ideas or abstract knowledge to explain the social world'1, likewise, research can be defined as, 'an investigation to discover facts or collect information'2 again this is in relation to the social world. Firstly we will consider the schools of thought; objectivity, subjectivity, realism and idealism, and say how these influence the aims, methods and processes of social research. Next this essay will identify the links between social theory and social research, identifying the approaches of inductivism, deductivism, paradigms, critical theory and ethnomethodology. An important school of thought in social research is objectivity. It refers to the lack of bias or prejudice when carrying out research. May (2001) identifies that if our own values do not interfere with the research it is objective. This objective view predetermines what type of research to carry out, which tends to be quantitive techniques. Experiments will be set up so that particular effects are being looked at from the outset, this predetermination of what to look for is reproduced in other research
