Developing Leaving Care Services Tapping the Potential of Foster Carers

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Wade
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Health It ◽  
Transitions To Adulthood ◽  
Substitute Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Key Dimensions

This paper by Jim Wade draws on the findings of a four-year study of specialist leaving care services, funded by the Department of Health. It situates moving on from substitute care or accommodation in the context of broader youth transitions to adulthood. Three key dimensions of transition for a sample of care leavers are discussed: the timing and nature of their moving on; their early education and employment careers; and their ability to develop networks of social support. Issues arising from the support offered by foster carers and social workers are also explored. Finally, the author makes a case for foster carers to have a more central place in the development of leaving care services.

Ring the Bell for Sickle Cell: Encouraging Advocacy in an Underserved Community

2021 ◽  
pp. 152483992110241
Author(s):  
Ellen M. Bloom ◽  
Kisha C. Hampton ◽  
Kimber Blackwell ◽  
Gary A. Gibson ◽  
Christopher Roberson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Limited Life ◽  
Underserved Community ◽  
Access To Medical Care ◽  
Medical Advances

Sickle cell disease (SCD) was once a disease of childhood because of a limited life expectancy. Due to medical advances, it is now common for people with SCD to live into adulthood. Funding and resources for adults with SCD, however, remain limited. Adult patients would benefit from increased access to medical care, mental health care services, and workforce development. The Indiana Sickle Cell Consortium, a group of medical providers and community-based organizations, worked closely with people living with SCD and their family members to create a campaign advocating for state funding for programs for adults with SCD. This campaign culminated with the passage of a bill that provides $250,000 in funding for program development for adults with SCD. The bill also directs the Indiana Department of Health to carry out a needs assessment for people with SCD in Indiana. However, continued efforts are needed to reduce health disparities for people with SCD. The Indiana Sickle Cell Consortium will continue advocacy efforts in future legislative cycles and bring attention to the health inequities that affect people with SCD.

scholarly journals Civil and ethnic identification of regional youth of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-17
Author(s):  
Bakhytzhamal I. Bekturganova
Keyword(s):  
Nation Building ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
National State ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Youth Groups ◽  
State Construction ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Key Dimensions ◽  
Identification Processes

Kazakhstan is transitioning to a national state as a new subject of sovereignty. In the Kazakhstan’s case, the national-state construction has received an ethnolinguistic connotation and symbolizes the Kazakh nation’s revival. This complicates the formation of a new national identity on a civil basis and leads to the strengthening of ethnic identifications among younger people, especially in the Kazakh-speaking regions. This highlights the need to study the role and influence which the modal tendencies of nation building have on identification of the regional youth. Meanwhile, the key dimensions of young people’s life include social disorder and insecurity, which, combined with the uncertain prospects of education and employment, worsen social sentiment and complicate their self-identification in this environment. This, in fact, determines the relevance of this study, as well as its scientific and practical significance. The purpose of this article involves a comparative analysis of the role and influence of modal tendencies of nation building in Kazakhstan on the formation of certain types of social identity, namely, civil and ethnic — youth living in various regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The empirical basis of the article includes the results of a survey of young people aged 15-29 years conducted in all the regions of Kazakhstan from 23 April to 6 May 2016. These results show the role and influence of modal trends in nation building on identification processes in regional youth groups and the ethnic conflict potential. The author highlights the specifics of the existing risks associated with the growth of ethnic identity of the young residents of Kazakhstan in the context of potential social and political consequences for the republic.

Vaccination and Immunisation

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Miles
Keyword(s):  
Immunisation Programme ◽  
Health It ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Looked After Children ◽  
Significant Disease ◽  
Medical Perspective

From a medical perspective vaccination, the process whereby someone is made immune to significant disease, has a long and distinguished track record and has proved highly beneficial. More recently public faith in some aspects of the process has diminished dramatically. This article by Marion Miles presents the background to, and development of, the immunisation programme currently recommended by the Department of Health. It seeks to explore reasons for non-compliance with the programme and to discuss the consequent dilemmas thus presented to professionals. Particular problems presented by looked after children are also considered.

scholarly journals Monitoring electrocardiograms of service users on high-dose methadone substitution therapy: an audit

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 489-491
Author(s):  
Soumya Ghosh ◽  
Anil Kodagalli ◽  
Faiz Bhatti ◽  
Timothy Bradbeer
Keyword(s):  
High Dose ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Qtc Interval ◽  
Interval Prolongation ◽  
Substitution Therapy ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Simple Tool ◽  
Qtc Interval Prolongation ◽  
Electrocardiogram Ecg

