Guest editorial: social work theory, research, policy and practice - challenges and opportunities in health and social care integration in the UK

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Barnes ◽  
Lorraine Green ◽  
John Hopton
Keyword(s):  
Guest Editorial ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Care Integration ◽  
Social Work Theory ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Theory Research

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy and Practice: Volume 2: Co-production Methods and Working Together at a Distance

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Practice Volume ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Rapid Responses ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Global North ◽  
North And South

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now being largely ignored in developing responses to it. This two-volume set of Rapid Responses explores the urgent need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates how policymakers, health and social care practitioners, patients, service users, carers and public contributors can make this happen. The second volume focuses on methods and means of co-producing during a pandemic. It explores a variety of case studies from across the global North and South and addresses the practical considerations of co-producing knowledge both now - at a distance - and in the future when the pandemic is over.

scholarly journals More than words can say: Why health and social care policy makers should reconsider their position on informal interpreters

2020 ◽  
pp. 026101832091181
Author(s):  
Sarah Pollock
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Language Brokers ◽  
Language Broker ◽  
The Uk

In the UK, individuals with limited English-language proficiency (LEP) self-report poorer health and face challenges accessing health and social care support. Health and social care policies in English speaking countries provide practitioners with guidance that ensures access to public service interpreters for individuals who require them. The guidance simultaneously discourages the use of informal language brokers, including family and friends, suggesting that they are not educated or objective enough to conduct this role, and that they present unmanageable risks. This poses a challenge, as research exploring patient and service user choices, finds that individuals consistently prefer an informal language broker. The paper explores the contradiction between a legislative shift towards empowerment and choice within social work and the policies that restrict these rights in relation to interpretation. Exploring these challenges with a focus on policy and practice, leads to the suggestion that individuals should be empowered to choose who provides their language support. In contrast, existing policies increase the power imbalance between professionals and users of services, significantly affecting the life chances of those with LEP.

Commentary on “Assisting individuals ageing with learning disability: support worker perspectives”

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-227
Author(s):  
Martin Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Support Worker ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the themes identified by Wark et al.’s paper and to highlight commonalities and differences between the Australian and the UK social and health care regimes. It also points to evidence about other implications for policy and practice of the increasing numbers of people growing older who have learning disabilities. Design/methodology/approach – The commentary analyses some policy and practice documents and identifies a range of other research and commentary on this topic. Findings – Wark et al. have identified areas of importance for supporting older people with learning disabilities, particularly access to suitable and acceptable services and the importance of sufficient support worker time. They also identify gaps in the research on people’s needs and service responses. The commentary also highlights other factors for consideration in work with this group of people, particularly the implementation of personalisation policies in social care and integration between health and social care services. Research limitations/implications – There is a need for further research into developing policy and practice for health and social care for older people with learning disabilities. Some of the evidence supports the case for specialist involvement, particularly by nursing professionals. Originality/value – The paper and this commentary highlight the challenges associated with the increasing number of older people with learning disabilities in contemporary debates about the role of the state and professional specialists.

scholarly journals Where are we now? Twenty-five years of research, policy and practice on young carers

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Aldridge
Keyword(s):  
Research Policy ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Youth Services ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Young Carers ◽  
Vulnerable Children ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The Uk

It is more than 25 years since the critical dialogue on young carers was played out in the pages of this journal (see Morris and Keith, 1995; Aldridge and Becker, 1996). Since that time, research evidence has given us a clearer picture of the extent of young caring in the UK and its consequences for children and families, including two new national studies that focus on the prevalence and impact of young caring in England. The introduction of the Care Act, 2014 and the Children and Families Act, 2014 also places new duties on professionals to identify and support young carers and their families. However, this increased focus, not only in policy and practice but also in terms of public awareness, has created a number of dilemmas and challenges for health and social care professionals, whose duty it is to identify and support young carers. These challenges, to a large extent, both mirror and advance issues raised in the original dialogue on young carers in the mid-1990s. They centre on the drive to generate data on the numbers of young carers to support policy directives and service delivery and, some have argued – in the current climate of serious fiscal retrenchment and cuts to youth services – on promoting the needs of one group of vulnerable children and young people over other groups of children in need. This article considers some of these challenges and dilemmas.

Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 191-202
Author(s):  
Susan Nancarrow ◽  
Alan Borthwick
Keyword(s):  
Allied Health ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Allied Health Professionals ◽  
Allied Health Professions ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Uk

This concluding chapter considers the policy and practice implications of the preceding chapters. Despite the prolific use of the term 'allied health', the analysis brings the reader no closer to a unifying definition of the confederation of allied health professions. It is clear that allied health professionals are distinct from medicine and nursing; however, those professional boundaries are beginning to blur as allied health professions take on traditional medical roles, such as prescribing and point-of-care testing. Despite their largely successful professionalisation strategies, the allied health professions still face many challenges in influencing service delivery in a way that optimises the use of their services. Despite many common origins to both the Australian and UK health systems, the divergence of the two systems after the Second World War created some significantly different contexts for the evolution of allied health. A defining feature of the UK NHS is the provision of almost all personal care through the health and social care portfolios. These portfolios help to create a singular definition of 'health' and 'social care', and, with few exceptions, most allied health is provided within the 'health' portfolio. The Australian system, in contrast, is highly pluralistic and there is no legislatively endorsed central recognition of or endorsement for the collective allied health professions. It remains likely that the allied health professions must continue to assume that to be a professional means to act professionally, to observe and maintain standards of behaviour that fit the image of professionalism, to construe their actions as altruistic, and to promote a service ethic and orientation.

Power, Participation and Political Renewal

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Barnes ◽  
Janet Newman ◽  
Helen Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Theory Research

Ethics has been addressed in health care, but relatively little attention has been paid to the subject in the social care sector. This book redresses the balance by examining theory, research, policy and practice in both fields. The importance of this approach is reflected in the growing emphasis on ethical issues in research and practice.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Co-production in Health and Social Care Research, Policy and Practice: Volume 1: The Challenges and Necessity of Co-production

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Practice Volume ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Rapid Responses ◽  
Health And Social Care

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Groups most severely affected by COVID-19 have tended to be those marginalised before the pandemic and are now largely being ignored in developing responses to it. This two-volume set of Rapid Responses explores the urgent need to put co-production and participatory approaches at the heart of responses to the pandemic and demonstrates how policymakers, health and social care practitioners, patients, service users, carers and public contributors can make this happen. The first volume investigates how, at the outset of the pandemic, the limits of existing structures severely undermined the potential of co-production. It also gives voice to a diversity of marginalised communities to illustrate how they have been affected and to demonstrate why co-produced responses are so important both now during this pandemic and in the future.

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