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The Community Care Grant

Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780102965445
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (654 download)

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Book Synopsis The Community Care Grant by : Great Britain: National Audit Office

Download or read book The Community Care Grant written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the £141 million Community Care Grant scheme, vulnerable people can claim for money to pay for essential household items. Whilst Jobcentre Plus employees prioritise each request received, they cannot be sure that those who apply were in most need. Inequities in the budgets set for district offices mean that some high priority claims have been refused because of the limited funds available locally. In addition, the large volume of claims that are never likely to receive funding have to be assessed under the same process, thereby adding considerably to the administrative burden. Decisions are essentially based on what has been stated on the application form, which makes it difficult to identify if claims are overstated and there are no checks on how the money is spent. Introducing a centralised contract to supply items directly could improve the control over the scheme and achieve economies of scale of at least £14 million a year. Also, greater standardisation of the amount awarded for items could save up to £7.5 million a year. The Department does not wholly agree with these conclusions. In the Department's view it is in the nature of a discretionary scheme that there will be variations in the way in which judgments will be exercised and to operate more rigidly would fail to meet the needs of those it is designed to assist. The Department notes that it is required to operate the scheme within a legal framework and under tight constraints of turnaround time and resource availability

The Community Care Grant

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215555595
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (555 download)

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Book Synopsis The Community Care Grant by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts

Download or read book The Community Care Grant written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Community Care Grant provides an important safety net for those most in need by helping them to obtain essential items. The scheme has been frozen in cash terms since 2006-07, however, and future funding is expected to remain at £141 million a year. Applying for and awarding a grant is essentially a paper-based exercise and the quality of decision making is unsatisfactory. Around half of the appeals considered were found to contain significant errors because decisions were based on incomplete information and without challenging applicants' statements. At 12% of total Grant funds distributed, administrative error is too high. The risk of fraud and error is further increased by a lack of basic checks and balances: customers are not required to keep receipts and no spot checks are carried out by the Department. Moreover, at £19 million in 2008-09 and 13% of total funds distributed, administration costs are also unacceptably high. Funding is not fairly distributed across the country and more should be done to forecast demand based on established patterns and trends. Concerns were raised five years ago yet the Department still does not know whether fund distribution is fair. Finally, there is scope to make the purchasing arrangements more efficient. Agreeing central contracts for frequently requested items could generate financial savings of around £14 million a year for the scheme and provide a guarantee of quality to applicants. Such an approach can be used even if responsibility for decision making transfers to local authorities. Technological advances, such as the use of store cards, could also make purchasing easier for customers while preserving their dignity.

Preservation Assistance Grants

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preservation Assistance Grants written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Social Construction of Community Care

Author : Anthea Symonds
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1349141070
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Book Synopsis The Social Construction of Community Care by : Anthea Symonds

Download or read book The Social Construction of Community Care written by Anthea Symonds and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1998-11-11 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents a new development in the discussion of community care policies with its integrated approach addressed to both community nurses and social workers. It includes contributions from practitioners in both fields, as well as lecturers and researchers in sociology and social policy. The overall theme of the book is the concept of 'community' as a social and cultural construction. The authors begin with an account of the historical construction of community care, followed by explorations of the actual practice of the delivery of care and of the needs of particular groups within the community.

Health Care Provision

Author : Audrey Leathard
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
ISBN 13 : 9780748733545
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Health Care Provision written by Audrey Leathard and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2000 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines health care in England and Wales from 1900 to the year 2000. Scotland and Northern Ireland are reviewed separately. Discusses the implication of Britain's involvement with the European Union and health care systems abroad. The key NHS reforms are charted across time and the changes brough about under New Labour are reviewed.

An A-Z of Community Care Law

Author : Michael Mandelstam
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781853025600
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (256 download)

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Book Synopsis An A-Z of Community Care Law by : Michael Mandelstam

Download or read book An A-Z of Community Care Law written by Michael Mandelstam and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mandelstam breaks this complex subject down into individual terms, then explains the legal and practical implications of each term in plain language, enabling readers to explore specific issues quickly and concisely.

