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Personalisation
— perceptions of the role of social work in a world of brokers and budgets | | Author(s) | Janet Leece, David Leece |
| Journal title | British Journal of Social Work, vol 41, no 2, March 2011 |
| Pages | pp 204-223 |
| Source | http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Services ; Social work ; Physical disabilities ; Community care ; Attitude. |
| Annotation | In order to achieve a truly personalised support system, it has been suggested that a major reform of public services is necessary. This would help recognise service users' abilities to establish their own needs, and how these can best be met. This paper reports on research that investigated the perceptions of 66 disabled people, carers and older people of the role social workers should perform in a personalised world. The study used data from a thread posted on eighteen internet forums. This methodology allowed access to hard to reach groups and encouraged participation by individuals whose contributions may be inhibited by more traditional research methods. Findings indicated that notions of power and autonomy were fundamental in understanding participants' views of social work with concerns raised about the power of social workers and statutory organisations. The authors suggest that these findings have implications for the recommendations made by the Social Work Task Force in 2009 for the reform of social work that argues for social work to have a greater professional status. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110526002 A |
| Classmark | I: IG: BN: PA: DP |
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