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The short guide to social work

Robert Adams

First published in Great Britain in 2010 by

The Policy Press

University of Bristol

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A&E	accident and emergency (department)
ADHD	attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
AMHP	approved mental health practitioner
APL/APEL	accreditation of prior (experiential) learning
ASW	approved social worker
BASW	British Association of Social Workers
CAFCASS	Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service
CAMHS	child and adolescent mental health services
CAT	credit accumulation and transfer
CCW	Care Council for Wales
COP	code of practice
COS	Charity Organisation Society
CPPIH	Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health
CQC	Care Quality Commission
CRB	Criminal Records Bureau
CSCI	Commission for Social Care Inspection
CSSI	Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales
CSV	Community Service Volunteers
DCSF	Department for Children, Schools and Families
DH	Department of Health
DHSS	Department for Health and Social Services
DHSSPS	Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
ECHR	European Convention on Human Rights
EU	European Union
FCWO	Family Court Welfare Service
GP	general practitioner (doctor)
GSCC	General Social Care Council
HCC	Healthcare Commission
HIW	Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
IASSW	International Association of Schools of Social Work
IFSW	International Federation of Social Workers
IT	information technology
LINks	local involvement networks
NAW	National Assembly for Wales
NHS	National Health Service
NISCC	Northern Ireland Social Care Council
NOS	National Occupational Standards
NTA	National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
PCT	primary care trust
PLO	practice learning opportunity
RQIA	Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority Northern Ireland
SCRC	Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care
SEN	special educational needs
SfC	Skills for Care
SSC	Sector Skills Council
SSLP	Sure Start local programme
SSSC	Scottish Social Services Council
Topss	Training Organisation for the Personal Social Services
UCAS	Universities & Colleges Admissions Service
UNCRC	United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
WAG	Welsh Assembly Government

Two striking illustrations of the reality that social work deals with problematic aspects of peoples lives is the fact that social workers engage with the labels used to refer to people and sometimes to discriminate against them and exclude them from society.

What to call the people with whom we work?

There is no single term used throughout the UK, let alone throughout other western countries, for the person with whom social workers work. In settings where therapy or counselling is the main focus, the term client tends to be used and sometimes social workers adopt this word. In healthcare settings, the term patient may be used and adopted by social workers, for instance, in hospitals. In adult social care, service user and carer are used widely, or person who uses services. Sometimes also, words such as customer or consumer are used in local government and public services. In advocacy work, terms such as service adviser, consultant and expert through experience are also used. Each of these words has supporters and critics. Throughout this book, the terms service user and client are used most often, depending on whether the focus of practice lies closer to social care or therapeutic work.

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