Social Work Practice with Adults (Post Qualifying Social Work Practice)

139 Pages·2009·0.98 MB·English

by  Diane Galpin

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Social Work Practice with Adults
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Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice – other titles in this series
The Approved Mental Health Professional's Guide to Mental
Health Law (second edition) ISBN 978 1 84445 115 9
The Approved Mental Health Professional's Guide to Psychiatry
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Critical Thinking for Social Work (second edition) ISBN 978 1 84445 157 9
Evidence-based Policy and Practice in Mental Health
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The Integration of Mental Health Social Work and the NHS ISBN 978 1 84445 150 0
Introducing Child Care Social Work: Contemporary Policy
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Law and the Social Work Practitioner (second edition) ISBN 978 1 84445 264 4
Leadership, Management and Supervision in Health and
Social Care ISBN 978 1 84445 181 4
Managing with Plans and Budgets in Health and Social Care ISBN 978 1 84445 134 0
The Mental Capacity Act 2005: A Guide for Practice
(second edition) ISBN 978 1 84445 294 1

Newly Qualified Social Workers: A Handbook for Practice ISBN 978 1 84445 251 4
Practice Education in Social Work ISBN 978 1 84445 105 0
Practising Quality Assurance in Social Care ISBN 978 1 84445 084 8
Proactive Management in Social Work Practice ISBN 978 1 84445 289 7
Social Work Practice with Older Lesbians and Gay Men ISBN 978 1 84445 182 1
Vulnerable Adults and Community Care (second edition) ISBN 978 1 84445 362 7
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Social Work Practice
with Adults
Edited by
DIANE GALPIN AND
NATALIE BATES
Series Editor: Keith Brown
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First published in 2009 by Learning Matters Ltd
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from Learning Matters Ltd.
© 2009 Diane Galpin, Natalie Bates
The rights of Diane Galpin and Natalie Bates to be identified as the Authors of this Work
have been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
1988.
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ISBN: 978 1 84445 292 7
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Contents
Foreword to the Post-Qualifying Social Work
Practice Series vii
About the authors viii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction x
1
Personalisation: from consumer rights to
human rights 1
Diane Galpin
2
Working with older people: managing
risk and promoting interdependence 16
Emma Perry
3
The rising profile of informal care:
modernisation and the future of
carers' services 33
Sally Lee

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Assessment and practice in learning
disability services 49
Jill Small
5
Direct payments and older people:
developing a framework for practice 70
Elizabeth Burrow
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Contents
6
Transformation: a future for social work
practice? 88
Diane Galpin
References 107
Index 120

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Foreword to the Post-Qualifying Social Work
Practice Series
This new text, which has been edited by Diane Galpin and Natalie Bates, is the result of a
significant collaboration between social work practitioners and students on one of the
many Bournemouth University Post-Qualifying Social Work programmes.
This book successfully captures the reflections and experiences of practitioners in adult
social work practice and considers a host of contemporary issues including the impact of
personalisation, direct payments, and the transformation agenda. Practical activities have
been included in each chapter which are designed to encourage critical debate and which
will allow readers to reflect upon their personal practice experiences.
I’d like to thank all contributors for their input and I’d also like to thank the editors for
their dedication and insight. The result is an up-to-date text which explores many of the
current issues surrounding social work practice with adults and which will be a most
useful resource for students. Adult social work practice is a rapidly changing environment,
especially with the current ‘transformation’ agenda in adult social care, and so this text is
of particular relevance to all practitioners working in this field.
Whether you are a student on, or about to commence, a Post-Qualifying Social Work
Award programme, or whether you are an experienced practitioner in this field, I am sure
that this text and its insightful analysis will prove to be invaluable.
Keith Brown
Director of the Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work

Bournemouth University
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About the authors
Natalie Bates is a research assistant at Bournemouth University and holds professional
and academic qualifications in teaching and lifelong learning. Natalie’s research focuses
on the transfer of international social work skills and learning to the UK.
Elizabeth Burrow has worked with people receiving direct payments in a variety of set-
tings since 1997. She completed her Diploma in Social Work (DipSW) in 2002 at
Gloucestershire University. Since qualification, Elizabeth has worked within adult social
care in a local authority in central England, primarily with adults with physical disabilities
and older people. Elizabeth completed her PQ award in 2009.
Diane Galpin is a qualified social worker, having worked for 14 years in mental health, dis-
ability and older people services. She is currently a senior lecturer in post-qualifying social
work at Bournemouth University and programme leader for the specialist award in
Working With Vulnerable Adults.
Sally Lee began her career in the voluntary sector working with homelessness. After quali-
fying in 1993 with a DipSW and a Master’s from Southampton University she has worked
for local authorities, first in a hospital team for six years and then a rural team for older
people. Sally now works in a small, very supportive team assisting adults with physical
disabilities.
Emma Perry completed her Master’s degree and DipSW at Keele University in 2004. Since
then she has worked for a county council in the Midlands region in an older persons’
team. She has undertaken a variety of roles in the team including duty worker and link
worker for intermediate care. She is currently a GP-linked practitioner.
Jill Small has been a qualified social worker for 16 years. She has worked with people with
learning disabilities for 26 years in a number of settings including her current post in a
community team for people with learning disabilities. Jill has a special interest in adult
protection work and has undertaken extensive post-qualifying training.
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Acknowledgements
Social work practice occurs in an ever-changing and increasingly complex landscape. The
role of practitioners in delivering adult social care is evolving and requires that individuals
demonstrate a commitment not only to keeping up to date with changes at an organisa-
tional, policy and legislative level but also in developing new skills to ensure the highest
professional standards.
Many social workers are now engaged in post-qualifying education as part of their com-
mitment to social work and to improve practice with service users and carers. This involves
a considerable amount of dedication, time and energy on the part of the practitioner,
which the editors of this book salute.
This book has developed from the dedication of those qualified practitioners who have
undertaken the Post-Qualifying Social Work Specialist Award in Social Work with Adults.
The work of students who embark on the programme make up the core of this book and
have heavily influenced the writing of other chapters.
The editors would like to thank those who have contributed to the book as authors, as
well as the students and practitioners who have completed, or who are completing, their
PQ studies, for their very hard work under what are sometimes difficult conditions.

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