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| Early steps in implementing the new community care: the role of social work practice | | Author(s) | P Hardiker, M Barker |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 7, no 6, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 417-426 |
| Keywords | Social work ; Case work ; Management [care] ; Community care. |
| Annotation | The principles underlying community care arrangements aimed to facilitate more flexible responses to the needs of users and carers across the continuum of care. This paper presents findings from a research project in which needs-led assessment and care management were examined during the early years of implementation of the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act. The findings are analysed in relation to a model of social work processes: phases of assessment, intervention and evaluation. A purposive sample of 24 cases was used, covering elderly, physical disability, learning disability and community mental health teams in two divisions of a county social services department. Practitioners, providers, users and carers were interviewed. The study illustrates the enduring importance of social work values, knowledge and skills in situations of rapid organisational change and policy development. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000118204 A |
| Classmark | IG: IGA: QA: PA |
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