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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826282603321

Titolo

Developing good practice in community care : partnership and participation / / edited by Vicky White and John Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, Pa, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001

ISBN

1-84642-293-0

1-4175-0170-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

208 p

Altri autori (Persone)

HarrisJohn <1952->

WhiteVicky <1959->

Disciplina

361/.941

Soggetti

Community health services - Great Britain

Human services - Great Britain

Social service - Great Britain

Social work with minorities - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-197) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Developing Good Practice in Community Care -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Changing Community Care -- 2 Improving the Quality of Written Assessments: A Participative Approach -- 3 Progressing Race Equality: Dynamics of Partnership -- 4 Working with Health: From Collaboration to Partnership in a Hospital Setting -- 5 Working with Health: Partnership in a Community Setting -- 6 Enpowerment as a Participative Process -- 7 Partnership in Prevention: Messages from Older People -- 8 Guardianship: A Participative Approach -- 9 Multi-disciplinary Partnership in a Community Mental Health Team -- 10 Developing Good Practice: Prospects and Possibilities -- Appendices -- References -- The Contributors -- Subject Index -- Name Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing together theory and practice, this comprehensive resource presents guidelines for good practice in community care work. The contributors describe the planning and implementation of pioneering initiatives in the community, analyse their effectiveness and outline their practical implications in the light of the current legislative framework.