Care in the Community

Author : Martin Knapp
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429840233
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Care in the Community written by Martin Knapp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992, this second book in the series fully described the evaluation programme and seeks to answer pressing questions of policy and practice This book is split into four parts: Introduction to the pilot programme, the projects and their clients; the policy contexts; the objectives; the research methodology. The Process of care: financing, accommodation and service use, staffing, case management, joint working. Evaluation: Outcomes for clients and others, and costs, for each of the client’s groups (people with learning difficulties, people with mental health problems, elderly people and people with physical disabilities). Finally this book aims to further discuss, Policy and practice implications.

Community Care

Author : Robin Means
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137073837
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Community Care written by Robin Means and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-11 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition has been updated to reflect recent shifts in community and social care whilst still providing the authoritative account of its historical development. Particular attention is paid to partnerships between health and social care, the regulation of social care, direct payments and individual budgets and user/carer empowerment.

Social Policy for Social Work, Social Care and the Caring Professions

Author : Steve J Hothersall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000281302
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Social Policy for Social Work, Social Care and the Caring Professions by : Steve J Hothersall

Download or read book Social Policy for Social Work, Social Care and the Caring Professions written by Steve J Hothersall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised second edition analyses social policy in Scotland since devolution in 1999 and reflects the nascent and distinctively Scottish policy agenda. Along with updated chapters, there are two new inclusions: a chapter analysing post-devolution Scotland and a chapter on the likely impacts of Brexit on and within Scotland. Providing diagrams, tables and a range of activities, the book maintains an innovative and pedagogic emphasis to introduce students to a wealth of materials, ideas and practical responses to the increasingly complex and diverse situations faced by social workers and other professionals. Part 1 of the book looks at what social policy is, how and why it is made and highlights the importance of the relationship between social policy and the law. Part 2 refers to specific themes of social exclusion, poverty and (more visible for this revised edition) austerity, considering their complex and multidimensional forms and discussing the range of policies currently extant that aim to combat such disadvantage. Part 3 provides a comprehensive overview of policy for practice, considering concepts of health inequality, mental health, older people, disability, children and families, education, substance use, criminal justice, asylum and immigration and homelessness. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as post-qualified professionals seeking to understand the complexities of the social policy landscape in Scotland, and its influence on social work and related forms of professional practice.

Legal aspects of care in the community

Author : Bridgit Dimond
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1349251615
Total Pages : 661 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Book Synopsis Legal aspects of care in the community by : Bridgit Dimond

Download or read book Legal aspects of care in the community written by Bridgit Dimond and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1996-11-27 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a readable, detailed and comprehensive account of the law in relation to community care. This book includes information on the new statutory framework and the different institutional and legal entities which have emerged as a consequence of the discharge of patients from institutional care. Wherever possible, examples of actual situations will be used to illustrate the legal issues taken from the full range of community professionals and situations with carers and clients. This book is a must for all students of healthcare, social service and health professionals, and all managers working in the community.

State Community Development Block Grant Program

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Publisher : HUD
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book State Community Development Block Grant Program written by and published by HUD. This book was released on 2002 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

You Made Your Bed Now Lie on It

Author : Amanda LEE
Publisher : lorraine williams
ISBN 13 : 1409287041
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis You Made Your Bed Now Lie on It by : Amanda LEE

Download or read book You Made Your Bed Now Lie on It written by Amanda LEE and published by lorraine williams. This book was released on 2009-06-21 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: this book has been writen in my words unedited and straight from the heart.You can overcome most of the crap life throws at you, from a unhappy childhood to unhappy adult.Drink drugs abused beaten and broken, by someone you should be able to trust needing guidence from people who could guide you , instead your told you made your bed now lie on it,coping with your darling son who has aspergers after being told it was my bad parenting skills, then after years of being told all my physical pain was in my head, it turns out to be a debilitating illness called fibromyalgia.

Social Policy for Social Work, Social Care and the Caring Professions

Author : Janine Bolger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317053583
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Social Policy for Social Work, Social Care and the Caring Professions by : Janine Bolger

Download or read book Social Policy for Social Work, Social Care and the Caring Professions written by Janine Bolger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since devolution in 1999, social policy within Scotland has burgeoned. The Scottish Parliament has a range of powers in relation to key policy areas including social work, education, health, child care, child protection, law and home affairs, and housing. These powers and the existence of a distinct legal tradition in Scotland means that social work practice has developed a distinctive style, attuned to the particular needs of Scotland. Scottish distinctiveness however, has rarely been properly represented in textbooks on either social policy or social work. This innovative text offers comprehensive coverage of the discipline of social policy and its central relevance to social work, social care and related practice in Scotland. Designed to complement teaching and study associated with the new Honours degree in Social Work (Scottish Executive 2003), it fills a notable gap in the literature on this subject and will be essential reading for students, professionals and academics within a variety of health and social care occupations.

