Experiencing social work : learning from service users /: learning from service users. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Doel and Lesley Best.
• Other Names: Doel, Mark; Best, Lesley
• Contents: Introduction; f003 "I have to be frank, when I volunteered my story I was sceptical about what difference telling it could make. But now I am convinced; Learning from Humerah; "When people see me they think 'physical disability', but actually it's my mental health"; Learning from Mandy; "She gave space for me to talk about my situation from my point of view"; Learning from Mrs Corbett; "At one point she took over marvellously, but It's OK because I feel in charge"; Learning from Nina; "Even in really bad rain she'd come here to do the forms"; Learning from Leone; "You wouldn't have thought it was a children's home - it had a lounge, it had a dining room, the plates weren't green"; Learning from Julia; "I'd heard 'The-Day-We-Picked-You-Up-From-The-Social-Workers' story, but never anything about 'The-Night-That-I-Was-Born'; Learning from John; "I instantly felt as though I was being listened to and that I had a chance of being seen as normal"; Learning from Self-advocates; "Social workers are very much needed - desperately"; Learning from Families: Parents Talking, Children Drawing; "I thought social workers took children away, but they listen ... I don't think I would have got through the last two years without them'; Learning from Positive Experiences: Key themes; "Then two years ago my social worker changes... my relationship has changes beyond belief"; From positive practices to a positive service; Nina muses that it is a matter of luck as to who [which social worker] you get;
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (168 pages)
• Subjects: 361.32; Social service; Social service -- Practice; Social service -- Case studies; Social service -- Practice -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781473903838; 1473903831
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.