Building Effective Social Work Teams; Endorsement; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Social Work -- The Modern Era; A Fledgling Social Worker; Finding Substitute Families; The Seebohm Reorganisation; Managing an Intake Team in an Inner City Borough; Closing Institutions and Supporting People to Live in the Community; Training and Development; The Commissioner-Provider Reorganisation; Mental Health standards; Financial Resources; The Inquiries into Child Protection Tragedies
Strong Leadership Needed to Tackle the Blame CultureMy Research Study of Three Fieldwork Teams; Comment; Notes; 2 Support for Different Service Users; Empowerment; Maintenance; Containment; The Spectrum of Service User Dependency; What is a Borderline Personality?; Service Users suffering From Severe Trauma; Service Users Who Depend on others for their care; Mental Development Early in Life; What Happens if the Mother Cannot Cope?; A Facilitating Environment to Allow Positive Feeling when away From Mother; Acceptance of the Relationship between Parents; Organisational Containment
Marginalisation of Seriously Dependent PeopleThe Need to Reduce the Risk of Abuse by Carers; Helping with Decision Making; Comment; Notes; 3 Engaging with Service Users; Ways that Social Workers can Engage with Borderline Service Users; Good enough Ways for the Social Worker to Engage Positively; The disturbing Power of Projections; Knowing When to Stand Back and When to Intervene; Mental Space to Reflect and Decide an appropriate Intervention; The Reduction in Use of Supervision; Mental Space for Organisations; Turning a Blind Eye to Tragic Situations
The Need for Management Support on Critical CasesComment; Notes; 4 Beneath The Surface of Three Teams; The day-to-day Work of the District Team; The District Team's Support for Service Users; The Pressure of Referrals; The Emotional Meaning of the Work of the Team; Summary; Team of the year; Meetings to Monitor the Progress of Patients Toward Discharge; Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings; The Emotional Meaning of the Work of the Team; The Needs of Service Users Supported by the Hospital Team; Summary; The Day-to-Day Work of the Team
The Needs of Service Users Supported by the Mental Health TeamThe Emotional Meaning of the Work of the Team; Handling of Conflict in the Team; Summary; Notes; 5 Methodology Used to Study the Three Teams; The Support Environment Needed for a Social Work Team; 6 The Need for A Coherent Policy Framework; Overview of National Policies that the Social Workers Needed to Understand; Conclusion; Now it is Over to You; Notes; 7 Professional Skills and Development; Recruitment and Motivation; Commitment to Post-Qualifying Training; Development Opportunities; Working in Pairs; Shared Social Work Values