From Community Care to Market Care?

Author : Robin Means
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1861342667
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book From Community Care to Market Care? written by Robin Means and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study reflects a recognition of contributions studies of the post-war 'welfare state' make to contemporary debates about the restructuring of welfare. It illuminates concerns about key issues such as rationing care and health and social care divide.

Equity and Efficiency Policy in Community Care

Author : Bleddyn Davies
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135176263X
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Equity and Efficiency Policy in Community Care written by Bleddyn Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: Equity and Efficiency Policy provides a completely new perspective on post-reform community care, analyzes its fairness, effectiveness and efficiency in a new way and uses its powerful new techniques applied to a major national collection of evidence to suggest how to develop the Modernization Agenda. It - describes, for the first time, how differences in the levels of each of the main services alone and in combination affect a wide range of user and carer benefits; - uses this knowledge to analyze in a new way and make policy proposals about some of the pressing policy issues of the government’s Modernization Agenda.

EBOOK: Dictionary of Social Work: The Definitive A to Z of Social Work and Social Care

Author : Martin Thomas
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335238831
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Dictionary of Social Work: The Definitive A to Z of Social Work and Social Care written by Martin Thomas and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This updated and revised version of a very popular and well received book provides a key quick reference work for students, and new and experienced practitioners. The succinct résumés of current issues and their implications for practice and policy help readers to get to grips with the wide range of key concepts and terms used in social work, social care, law and health services. This book is highly recommended for its wide-ranging set of summaries which are valuable in first encounters with, or updating of, knowledge in social work." Professor Brian Littlechild, Associate Head of School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire "This Dictionary of Social Work provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the terminology used in social work. The evidence based entries are cross-referenced and informed by up to date legislation. Very detailed and useful contextual information are included and the reader is directed to other sources of information. This dictionary is a must read for all social work students, practitioners and academics and should be included on all social work reading lists." Dr Frank Keating, Senior Lecturer In Health and Social Care, Royal Holloway University of London "I consider this to be an invaluable handbook of social work knowledge which is highly accessible, informative and concise. Many will be surprised by the content which exceeds expectation as it goes much further than a standard dictionary, offering understanding and initial analysis of a range of difficult concepts. This is a 'must have' reference text which social work students will carry with them throughout their degree studies. An essential instrument for navigating through the vast range of subject matter confronting social work students. One of few of its type, its features will ensure it remains a highly attractive acquisition." Martin Sheedy, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Social Work, Liverpool John Moores University With over 1500 entries, this popular dictionary provides concise and up to date explanations of the theories, approaches and terminology that define front-line social work and social care. These entries explain, in jargon-free language, how key concepts can be used to improve practice. Clear explanations outline significant developments such as Every Child Matters and the personalization of adult services. Entries are helpfully cross referenced and are evidence based. They reflect professional values and are written by specialists in the field, with a specific focus on the most recent legislation and policy guidance from government. This book is a key reference for students in further and higher education who are preparing for careers in social work, community care, residential care, child care, the probation service, counselling, and psychiatric nursing.

Transforming adult social care

Author : Gray, Ann Marie
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1847427995
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Transforming adult social care written by Gray, Ann Marie and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adult social care has emerged as a distinct policy area in the UK and one which has come under increasing scrutiny by government and other bodies. With the expectation that in future many more adults will need care and support, ideas have emerged about a ‘transformation’ of adult social care. The focus of this wide-ranging book is on the major themes in policy and provision including personalisation, integration, user participation, the cost of long term care, risk and safeguarding, care quality and workforce issues and is one of the first texts to deal with adult social care as a distinct entity and is an up-to-date source on contemporary government policies, debates and research.The book encourages readers to think critically about decisions being made and about the direction of future policy. The accessible book will be a valuable resource for undergraduate students in Social Policy, Health and Social Care, and Social Work, those taking advanced vocational qualifications in social care and practitioners.