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Specialism, genericism and others
— does it make a difference? A study of social work services to elderly people | | Author(s) | Roger Fuller, Emmanuelle Tulle-Winton |
| Journal title | The British Journal of Social Work, vol 26, no 5, October 1996 |
| Pages | pp 679-698 |
| Keywords | Social workers ; Social work ; Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation ; Measurement. |
| Annotation | This study compared the way in which older people referred to social services were dealt with at initial assessment and for up to a year subsequently by 15 social work teams of contrasting organisational styles: specialist, generic, or self-styled community social work approaches. While not arguing that there is any one optimal model of team organisation, this paper sets out some of the measurable consequences of opting for the various models. In particular, it emerges that the strengths of specialisation are more more clearly apparent in certain aspects of their engagement with clients than in others, and at certain stages of that engagement than others. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970424004 A |
| Classmark | QR: IG: IK: 4C: 3R |
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