scholarly journals Assessing Patients in their Homes

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 117-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Jones ◽  
R. J. Turner ◽  
J. E. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Psychiatric Care ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Hospital Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Equal Population

General adult psychiatric services in Nottingham operate on a sector basis, with clinical teams having responsibility for the psychiatric care of all patients resident in a defined area. Sectors, which are conterminous with two or more social service areas, are not of equal population size, but comprise populations likely to give rise to similar demands for psychiatric services. The Social Services Department responded to the introduction of full sectorisation of hospital services in 1982 by allocating social workers to sector teams where possible, aiding the development of multidisciplinary teams.

scholarly journals Services for families in crisis in Tower Hamlets: evaluations by general practitioners and social workers

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 748-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Murray Parkes
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Social Service Department ◽  
Problems In Living ◽  
Service Department ◽  
Crisis Services ◽  
To Come

There is widespread recognition that many who seek or are referred for help to psychiatric and social services are acutely disturbed and require only short-term help if they are to come through a period of transient disruption in their lives. The frequency with which people in crisis consult their GP or visit a local Social Service Department is uncertain but suggests that the primary carers are the first port of call for most of them. Services developed to meet the needs of these people include traditional GPs and psychiatric services directed primarily at ‘patients’ (people who meet criteria for illness), but which often offer additional help to their families; traditional social services which place no such limitation on the individuals who seek their help but are directed mainly at people with problems in living, particularly with housing, employment and money; and counselling and advisory services (such as Relate – formerly Marriage Guidance) which focus on particular problems or client groups. A few special crisis services, most of which provide a multidisciplinary team, visit clients in crisis in their homes. These are usually psychiatric services for patients with acute mental illness (Cooper, 1979).

scholarly journals The Intervention of the Social Service in the Multidisciplinary Teams to Combat COVID-19. The Case of the Municipality of Amadora (Portugal)

2022 ◽  
pp. 127-151
Author(s):  
Nelsón Ramalho ◽  
◽  
Ana Moreno ◽  
Sandra Neves ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Intervention Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Vulnerable Households

The creation of Multidisciplinary Teams to monitor patients with COVID-19 and those infected with SARS-CoV-2 in a situation of home confinement was one of the measures established by the Portuguese government to help stop the spreading of the infection in the parishes of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area more affected by the pandemic. To know its way of functioning and acting, as well as the role of social workers in the context of crisis and public health emergency, a qualitative study was developed based on interviews by focus groups and document analysis. It was found that the Multidisciplinary Teams and the intervention model carried out were fundamental in helping to break the transmission chains and prevent the growth of new contamination, with social workers having a crucial role in supporting the most vulnerable households in a containment situation.

scholarly journals Layanan Sosial Berbasis Kolaborasi Komunitas di Panti Asuhan Yatim Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moralely Hendrayani
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Standard Procedure ◽  
Community Collaboration ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Observation Process ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Service Program

This article describes a social service based on a building of community collaboration. This research uses a qualitative method that the data collected by interview, documentation, and observation process in the Muhammadiyah orphanage of Yogyakarta. The study finds a new way of social services management processes based on an orphanage. The effectiveness of the social service program has been conducted by a standard procedure of operational for social workers. It is a process to build trust between clients and institutions. A trusting of the client can be a priority to social worker practice. It was implemented by social workers to avoid mall practice. The practical in this study rises that it needs a trusting with the client based on the principle of assessment. For instance, social service needs to create a client community and establish a collaboration with other stakeholders. Artikel ini mendeskripsikan layanan sosial berbasis pembentukan kolaborasi komunitas. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif. Data dikumpulkan melalui proses wawancara, dokumentasi, dan observasi di Panti Asuhan Yatim Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. Studi ini menemukan cara baru dalam proses manajemen pelayanan sosial berbasis panti. Efektifitas program layanan sosial dilakukan dengan menetapkan standar operasional bagi tenaga kesejahteraan sosial. Hal ini sebagai proses membangun kepercayaan antara lembaga dengan klien. Kepercayaan klien menjadi prioritas dalam praktik pekerjaan sosial. Konteks ini untuk menghindari kesalahan dalam praktik kerja para pekerja sosial. Praktik yang muncul dalam studi ini bagaimana pekerja sosial membangun kepercayaan dengan klien melalui asas penilaian kebutuhan. Untuk itu, pelayanan sosial berbasis panti perlu membentuk komunitas klien dan membangun kolaborasi dengan semua stakeholder terkait. 

