Interprofessional Social Work: Effective collaborative approaches
Interprofessional Social Work: Effective collaborative approaches
ANNE QUINNEY
TRISH HAFFORD-LETCHFIELD
Series Editors: Jonathan Parker and Greta Bradley
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Anne Quinney and Irish Hafford-Letchfield 2012
First published in 2012
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ISBN: 978 0 85725 826 7 (hbk)
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Contents
About the authors
Anne Quinney is a senior lecturer at Bournemouth University and is the editor of the peer-reviewed journal Practice: Social work in action. Prior to working in higher education Anne worked as a teacher, youth worker and social worker in Sudan, Scotland and England. Anne's research interests are in technology-enhanced learning, and she has undertaken research projects into staff and student experiences of interprofessional learning using a virtual community, and the use of arts and humanities materials and online assessment in transprofessional learning. Anne is also interested in how students develop research-mindedness. She is one of the authors of the multimedia learning resources produced for the Social Care Institute for Excellence on Interprofessional and interagency collaboration.
Dr Trish Hafford-Letchfield is the Director of Programmes for Social Work at Middlesex University, London. Trish is a qualified nurse and social worker and has had a long career in social work including more than ten years of managing social work and social care services in a statutory organisation including supported housing. Trish has a wide range of experiences in interprofessional leadership and management development and has developed a range of initiatives in practice. Within higher education she has led and taught on interprofessional leadership programmes for a number of years and is widely published in this area. Trish's research interests lie in educational gerontology and social care, the use of the arts in learning and teaching, widening participation in education, sexuality and intimacy in social work and social care, leadership and organisational development. She is interested particularly in how social work draws on other social science disciplines to enhance their knowledge and practice.
Series editors preface
Collaboration and interprofessional, interdisciplinary or multi-professional working have been sported almost as a talisman which, once touched, will rid the world of social work, health care and other human services of the narrow, tribal and often damaging practices that are held responsible for social tragedies.
National and global perturbations have continued to influence and mould social and health policy developments, which often determine the ways in which they are applied in social work practice. The UK faces numerous challenges over forthcoming years, many of which, perhaps, have been heightened following the 2007 fiscal crisis and its lasting ramifications. These include dealing with the impact of an increasingly ageing population, with its cognate health and social care needs, housing and support service needs, education and leisure services and so forth. Collaboration with other professionals and para-professionals is also set centre stage as we work with the financial implications that a changing demography, including lower fertility rates alongside population ageing, brings. This book adds to our knowledge and understanding of the complexities of social work practice in which collaboration with and respect for others is central.
Migration has increased as a global phenomenon and we now live and work with the implications of international issues in our everyday and local lives. Often these issues influence how we construct our social services and determine what services we need to offer. It is likely that as a social worker you will work with a diverse range of people throughout your career, many of whom have experienced significant, even traumatic, events that require a professional and caring response grounded, of course, in the laws and social policies that have developed as a result. As well as working with individuals, however, you may be required to respond to the needs of a particular community disadvantaged by world events or excluded within local communities because of assumptions made about them, and you may be embroiled in some of the tensions that arise from implementing policy-based approaches that may conflict with professional values. What is clear within these contexts is that you may be working with a range of people who are often at the margins of society, socially excluded or in need of protection and safeguarding. You will not always be the person or service who can meet the needs of the diverse population you will meet. This text provides important knowledge and information to help you become aware of the roles others play in helping in human situations, and to respond appropriately and make referrals to other professions when faced with challenging situations.
Reflection, revision and reform allow us to focus clearly on what knowledge is useful to engage with in learning to be a social worker. The focus on 'statutory' social work and, by dint of that, involuntary clients, brings to the fore the need for social workers to be well versed in the mechanisms and nuances of legislation that can be interpreted and applied to empower, protect and assist, but also to understand the social policy arena in which practice is forged. The books in this series respond to the agendas driven by changes brought about by professional body, government and disciplinary review. They aim to build on and offer introductory texts based on up-to-date knowledge and social policy development and to help communicate this in an accessible way, preparing the ground for future study as you develop your social work career. The books are written by people passionate about social work and social services and aim to instil that passion in others. The knowledge introduced in this book is important for all social workers in all fields of practice as they seek to reaffirm social work's commitment to those it serves.