Aims and methodTo explore the extent to which 2007 Department of Health guidelines on monitoring of high-dose (⩾100 mg) methadone were followed, the reasons for non-adherence to these and the prevalence of QTc prolongation. We developed a simple tool for collecting data from case notes.ResultsOut of 25 service users, 11 had had an electrocardiogram (ECG) and 7 had evidence of requests sent to general practitioners. After implementation of our recommendations, ten more service users had ECGs within 1 month. All but one ECG was normal. Methadone prescribing in favour of lower doses has been observed. QTc interval prolongation was not common.Clinical implicationsEffective communication between primary and secondary care services is important in identifying cases and arranging ECGs.

scholarly journals The Tenth Annual TAPS Conference

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-49
Author(s):  
Hugh Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
National Health ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Group Meeting ◽  
Health Targets ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Severely Mentally Ill ◽  
National Differences

From a group meeting in one room at Friern Hospital, the annual conferences of TAPS (Team for the Assessment of Psychiatric Services) have grown after ten years to overflowing a large hall, with participants from many countries. Dr Rachel Jenkins of the Department of Health, in introducing the meeting, emphasised that mental illness now had a central place in national health targets. The reduction of suicide was a special objective, particularly as it is now estimated that one in six of the severely mentally ill eventually kill themselves. She pointed out that although this conference was focused on deinstitutionalisation, there had been very little research on why such major national differences in this process had occurred.

Time for some home truths – exploring the relationship between GPs and social workers

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Mangan ◽  
Robin Miller ◽  
Jeremy Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between general practitioners (GPs) and social care professionals by reflecting on a project (the Home Truths project) which sought to improve joint working between general practice and social care though an action-research process. Design/methodology/approach – iMPOWER's Home Truths project involved gathering local data regarding joint working in local areas and using this data as a catalyst for change. The Institute of Local Government Studies and the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham were asked to act as a critical friend to the project. This involved supporting the design of the data collection, offering advice on the process and to carrying out a short evaluation of the impact of the first wave. The paper reflects on the collected data from the sites and information from the impact evaluation. Findings – The paper highlights the poor quality of the relationship between GPs and social workers. Findings that illustrate this include GPs’ poor knowledge of social care services; a perception that social care services were of poor quality and rating the quality of their relationships with social workers as poor. However GPs felt that knowing more about social care could help prevent their patients going into residential care earlier than necessary and wanted to work more closely with social care to exploit the benefits and opportunities. The interventions that have been put in place to try and improve relationships focus on the day-to-day working lives of the professionals rather than attempting to introduce new initiatives. Research limitations/implications – The response rate from GPs in the areas was low (average response rate was 10 per cent in each area) and it may be that only those GPs who are interested in working with social care responded. The initiatives that have been developed appear to be reasonable responses to the issues identified. However, a lack of discrete outcomes through which to measure improvement will make it difficult to demonstrate the impact of the interventions. Originality/value – This paper underlines that despite many years of policy makers promoting better integration, the relationship between the key gate-keepers within the health and social care systems is still poor. The findings from the Home Truths surveys and action plans has gone some way to address the gap identified in the evidence base about the relationships between GPs and social workers.

Leaving Care and at Risk of Homelessness: The Lift Project

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
Mike Clare ◽  
Becky Anderson ◽  
Murielle Bodenham ◽  
Brenda Clare
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Care Outcomes ◽  
First Time

The paper reflects on developments in leaving care policy and practice in Western Australia (WA) and nationally from the mid-1990s. The review of national and some international literature suggests that current Australian policy and practice shows a ‘systems stuckness’ that requires a more potent form of annual auditing and reporting of jurisdictional leaving care outcomes. The review of mostly Australian publications focusing on leaving care and the risk of homelessness includes reflections on recent developments in leaving care services in England, which recognise and restore relationship-based services for care leavers. Finally, the history, vision and initial impact of the Living Independently for the First Time (LIFT) Project, a case study of learning by doing, is outlined. The authors and their colleagues from the Department for Child Protection and Family Support (Midland District), Swan Emergency Accommodation (now known as Indigo Junction) and the Housing Authority of WA have collaborated to design and develop the LIFT Project. This initially unfunded action-research strategy involves inter-agency policy and practice designed to prevent homelessness of vulnerable care leavers.

scholarly journals PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES OF INTERPROFESSIONAL WORK IN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-81
Author(s):  
Sabira Gadžo-Šašić ◽  
◽  
Ivana Ristić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status

The main characteristic of the 21st century is the increase in the number of third-age persons in the total human population of the world. Therefore, it is an imperative to create new modes and to improve existing modes of assistance and support to this group of people. This paper specifically seeks to draw attention to possible directions for the development of care services for the elderly. The tasks of the professionals (social workers and occupational therapists), working in institutions for the permanent placement/accommodation and care of the elderly, were also analyzed. In addition to the above-mentioned, the status of the elderly population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia hasbeen reviewed.

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