Empowerment, assessment, care management and the skilled worker

By:

Smale, Gerald

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Publication details: London HMSO 1993Description: 80; ill.,bibl.; BookFindISBN:

011321555X

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Contents:

Part One: Engaging with People on Equal Terms; Partnerships between Citizens or Expert-Client Relationships?; The Questioning and Exchange Models of Assessment; The Procedural Model of Assessment; Assessment of ""Individuals"" or ""Social Situations""?; Beyond Service Delivery; The Assessment of Need: Negotiation, the Care Management Team and ""Packages of Care""; Empowerment and the Management of Local Resources. Part Two: The Skills of Assessment and Care Management; Joining with People - the First Steps; Putting it All Together - Patterning and Arranging; Arranging, Maintaining and Rearranging.

Summary: PaperbackSummary: What skills are required by social workers when making assessments and managing care? This report examines this question with a view to making consultations with the public more effective. Part 1 addresses a framework for empowering people participating in the process of assessment and care management, examining the principles underlying forming partnerships with people, identifying who needs to be approached and looking at how care management can be defined and related to empowerment. Part 2 describes the core skills identified in the research and development literature on community-based approaches to social work practice and service delivery, work published by the Race Equality Unit on the Black perspective on community care, outcome research in 'helping relationships' (including counselling and family therapy) and the Social Work in Partnership Project.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	HV 118 SMA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		HOM2217

Paperback

What skills are required by social workers when making assessments and managing care? This report examines this question with a view to making consultations with the public more effective. Part 1 addresses a framework for empowering people participating in the process of assessment and care management, examining the principles underlying forming partnerships with people, identifying who needs to be approached and looking at how care management can be defined and related to empowerment. Part 2 describes the core skills identified in the research and development literature on community-based approaches to social work practice and service delivery, work published by the Race Equality Unit on the Black perspective on community care, outcome research in 'helping relationships' (including counselling and family therapy) and the Social Work in Partnership Project.

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