scholarly journals SOCIAL SERVICES AS A SOCIAL INVESTMENT ON THE EXAMPLE OF A NEW INSTITUUTION OF SOCIAL CENTERS IN POLAND, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 65-78
Author(s):  
Mirosław Grewiński ◽  
Marek Kawa
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family

The aim of the article is to present the empirical research conducted among Polish social workers in November of 2020 on the newly created institution named in Polish -  - Centrum Usług Społecznych, CUS (Social Service Centers). The article also presents the theoretical framework, but mostly the authors focus on presenting empirical research of 79 social welfare centers in Poland. The main research problem proposed within the article was how social workers perceive the creation of a new institution in municipalities - social service centers and what deficits and strengths they see in the field of creating new social services, that meet new challenges such as aging of society, transformations of labor markets and changes within the family, ecological threats and new pandemics. 

scholarly journals Volunteer peer supervision: In an ever-changing social service environment

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Jason Rushton
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Peer Supervision ◽  
The Social

The purpose of this article is to start a discussion around the importance of peer super- vision with social service volunteers (New Zealand Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations [NZFVWO], 2001, pp. 61-63). This will be achieved by addressing the history of volunteerism and the rise of Charitable Trusts (Styles, 1979, pp. 86-88). The structure of volunteerism changed, as policymakers identified the importance of including specific volunteer’s roles and functions in legislation. Furthermore, policymakers began introducing clarification around peer supervision and peer support, linking the importance of supervision for volunteerism in the social services (NZFVWO, 2001, pp. 61). The introduction of peer supervision for volunteers in the social services is to provide accountability around professional practice and registration for many social service professions. The importance of peer supervision for volunteers working in the social services should be viewed as a safeguard to provide better practice for the volunteer, client and agency (O’Donoghue, 1999, p. 7). Volunteering New Zealand (VNZ) offer an alliance with supporting agencies and government around volunteering best practice in the support and development of managers and coordinators of volunteers (VNZ, 2014, para 1-15). An example of this is the Volunteer Army, which came to fruition around the Christchurch earthquakes, getting the community working alongside each other to support and help those in need. However, none of these professional bodies offer a code of ethics to provide guidelines to volunteers. The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) does offer a Code of Ethics, not only to social workers but to all social services and volunteers (Beddoe  Randal, 1994, p. 31), which could be incorporated and used as a guideline. Although social work has a code of ethics guideline there is still some debate around mandatory registration to provide accountability and safeguard clients and social work practice. 

scholarly journals Family counselling and flexibility of social services during Covid-19 emergency: Case study of Latvian municipalities

2020 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 01010
Author(s):  
Anna Broka ◽  
Hanna Mihailova
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Emergency Case ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social

In all the EU countries and Latvia, the health care impact during the Covid-19 outbreak was one of the first priorities. Meanwhile, less attention was paid to the social service burden, especially in social work with families and children, elderly and other social groups in the most vulnerable situations. New social measures were introduced from the very beginning of the emergency situation, and a crisis benefit was initiated for families and children at the local level. Social workers had to adjust their practice to more flexible, remote and transformed social service delivery. It required specific personal protective equipment (PPE) and new forms of communication channels with families in need and new risk groups. The analysis of correlation between the Covid-19 estimated cases and the social crisis benefit provided during the emergency was performed with a regression model by using the SPSS statistical and mathematical program. It is a starting point for the research on how the social measures introduced in the emergency were allocated. The evidence about the communication and inter-disciplinary experiences was obtained via the analysis of open-ended interviews with social workers and experts. The preliminary results demonstrate the importance of the work alleviating impacts from the national to local level with inter-disciplinary professional teamwork solutions and adaptability in social work practice.

