93 SEVEN From service provision to self- directed support George Julian introduction The current social care system in the UK is undergoing a period of radical transformation. This transformation and the accompanying transition from service provision to a model of self-directed support forms the focus of this chapter. There are many elements in transition throughout this change as the whole system is redesigned, with an overarching shift from service users as dependent, passive recipients of generic services with very little choice or say in the matter to
27 THREE Context of service provision This chapter aims to describe the historic and present day context within which the provision of services for homeless people may be examined. First, processes common to all countries in the EU, which have resulted in increased levels of homelessness and insecure and/or inadequate housing for low-income groups, are identified. Second, national trends in individual countries in levels of homelessness and in the provision for the homeless are outlined, and finally, the changing views of homelessness, in different national
331 Families, Relationships and Societies • vol 4 • no 2 • 331–38 • © Policy Press 2015 • #FRS Print ISSN 2046 7435 • Online ISSN 2046 7443 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204674315X14351554435189 Supporting young fathers: the promise, potential and perils of statutory service provision1 Laura Davies, l.davies@leeds.ac.uk Bren Neale, b.neale@leeds.ac.uk University of Leeds, UK This article provides a case study of the challenges faced by one local authority in supporting young fathers, in a context of changing models of service provision, resource constraints
545 Policy & Politics • vol 43 • no 4 • 545-60 • © Policy Press 2015 • #PPjnl @policy_politics Print ISSN 0305 5736 • Online ISSN 1470 8442 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557314X14080105693951 article Bourdieu and the Big Society: empowering the powerful in public service provision? Annette Hastings, annette.hastings@glasgow.ac.uk University of Glasgow, UK Peter Matthews, peter.matthews@stir.ac.uk University of Stirling, UK There is concern that the ‘localism’ promoted by the UK Coalition Government will further empower the already powerful. This paper
4 MODELS OF AGEING AND THEIR RELATION TO POLICY FORMATION AND SERVICE PROVISION Gail Wilson This paper relates commonly held models of ageing to the assumptive worlds of policy makers and service providers. Different models of old age are related to culture (class and ethnicity), gender and the age of the beholder. The common western Europeanview that old ageisatime of inevi- table and increasing dependenceismirrored byasystem of service provision that empha- sisesdependency ratherthan rehabilitation. A 'terminal drop' model is closer to the majority experience
167 Journal of Gender-Based Violence • vol 3 • no 2 • 167–184 • © Centre for Gender and Violence Research 2019 University of Bristol 2019 • Print ISSN 2398-6808 • Online ISSN 2398-6816 https://doi.org/10.1332/239868019X15538587319964 article Responding to complexity: improving service provision for survivors of domestic abuse with ‘complex needs’ Lyndsey Harris,1 drlyndseyharris@gmail.com Nottingham, UK Kathryn Hodges, kathrynesmehodges@gmail.com St. Mary’s University, UK This paper discusses the findings of a mixed-methods research study conducted in an
159 EIGHT Inequalities in health service provision: how research findings are ignored Walter Barker and Colin Chalmers Research findings are low down the list of factors that influence government policies. Since governments of every political hue are concerned with present power and future survival, it appears that political considerations, pressure groups, influence pedlars and the media lead in the battle for the government’s mind. Yet, as researchers, we continue to think that our reports would carry considerable weight with government ministers and civil
The ‘culturalisation of violence’ – a process through which culture is credited as being the sole or principal cause of violence – has resulted in ‘honour’-based violence/abuse being commonly (mis)understood and (mis)interpreted as being an imported cultural practice unique to particular black, Asian and minority ethnic communities living in the West. Addressing a vital gap in the literature, this article considers the conceptual shortcomings of these culturalised narratives on honour and ‘honour’-based violence/abuse, as well as the impact that they have upon service provision in rural areas of England and Wales – areas often conceptualised as ‘white spaces’ lacking in ethnic diversity. This article draws upon semi-structured interviews with both victims/survivors and rural front-line service providers. It is argued that under culturalised narratives, not only does ethnicity remain a key indicator for ‘honour’-based violence/abuse cases, but, as such, and given their perceived lack of ethnic diversity, rural regions are also increasingly identified as ‘safe spaces’ to relocate black, Asian and minority ethnic victims/survivors away from the reach of their ‘problematic’ culture. Ultimately, the core contention of this article is that by founding policy, legislative and support responses on culturalised understandings of violence, service providers are destined to fail to meet the intersectional needs of black, Asian and minority ethnic victims/survivors.
5 THE IMPACT OF PARTY POLITICS ON PATTERNS OF SERVICE PROVISION IN ENGLISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES Richard R. Barnett, Rosella Levaggi and Peter Smith The UK central government recommends that English local authorities should pub- lish a series of performance indicators in order to enhance accountability. However, interpretation of these data is complicated by the need to take account of the environ- mental circumstances faced by authorities. This paper uses the needs indicators devel- oped by the government to allocate grants-in-aid to determine whether it is possible
