Empowerment, Assessment, Care Management and the Skilled Worker

Postle, Karen

doi:10.1080/09503153.2014.963293

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“…Concerns about managing unpaid carer expectations are more specific to images and the short break conversation. Similar concerns have been expressed in previous research (Hanson et al, 2008) The learning from the events suggests that the Exchange model of assessment (Smale et al, 1993) is a useful model to base future work in this area. In this model, the idea is to facilitate an exchange (or two-way flow of information) in which power is shared.…”

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“…The learning concerning the importance of broadening conversations speaks to the need for creative and flexible approaches. One practical step to institute positive change in the current system might be to explore ways to upscale the use of the Exchange model of assessment (Smale et al, 1993) in the CA process.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The learning from the events suggests that the Exchange model of assessment (Smale et al, 1993) is a useful model to base future work in this area. In this model the idea is to facilitate an exchange (or two-way flow of information) in which power is shared.…”

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Exploring the use of images to support short break conversations with unpaid carers

Toms

Seddon

Miller

et al. 2023

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Purpose Short breaks enable unpaid carers to have a life alongside caring, supporting their physical and emotional well-being. In the UK, short breaks are usually explored during a Carers Assessment. The conversations underpinning these assessments require considerable skill and presently there are few tools to support the exploration of short break needs, desired outcomes and options. Images are used in other conversations to enhance communication, help people consider options and broaden thinking. This study aims to explore whether and how stakeholders thought images might support short break conversations. Design/methodology/approach To improve access to meaningful short breaks, we need to be guided by the insights of unpaid carers, those they support, practitioners, commissioners and policymakers. We hosted two online involvement events, designed to facilitate the exchange of perspectives and ideas amongst diverse stakeholders. The events explored the acceptability, facilitators and challenges of using images to enhance unpaid carer short break conversations. Findings The online events were attended by 47 short break stakeholders. These stakeholders saw merit in using images to support short break conversations. They identified several facilitators and challenges to introducing images into practice. The paper highlights how this learning can inform future research and practice development. Originality/value Supporting the well-being of older unpaid carers is a pertinent concern as the number of older unpaid carers continues to grow. This paper reports on how stakeholders have informed the earliest stages of practice and research development in a relevant area and provides a model of involvement that others can emulate.

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Exploring the use of images to support short break conversations with unpaid carers

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“…Hopes were very high in many quarters for an authentic transformation. Two lead organisations, the National Institute for Social Work (NISW) and the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) published two key documents -Empowerment, Assessment, Care Management and the Skilled Worker (Smale and Tuson, 1993) and Negotiating Care in the Community (Smale et al, 1994). These publications set out how the new needs-led, person-centred vision could be delivered.…”

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The Future of Social Care

Beresford¹,

Slasberg²

2023

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Those of us who have been pressing for meaningful reform of adult social care in the UK for 25 fruitless years must accept not only that we have failed, but also that we have failed to raise the level of the debate much above an annual knockabout over funding. The two go hand in hand: had we succeeded in capturing the imagination of politicians and the public in what real independent living could look and feel like for older people and for all those living with disability, we would by now surely have secured a breakthrough.The struggle goes on, however, and this important study offers a timely opportunity to reinvigorate and deepen our thinking about the contribution of care and support in the modern world. And 'world' is the operative term, for while the authors take the UK experience as their focus, the lessons they draw apply internationally as social care seeks to claim its rightful place in emerging global green and well-being agendas.Peter Beresford and Colin Slasberg bring usefully complementary perspectives as, respectively, a service user and academic and a senior care manager and consultant. Their home truths may make tough reading for many in and around social care, not least the observation that, for all our efforts to boost its status, it remains a public service backwater, "notoriously obscure". Some will also take issue with the authors' largely negative verdict on the working in England of personal budgets, one of the few genuine innovations in care and support in recent years.But there is no doubt that social care has suffered, and continues to suffer, from its isolation, from being something that most people engage with only when they need to and very often when they are in crisis. As the book argues, the challenge is to bring it in from the margins and place it at the heart of our economic planning as a universalist, person-centred and rights-based policy and as a vehicle for serious public investment. Less a burden, more an economic and social wealth generator.Can we be optimistic? As the authors argue, there are strong currents taking us in the right direction. One is the sheer demographics: globally, there are rapidly growing numbers of disabled and older people. A second is the mounting pressure for environmental sustainability, forcing re-evaluation

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Empowerment, Assessment, Care Management and the Skilled Worker

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Exploring the use of images to support short break conversations with unpaid carers

Exploring the use of images to support short break conversations with unpaid carers

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