Dissemination and Implementation in Social Service Settings

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Curtis McMillen ◽  
Danielle R. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Implementation Models ◽  
Complex Settings

Social service settings offer numerous complexities in their staffing, consumers, and payer mix that require careful consideration in designing dissemination and implementation efforts. However, social services’ unique access to vulnerable populations with health problems may prove vital in efforts to improve the health status of many of our citizens and reduce health disparities. While a number of well-developed, blended dissemination and implementation models are being used in social service settings, they all require additional documentation, research, and field experience. Nonetheless, the lessons learned in the social services may help organizations in other sectors better implement health interventions with complex consumers in complex settings.

scholarly journals “When we talk about intimate partner violence we talk in an adult way” – Social workers’ descriptions of intimate partner violence between teenagers

2021 ◽  
pp. 147332502110028
Author(s):  
Emmy Högström Tagesson ◽  
Carina Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Treatment Quality ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender

This article examines how seven social workers within the Swedish social services describe intimate partner violence between teenagers (IPV-BT). The article adds to the literature by examining IPV-BT outside a U.S. context, where most studies have been conducted. Based on semistructured qualitative interviews, the authors analyze descriptions of IPV-BT in relation to Charles Tilly’s notion of category making through transfer, encounter, negotiation, and imposition. They also analyze how the social workers’ descriptions of IPV-BT relate to the intersection between age and gender. The results show that the social workers mostly described IPV-BT by referring to encounters with teenagers and by transferring knowledge and theoretical definitions from their specialized working areas, primarily intimate partner violence between adults (IPV-BA) and troubled youth. More rarely, the social workers based their definitions of IPV-BT upon negotiating dialogues with teenagers. Also, those who worked in teams specialized on IPV had the mandate to impose their definitions of IPV-BT to other professionals and teenagers. When taking age and gender hierarchies in consideration, the results show IPV-BT risks being subordinate IPV-BA on a theoretical level, a practical level and in terms of treatment quality. The study suggests that social work with IPV-BT needs to be sensitive to the double subordinations of the teenage girl and of the teenagers who do not follow gender expectations.

scholarly journals Exploring the experiences of social workers in working with children suspected to have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-172
Author(s):  
David J Gilbert ◽  
Raja AS Mukherjee ◽  
Nisha Kassam ◽  
Penny A Cook
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure ◽  
Alcohol Exposure ◽  
Fetal Alcohol ◽  
The Social ◽  
Prenatal Alcohol ◽  
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is one outcome from prenatal alcohol exposure. Social workers are likely to encounter children with the condition, due to the greater likelihood of prenatal alcohol exposure among children in social services settings. This study explores the experiences of social workers in working with children suspected of having FASD and the support offered to social workers, the children and their families. Semi-structured interviews followed by qualitative framework analysis were conducted with seven child and family social workers along with one child protection solicitor who had experience of handling FASD cases. The two main themes that emerged from the data were a lack of knowledge about FASD and the paucity of diagnosis. Lack of knowledge among the social workers was linked to difficulty in managing children suspected to have the condition, feelings of frustration and normalisation of challenging behaviours. The paucity of diagnosis led to an under-emphasis of FASD in assessments, a dearth of specialist services and confusion about its specific effects in contexts of multiple substance misuse and harmful socio-environmental factors. The need for increased FASD awareness within social services and the development of FASD-targeted support for children and families is highlighted. Social workers would benefit from the inclusion of FASD-focused training in their curricula and professional development plans. Improving the diagnostic capacities of health institutions would address the paucity of diagnosis and raise the profile of FASD, especially in the social services setting.

Team Managers in Local Social Service Departments in Israel as Bottom-Up Social Policy-Makers

2021 ◽  
pp. 324-345
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Psychosocial Services ◽  
Service Departments ◽  
New Policies

Following on Felice Perlmutter's work on the managerial role of social workers in social services, this article contributes to the still limited knowledge on the role of social workers in middle-management positions in formulating new policies `on the ground`. The study expands knowledge about policies determined by team managers in local social service departments in Israel. It occurs in the nexus between street-level bureaucracy, professionalism and managerial positions. Semi-structured interviews with 28 team managers revealed that they formulated `new` policies with regard to the provision of psychosocial services and material assistance (who gets what, when and how). This occurs when they resist official policy, when it is vague or non-existent. Most of their policy decisions are not documented and draw upon consultations with colleagues and superiors though not with clients. The team managers perceive these policies as a means for achieving balance between clients' well-being and budgetary constraints. Yet their decisions lack transparency, are decided upon without public discourse and may lead to greater inequity between clients

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