Our Social Work publishing features books and journals that help to address issues arising from poverty, inequality and social injustice.
The list includes monographs, textbooks and practitioner guides, series, including Research in Social Work co-published with the European Social Work Research Association, and the Critical and Radical Social Work and European Social Work Research journals.
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The chapter examines how social care is defined and understood. It summarises the number of people who use social care, with numbers broken down by age and needs, including the primary reason why support is given. It describes how the system is supposed to work, including financial means testing and assessment of eligible needs to determine entitlement to help. How social care is funded through different national and local funding streams is summarised. The chapter highlights the impact of social care charges on individuals with care needs, and describes the difficulties of people with lived experience in navigating complex rules and systems. The financial resources involved, public and private, are set out, along with the importance of other separate, streams of public money aimed at care needs, described as ‘the social care pound’. The parallel system of self-funders who pay for their own care outside the public system is discussed.
This chapter discusses the workforce aspects of the crisis in adult social care: both paid workers and people who provide unpaid care, noting that social care contributes to gender inequalities in society. The nuanced nature of care work is described, including the importance of relationships between carers and cared for in shaping outcomes and the quality of care. The composition of the paid workforce is summarised, underlining the low numbers in social care professions and the challenges of recruitment, retention and low pay. It discusses the impact of Brexit and immigration policy alongside future workforce needs, in terms of the numbers of people and the higher skill levels required for more complex and acute needs. The chapter laments the absence of a workforce strategy and sets out some short- and longer-term measures to tackle the immediate crises and secure a valued, well-trained and well-paid workforce for the future.
The BIA Practice Handbook remains the only textbook that focuses directly on the BIA role within the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. It is considered to be the definitive introduction to Best Interests Assessor practice, and is acknowledged to be a valuable resource for both students and practitioners as it contains detailed knowledge and support for ethical decision making in practice. The latest edition has been updated to take into account recent legislative changes, including the Mental Capacity Amendment Act 2019, recent case law, plus the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on BIA practice.
The Best Interests Assessor (BIA) Practice Handbook is firmly grounded in real-life practice and remains the only textbook focusing directly on the BIA role. Offering clear and practical advice on the legal elements of the role, and the values and practice elements of working within the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) framework, this is essential reading for BIA students and practitioners.
This fully-updated edition takes account of recent legislative changes, including the planned changes from the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), recent case law and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on BIA practice.
Packed with advice on delivering effective, person-centred, rights-driven practice, it includes:
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case studies;
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legal summaries;
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decision-making activities;
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CPD support;
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examples of new case law in practice.
Looking forward, the book considers the new context for practice in the Approved Mental Capacity Professional (AMCP) role within the LPS and the potential roles that BIAs might fulfil in this new framework in the future.
This chapter explains the qualifying requirements for BIAs, as well as their statutory and professional CPD requirements updated for new professional regulators, and offers suggestions for support and resources to achieve these.
This chapter explains the current understanding of what the replacement for DoLS, the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), will look like. It will set out the LPS as specified in Schedule AA1 of the MCA and the likely guidance for practice from the draft revised MCA Code and LPS implementation documents available for consultation in April 2022. The chapter will also consider the potential future roles for BIAs, whether as frontline health and social work professionals completing necessary and proportionate assessments, as those conducting pre-authorisation checks of LPS assessments or as Approved Mental Capacity Professionals (AMCPs) working with more complex assessments. The chapter will consider the new learning that BIAs will need to ensure that they are ready for whatever the future holds for the role.
This chapter focuses on the detail of how BIA assessments and decisions are recorded, including guidance on how to ensure that recording meets the highest standards of professional practice, requirements of case law and supervisory bodies. It includes areas where BIAs often seek advice, including getting the details right, writing the appropriate amount, recognising when the person is objecting, writing conditions and recommendations, and including other views.
This chapter considers the BIA’s duties, responsibilities and powers, how the role is regarded and the impact of significant case law since its implementation. It explores how assessors can maintain their independence and accountability in the range of contexts in which BIAs work, whether directly for local authorities or as independent practitioners, how to maintain their boundaries from the pressures of expectations in these contexts and the impact of COVID-19 on BIA practice.
The BIA Practice Handbook remains the only textbook that focuses directly on the BIA role within the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. It is considered to be the definitive introduction to Best Interests Assessor practice, and is acknowledged to be a valuable resource for both students and practitioners as it contains detailed knowledge and support for ethical decision making in practice. The latest edition has been updated to take into account recent legislative changes, including the Mental Capacity Amendment Act 2019, recent case law, plus the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on BIA practice.
The BIA Practice Handbook remains the only textbook that focuses directly on the BIA role within the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. It is considered to be the definitive introduction to Best Interests Assessor practice, and is acknowledged to be a valuable resource for both students and practitioners as it contains detailed knowledge and support for ethical decision making in practice. The latest edition has been updated to take into account recent legislative changes, including the Mental Capacity Amendment Act 2019, recent case law, plus the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on BIA practice.
