A single door : social work with the families of disabled children / Caroline Glendinning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glendinning, Caroline, 1950- author.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Children and Disability

Routledge Library Editions: Children and Disability ; Volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children with disabilities--Services for.

Children with disabilities.

Family social work.

Social work with children with disabilities.

Children with disabilities--Services for--Great Britain.

Family social work--Great Britain.

Social work with children with disabilities--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

First published in 1986, this study explores the increased public concern with policies of 'community care' and their effects on informal carers, at that time. It looks at the widespread evidence that one particular group of informal carers- parents looking after their severely disabled child- lack information, advice and a co-ordinated pattern of supporting services. The author, who carried out research on disabled children and their families for a number of years, describes in detail a low-cost experimental project in which specialist social workers set out to remedy these shortcomings. Drawing on the results of this particular study, the author argues strongly for widespread assignment of 'key' social workers to this and other groups of informal carers. Despite being written in the mid-1980s, this book discusses topic that will still be of interest and use today.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 'Community Care', Specialization and Evaluation: Current Issues in Social Services and Social Work; 'Community care': the growing demand; The debate about specialization; Evaluation and effectiveness; The resource worker project; Chapter 2 'Community Care': The Case of Severely Disabled Children; Research background; Disabled children and their families: the policy context; The resource worker project; Chapter 3 Setting up the Project

The resource workers and the interventionThe research design and methods; Meeting the families; Chapter 4 Inputs: the Role of a Specialist Social Worker; Establishing working relationships; The intervention of the resource workers; The resource workers' perspectives on the intervention; Immediate outcomes; Chapter 5 Outcomes: the Parents' Views; 'Consumer' opinion in social work research; The help received from the resource workers; Parents' voices; Retrospective reflections; Chapter 6 Outcome Measures 1: Disability and Day to Day Practical Care; Disability, handicap and health care

The personal care of the disabled childGiving extra attention and supervision; Practical problems at home; Getting about outside the home; Chapter 7 Outcome Measures 2: Homes and Gardens; Moving house; Adaptations to the home; Outside the house; Conclusions; Appendix George Jackson; Caroline Barton; Chapter 8 Outcome Measures 3: Education, Leisure and Respite Care; Educational issues; Leaving school and after; Educational equipment and toys; Leisure; Respite care; Chapter 9 Outcome Measures 4: Financial Problems, Welfare Benefits and the Family Fund; Disability benefits; Supplementary benefit

Help from the Family FundThe alleviation of financial worries; Chapter 10 Outcome Measures 5: The Impact on Families and Carers; Relationships within the family; Who cares?; The impact on carers; Chapter 11 Conclusions: Issues for Evaluation; The intervention and its outcomes; Interpretation: the research context; The development of evaluative research; Chapter 12 Implementation: Issues for Policy; Recent policy developments; The resource worker project and policy: the development of the key worker role; The key worker role and future policy; Appendix A Briefing the resource workers

Appendix B A note on statistical testingReferences; Index

Notes:

"First published in 1986 by Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd."--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-66826-2

1-317-36059-1

1-317-36058-3

9781315668260

OCLC:

933433383