Engaging Communities and Service Users

Context, Themes and Methods

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Human Services, Social Work
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Author: Billie Oliver, Bob Pitt ISBN: 9781137147486
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication: August 30, 2013
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Billie Oliver, Bob Pitt
ISBN: 9781137147486
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication: August 30, 2013
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

Across the range of social care, health and welfare professions, it is essential that students and practitioners engage meaningfully with the communities and service users they work with. This book offers a timely and practical guide to the methods and skills related to forming and developing such partnerships.
 
Helping both aspiring and experienced practitioners to empower communities and service users, this book:

• Explores how the developing roles of communities and service users influence policy, services and practice.

• Highlights the different ethical, power and boundary tensions when working with communities and service users and suggests ways to overcome them.

• Provides examples, case studies, activities and useful resources which help illustrate ways and methods of empowering people and enabling their voices to be heard.

An accessible and wide-ranging book, Engaging Communities and Service Users is a must have text for students and practitioners in social care, health and welfare.

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Across the range of social care, health and welfare professions, it is essential that students and practitioners engage meaningfully with the communities and service users they work with. This book offers a timely and practical guide to the methods and skills related to forming and developing such partnerships.
 
Helping both aspiring and experienced practitioners to empower communities and service users, this book:

• Explores how the developing roles of communities and service users influence policy, services and practice.

• Highlights the different ethical, power and boundary tensions when working with communities and service users and suggests ways to overcome them.

• Provides examples, case studies, activities and useful resources which help illustrate ways and methods of empowering people and enabling their voices to be heard.

An accessible and wide-ranging book, Engaging Communities and Service Users is a must have text for students and practitioners in social care, health and welfare.

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