Social care practice in context / Malcolm Payne.

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In this clear and insightful book, best selling author Malcolm Payne analyses the major elements of social care practice, explaining how caring and social work skills and values are crucial to effective social care.

Through theory, research evidence and skill development, Payne identifies the varying contexts in which social care takes place, the agencies that provide it and the relationships at its heart. The book explains the key practical social care skills:

- How to be receptive to users' and carers' own understanding of their needs
- How to develop continuity in service provision
- How to use effective interpersonal engagement with users and carers to ensure a positive future for them in which they have as much control over their care as possible
- How to work in partnership with colleagues and other agencies

With practice and case examples, research boxes, further reading and reflection activities, this book is a stimulating read for social work and community care students and practitioners.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Figures (p. vii)
• Research boxes (p. viii)
• Tables (p. ix)
• Introduction (p. x)
• 1 What is social care practice? (p. 1)
• What is social care? (p. 1)
• Social care, citizenship and social services (p. 4)
• Care and caring (p. 10)
• The social (p. 19)
• Social care and social work (p. 23)
• Conclusion (p. 24)
• Main points (p. 25)
• Stop and think (p. 25)
• Taking it further (p. 25)
• 2 Valuing users and carers (p. 26)
• Normalizing and valuing: objectives in the caring arena (p. 26)
• General social factors (p. 29)
• Long-term care (p. 36)
• The elements of social care (p. 37)
• Social care now (p. 49)
• Conclusion (p. 50)
• Main points (p. 51)
• Stop and think (p. 51)
• Taking it further (p. 51)
• 3 The state and the individual (p. 52)
• Social care service agencies and policy (p. 52)
• Understanding social care agencies (p. 53)
• Social care policy and legislation (p. 62)
• Community care and child care policy (p. 69)
• Practice impact of policy and finance for community social care (p. 74)
• Policy initiatives (p. 75)
• Conclusion (p. 78)
• Main points (p. 79)
• Stop and think (p. 79)
• Taking it further (p. 79)
• 4 Engaging and assessing in social care (p. 81)
• Engagement: taking on a social care identity (p. 81)
• Engagement practice (p. 83)
• Developmental caring (p. 86)
• Assessment (p. 89)
• Conclusion (p. 100)
• Main points (p. 101)
• Stop and think (p. 101)
• Taking it further (p. 102)
• 5 Partnership with agencies and colleagues (p. 103)
• Partnership to provide continuity (p. 103)
• Boundaries (p. 104)
• Negotiation (p. 105)
• Community social work (p. 108)
• Social care and wider care services (p. 109)
• Forms of service partnership (p. 111)
• Coordination between services (p. 118)
• Advocacy (p. 123)
• Conclusion (p. 126)
• Main points (p. 127)
• Stop and think (p. 127)
• Taking it further (p. 127)
• 6 Personal and social intervention (p. 129)
• The objectives of social care practice interventions (p. 129)
• Body, mind and spirit in social care (p. 132)
• Ecological aims: time and place (p. 136)
• Networking (p. 138)
• Support (p. 139)
• Services to carers (p. 141)
• Care management approaches (p. 144)
• Direct payments, independent budgeting and self-directed care (p. 151)
• Risk and protection (p. 154)
• Conclusion (p. 158)
• Main points (p. 158)
• Stop and think (p. 158)
• Taking it further (p. 159)
• 7 Endings, monitoring and evaluation (p. 160)
• Ending social care: personal and professional implications (p. 160)
• Monitoring, evaluation and review (p. 162)
• Audit (p. 170)
• Research (p. 171)
• Staff development and supervision (p. 175)
• Conclusion (p. 177)
• Main points (p. 177)
• Stop and think (p. 177)
• Taking it further (p. 178)
• 8 The future of social care (p. 179)
• Abbreviations (p. 183)
• Glossary (p. 184)
• Bibliography (p. 188)
• Index (p. 202)

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