A practice framework to support the Care Act 2014

Stanley, Tony

doi:10.1108/jap-07-2015-0020

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“…This is also true of disability benefits and Continuing Health Care funding, where there is an even greater focus on people's deficits. Stanley (2016) suggests that in order to create practice systems that encourage holistic and person-centred assessments to inform support planning, agencies need to move from a service driven model to one that is needs led. He acknowledges that this is not straightforward because service-led practice has dominated adult social care for a long time.…”

Section: Strengths-based Practice and The 2014 Care Actmentioning

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Strengths-Based Approaches in Social Work and Social Care: Reviewing the Evidence

Caiels

Milne

2021

Journal of Long Term Care

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Context: There is substantial policy support for strengths-based approaches to social work and social care. These new models of care promote the deployment of 'strengths' including personal, social and community resources to empower individuals to achieve their desired outcomes. Although a number of strengths-based models have been developed it is not known whether and how they work, or which model works best for whom and in what circumstances. Objectives: A scoping review of evidence was conducted between July and September 2019. Its primary aim was to explore the nature and extent of evidence in relationship to strengths-based approaches in social work and social care for adults; also how these approaches impact on practice and on outcomes for social care service users and their families. Methods: A database search was conducted for the period 2009 to 2019 to identify peer-reviewed and grey literature publications on the use of strengths (or asset) based approaches in social work and social care. A total of 72 items were included. Findings: Strengths-based approaches are being embraced by policy makers and practitioners but questions remain about: their definition (how they are distinct from other approaches, and how they should be conceptualised); their effectiveness and feasibility (including their intersection with local authority eligibility thresholds); and how they should/can be evaluated. Specific research needs to be done to evaluate the precise nature of strengths-based approaches in social work and social care, their impact on users and carers quality of life and well being and the outcomes achieved. Limitations: The review may be limited by the lack of evidence in a relatively under-researched area of practice. Study designs were varied and included a number of qualitative case studies but very few quantitative or RCT based studies. Implications: This review has brought evidence together, extended understanding about strengths-based approaches in social work and social care for adults and offered us a platform upon which to develop models of evaluation.

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Section: Strengths-based Practice and The 2014 Care Actmentioning

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Strengths-Based Approaches in Social Work and Social Care: Reviewing the Evidence

Caiels

Milne

2021

Journal of Long Term Care

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“…A couple of respondents had warned that some staff had misunderstood MSP and failed to take into account the public duty to protect people, but this was being addressed (Cooper et al , 2016). There are synergies emerging with strength-based approaches to practice that have developed more generally in social work and social care, for example “signs of safety” (Stanley, 2016).…”

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Adult safeguarding and the Care Act (2014) – the impacts on partnerships and practice

Cooper¹,

Bruin

2017

JAP

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at the impacts on adult safeguarding partnerships and practice over 18 months following the implementation of the Care Act (2014) from the perspectives of an independent Chair of two Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) and a senior manager in adult social care in a local authority. They look at the areas of: wellbeing and safety, safeguarding activity and process, changing criteria and definitions, Making Safeguarding Personal, SABs, safeguarding adult reviews and advocacy. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw together information from published sources, experience and networks. Findings The paper argues that the impact on adult safeguarding and SABs has been greater than originally envisaged in a range of areas. This appears to be as a result of adult safeguarding having been made statutory, a new framework having been put in place, and added impetus given to a cultural change in adult safeguarding practice. Originality/value The authors have been engaged in delivering the adult safeguarding elements of the Care Act (2014) and so provide unique insight into the experience of making the changes required to meet the new statutory requirements and achieve the objective of protecting peoples’ rights to live in safety, free from abuse or neglect.

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“…Whilst 'well-being' is far from a simple concept to define, it is often intertwined with discussion in relation to 'quality of life', inclusion in society, the importance of positive personal relationships and networks and having access to emotional and material resources within their economic and social environments. Well-being is therefore patterned and shaped by the meaning we ascribe to interpersonal relationships (Schwanen and Ziegler 2011;Stanley 2016), which requires practitioners to be sophisticated and creative when completing any assessment of well-being.…”

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Well-Being: From Concept to Practice?

2021

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Well-being' has become a high-profile and contested issue, for both policy and practice, since its introduction as an integral part of the Care Act (2014). A dynamic and fluid concept, the researchers were interested in how qualified social workers conceptualise concept of well-being. This small-scale qualitative study, arising from a partnership between a university and a local authority within England, explored how social workers, in one adult social work service, conceptualized 'well-being' in relation to service users who both did have the mental capacity, and also those who lacked capacity, to make informed decisions in relation to their care and support needs. The researchers adopted an interpretivist, qualitative approach to the research and used thematic analysis of the rich data arising from individual and group discussions. Interesting differences emerged that, we propose, related to the practitioners' dominant 'cognitive style' or over-arching approach to considering how individuals, with and without capacity, defined their own well-being, becoming more risk-averse when considering the well-being (as defined within the Care Act 2014) of an individual who lacked capacity. Whilst local authorities have a duty under the Care Act to promote an individual's well-being, firmly locating the well-being principle at the heart of adult social work assessments, it is important to remember that this is a concept that is mainly self-defined. However, the ways in which practitioners conceptualise well-being influence both how they approach an assessment, and indeed how they seek to build relationships with the person being assessed. Bringing the different cognitive styles to practitioners' attention, we believe, provides an opportunity to challenge their own and their colleagues' biases, whether systemic or individual, and free them to embrace the fluidity of experience and well-being, for all individuals seeking to access services.

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A practice framework to support the Care Act 2014

Cited by 12 publications

References 13 publications

Strengths-Based Approaches in Social Work and Social Care: Reviewing the Evidence

Strengths-Based Approaches in Social Work and Social Care: Reviewing the Evidence

Adult safeguarding and the Care Act (2014) – the impacts on partnerships and practice

Well-Being: From Concept to Practice?

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