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| The perceptions regarding social workers from within an integrated trust in an age of austerity | | Author(s) | Darryl James Phillipowsky |
| Journal title | Journal of Integrated Care, vol 26, no 1, 2018 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2018 |
| Pages | pp 38-53 |
| Source | htttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/jica |
| Keywords | Social workers ; Attitude ; Social roles ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Coordination. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this paper was to explore community professionals' opinions concerning: social workers' roles and statutory functions; understanding of collaborative and cooperative work; experiences of professional support; opinions on aspects of anti-oppressive practices in social work; views on social work identity within multi-disciplinary team structures; and perceptions regarding the challenges of cultural and contextual drivers of social work practice. The study was a thematic analysis of free-text data from a survey. Study participants were social workers, occupational therapists and nurses working within an integrated Health and Social Care NHS Trust. Most free-text respondents (51%) were from social workers, with 32% from occupational therapists and 17% from nurses. These respondents provided comments that the authors developed into four overarching themes: (1) Culture _ cultural biases and clashes of culture within an integrated care organisation which resulted in a negative experience for professionals and confusion for service users and/or carers; (2) Austerity: the impact of economic austerity; (3) Organisation: conceptual confusion in respect of defining/organising/structuring integrated care within a health organisation; and (4) Political: the political drivers of integration. The study presented specific areas of concern for social workers and for integrated social care and health as a whole, revealing a number of themes present across the integration journey. While the majority of comments were negative analysis revealed concerns shared by a significant numbers of respondents: conceptual confusion in respect of organising integrated care within a health organisation, a lack of shared socialisation and the development of a shared culture within the integrated organisation, and the impact of economic austerity on integration. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180302215 A |
| Classmark | QR: DP: TM5: QK6: QAJ |
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