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Paying the piper and calling the tune — power and the direct payment relationship
Author(s)	Janet Leece
Journal title	British Journal of Social Work, vol 40, no 1, January 2010
Pages	pp 188-206
Source	http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn085
Keywords	Services ; Community care ; Social security benefits ; Usage [services] ; Home care services ; Conditions of employment ; Comparison.
Annotation	Empirical evidence from original research has been used to investigate the impact on the support relationship of the direct employment of workers, by direct payment users. The study uses a grounded theory approach, with questionnaire to measure job satisfaction and stress, and in-depth interviews with respondents. It explored and compared the experiences of eight direct payment relationships with eight traditional service delivery homecare relationships. The research reveals the importance of the concept of power in helping us to understand the effect of direct employment and, based on this research, makes some suggestions for policy and practice. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100706004 A
Classmark	I: PA: JH: QLD: NH: WKA: 48
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