Special issue on systemic work in front-line children's social care settings

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-144
Author(s):  
Philip Messent
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Front Line

scholarly journals Introducing the Care Certificate Evaluation: Innovative practice

Dementia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 512-517
Author(s):  
Elaine Argyle ◽  
Louise Thomson ◽  
Antony Arthur ◽  
Jill Maben ◽  
Justine Schneider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Direct Care ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Health And Social Care

Although investment in staff development is a prerequisite for high-quality and innovative care, the training needs of front line care staff involved in direct care have often been neglected, particularly within dementia care provision. The Care Certificate, which was fully launched in England in April 2015, has aimed to redress this neglect by providing a consistent and transferable approach to the training of the front line health and social care workforce. This article describes the early stages of an 18-month evaluation of the Care Certificate and its implementation funded by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme.

Powerless positions, silenced voices? – critical views on health and social care management

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 590-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anneli Hujala ◽  
Sanna Laulainen ◽  
Kajsa Lindberg
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Field ◽  
Critical Approaches ◽  
Oriented Research

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide background to this special issue and consider how critically oriented research can be applied to health and social care management. Design/methodology/approach – Basic principles of critical management studies are introduced briefly to frame subsequent papers in this issue. Findings – In order to identify the wicked problems and darker sides of the care field, there is a need to study things in alternative ways through critical lenses. Giving a voice to those in less powerful positions may result in redefinition and redesign of conventional roles and agency of patients, volunteers and professionals and call into question the taken-for-granted understanding of health and social care management. Originality/value – The special issue as a whole was designed to enhance critical approaches to the discussion in the field of health and social care. This editorial hopefully raises awareness of CMS and serves as an opening for further discussion on critical views in the research on management and organization in this field.

Socio-pedagogical knowledge expertise across the social care sectors in Northern Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
Irena Dychawy Rosner
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
The Body ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Cooperative Process

A major challenge in contemporary welfare societies is the delivery of services affirming people’s expectations for their life standard, health and social care services. For decades, there has been a search to understand new ways of conceptualising social pedagogy as a field of practice, as a theory, and as a programme design and implementation. Despite the growing body of literature on social pedagogy, to date, little has been written on the subject of the unique complexities of social pedagogy knowledge expertise when bridging the supporting relationships between an individual and the social dimensions in his/her world. Based on research conducted in Northern Europe, particularly focusing on Denmark and Sweden, the aim of this special issue of International Journal of Papers of Social Pedagogy (PSP) on Contemporary Issues in Social Pedagogy in Northern Europe is to convey the central importance of social pedagogy for the study of vitality and diversity behind social pedagogy thought. The presented research projects in this special issue are, in their foundation, associated with a constructivist approach that views the body of knowledge development as an active and cooperative process of knowledge construction and its application in social pedagogy discipline. This article intends to provide a general perspective concerning the presence of various knowledge forms according to the search for, and implementation of, thinking and acting in a social pedagogy inspired way, and working under various conditions.

scholarly journals Preface to the Special Issue on Front Line of High-temperature Oxidation Resistance on Structural Materials in Future

Materia Japan ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 427-427
Author(s):  
Kazuya Kurokawa ◽  
Isao Saeki ◽  
Makoto Nanko ◽  
Shigenari Hayashi ◽  
Mitsutoshi Ueda
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Oxidation Resistance ◽  
High Temperature Oxidation ◽  
Structural Materials ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Temperature Oxidation

“When we say ‘urgent’ it means now …”

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Griffith ◽  
Jon Glasby
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Professional Culture ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Senior Leaders ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Structural Solutions

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the perceptions which senior health and social care leaders have of their own organisations and of partner agencies, illustrating a possible method for beginning to think and talk about organisational and professional culture in settings. Design/methodology/approach – This is a practical case study, with a group of senior leaders from across the health and social care system. Findings – Different groups were often more critical of their own organisations than of others, but could still identify certain characteristics that they associated with partner agencies. While there is much that we admire about ourself and others, we seldom get chance to share this positive feedback. Equally, we rarely have the scope to give each other more challenging feedback and this – when carefully facilitated – can help build stronger relationships in the longer term. Research limitations/implications – Inter-agency working is often influenced by the implicit assumptions and stereotypes we hold about each other’s professional culture. Surfacing these in a safe, facilitated setting can help to explore and challenge such assumptions (where appropriate), reflect on how we see others and better understand how others see us. Originality/value – Policy debates about integrated care too often focus on structural “solutions” and arguably pay insufficient attention to the importance of culture. While work with front-line practitioners often tries to explore different perceptions of each other, it is less common for such an approach to be attempted with senior leaders.

scholarly journals The Intersection of Service and Sales: The Increased Importance of Ambidexterity

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
Adam Rapp ◽  
Thomas L. Baker ◽  
Nathaniel N. Hartmann ◽  
Michael Ahearne
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Frontline Employees ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Functional Roles ◽  
Customer Expectations

Blurring roles in the front line are changing how many organizations interact with their customers. Whereas frontline employees were tasked with functional roles of service or selling, an increased competitive environment and growing customer expectations have caused a shift requiring many employees to be effective at both selling and service. The growth of sales/service ambidexterity in both practice and research has prompted more meaningful investigation of the topic. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief background of ambidexterity and positioning of the topic. We provide a discussion of the articles compiled in this special issue and the synergy across papers. We conclude with the implications of this research and avenues for future research.

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