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Title Social care, service users and user involvement / edited by Peter Beresford and Sarah Carr.

Publication Info. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Research highlights in social work series
Research highlights in social work ; 55.
Summary Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement provides a definitive introduction to practical, philosophical and theoretical issues at the heart of user involvement. This book provides an accessible account of the latest research findings regarding user involvement on three levels: the delivery and provision of services, practice and practitioners, and research and evaluation. It explores a wide range of service user needs and concerns, including the latest developments in personalisation and the effect of the Equality Act 2010. First-hand accounts illustrate the range of issues and service.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Social Care, Service Users andUser Involvement; Foreword; Introduction; 1. The Theory and Philosophy Behind User Involvement; 2. Participation, Resistance and Change: Examining Influenceson the Impact of Service User Participation; 3. Service User Involvement -- What It Is and What It CouldBe: Lessons from the Standards We Expect Project; 4. Reclaiming Community Work for Involvement in Social Care; 5. Rainbow Quality System: User-led Innovation inQuality Assurance.
6. Co-production in Evaluation and Outcomes: Lessonsfrom Working with Older People in Designing andUndertaking Research Initiatives on Older People'sLives, Independence and Wellbeing7. Involving Ethnically Diverse Service Users in the ResearchProcess: Alliances and Action; 8. Researching Continuity of Care in Mental Health: WhatDifference Does Holding a Survivor Researcher IdentityMake?; 9. Involving a Marginalized Group in Research and Analysis -People with Life Limiting Conditions: Issues and Gains; 10. The Key Contributions of User-led Services: What does theEvidence Tell Us?
11. No Blame, No Shame: Towards a Social Model of AlcoholDependency -- A Story from Emancipatory Research12. 'There's No Point in Doing Research if No One Wantsto Listen': Identifying LGBT Needs and Effecting 'PositiveSocial Change' for LGBT People in Brighton and Hove; 13. Involving Children and Young People in Research:Principles into Practice; 14. 'Involving People with Learning Difficulties andSelf-advocacy'; Conclusion: The Personal is still Political; The Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index; Blank Page.
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Subject Social service -- Great Britain.
Social service.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Carr, Sarah, 1971-
Beresford, Peter.
Other Form: Print version: 9781849050753
ISBN 9780857002648 (electronic book)
0857002643 (electronic book)
9781849050753 (Paper)
1849050759 (Paper)
9781283905978 (MyiLibrary)
1283905973 (MyiLibrary)
0857002643