Community Care and Community Services for Adults

SOWK70761 Community Care and Community Services for Adults 15 Semester 1 Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Politics 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 For Diploma in Social Work students only. For Diploma in Social Work students only. 1.To examine current policy and welfare practice in relation to each of the main groups of adult service users in the UK 2.To consider key issues and dilemmas for professional intervention 3.To critically evaluate social care for adults and the management of those defined as social problems After completion of the module students should able to: 1.Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of and understanding of recent and current legislation regarding the care of adults in the community. 2.Identify the relationships that exist between community care policy, professional intervention, the delivery of services and outcomes for adult service users and carers. 3.Critically discuss the role played by social work practitioners in relation to needs assessment, care management and collaborative working with other agencies. 4.Make a critical and informed contribution to debates concerning social work intervention with older adults, disabled and learning disabled adults, and adults who use mental health services in the community. 11 x 1 hour lectures & 11 x 1 hour seminars 0 Other 100% Postgraduate students 3,000 - 3,500 word essay Y Adams, R. (1996) The Personal Social Services, London, Longman. Bartlett, W. (1994) Quasi Markets in the Welfare State, Bristol, SAUS Publications. Bornat, J et al (eds) (1997 2nd ed) Community Care: A reader, Basingstoke, Macmillan. Brown, H and Smith, N. (1993) Normalisation : A Reader for the Nineties, London, Routledge. Challis, D. (1993) 'The effectiveness of community care', Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 3, pp 97 - 104. Challis, D., Darton, R., Johnson, L., Stone, M., and Traske, K. (1995) Care Management and Health Care of Older People, Aldershot, Arena. Clare, A. (1980) Psychiatry in Dissent, Tavistock, London. Clarke, J. Cochrane, A. and McLaughlin, E. (eds) (1994) Managing Social Policy, London, Sage Cutler, T. & Waine, B. (1994) Managing the Welfare State, ch.3. Oxford, Berg. Davis, A, Ellis, K & Rummery, K (1997) Access to Assessment: Perspectives of practitioners, disabled people and carers, Bristol, Policy Press. Denney, D. (1998) Social Policy and Social Work, Oxford, Oxford University Press. Ellis, K (1993) Squaring the Circle: User and carer participation in needs assessment, York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Harrison, D. (1995) Vicious Circles Good Practices in Mental Health., London Higgins, J. (1989) 'Defining Community Care: realities and myths', Social Policy and Administration, 23:1, pp. 3-16. Hudson, B. (1990) 'Social Policy and the New Right - the strange case of the community care White Paper', Local Government Studies, Nov/Dec 1990, pp.15-34. Hughes, B. (1995) Older People and Community Care: Critical Theory and Practice, Buckingham, OUP Johnson, N. (1990) Reconstructing the Welfare State: a Decade of Change, ch. 7. Harvester. Lewis, J., Bernstock, P. & Bovell, V. (1995) 'The Community Care Changes: unresolved tensions in policyand issues in implementation', Journal of Social Policy 24:1 pp. 73-94. Lewis, J & Glennerster, H. (1996) Implementing the New Community Care, Buckingham, OUP. Lyttle, J. (1986) Mental Disorder: Its care and treatment, Bailliere Tindall, London Means, R. and Smith, R. (2nd ed.1998) Community Care Policy and Practice, London, Macmillan. Means, R, Morbey, H & Smith, R (2002) From Community Care to Market Care? Bristol, Policy Press. Morris, J (1993) Independent Lives? Community Care and Disabled People, London, Macmillan. Parker, G. (1990) With Due Care and Attention: a review of research on informal care. London, Family Policy Studies Centre. Pembroke, L. (1994) Self-Harm: Perspectives from Personal Experience, Survivors Speak Out, London. Rummery, K (2002) Disability, Citizenship and Community Care: A case for welfare rights? Aldershot, Ashgate. Salter, B. (1994) 'The Politics of Community Care: social rights and welfare limits', Policy and Politics, 22:2 pp. 119-131. Salter, B. (1998) The Politics of Change in the Health Service, ch. 7. London, Macmillan, Taylor, M., Langan, J., and Hoggett, P. (1195) Encouraging Diversity: Voluntary and Private Organisations in Community Care Aldershot, Arena. Tester, S. (1996) Community Care for Older People, A Comparative Perspective, London, Macmillan Twigg, J and Atkin, K (1994) Carers Perceived: Policy and practice in informal care, Buckingham, OUP. Wilson, G (ed) (1995) Community Care: Asking the users, London, Chapman and Hall. Wistow, G., Knapp, M., Hardy, B., and Allan, C., (1994) Social Care in a Mixed Economy, Buckingham, OUP. 0 Timetable Tuesday, 1.00-3.00