Module Title
Community Care, Management And Planning
Keywords
Legislation, Needs-led Assessment, Care Managment, Mixed Economy of Care, Collaborative Arrangements |
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Prerequisites for Module
For DL students: satisfactory completion of SHE2 modules or satisfactory completion of APEL requirements.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To provide the student with the ability to evaluate community care legislation and models of service delivery.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Critically evaluate social policy and legislation relevant to community care provision.
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Evaluate the practice of care management from the perspectives of service users, purchasers and proiders within one context of health or disability need.
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Evaluate the concepts of advocacy, partnership and enpowerment in relation to ethical practice.
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Discuss the importance of financial management and planning in social work practice.
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Indicative Module Content
The historical context of community care. Legislative framework. Health care and social care - roles, responsibilites and joint working. Models of care management. Needs-led assessment. Care and goal planning. Mixed economy of care. Purchaser/Provider split. User participation - advocacy, empowerment and partnership. Performance Review and Quality.
| Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Distance Learning | Lectures/Workshops
| 14 | Tutorials
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Directed Study
| | ODL Materials
| 90 |
Private Study
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| 40 |
Mode of Delivery
A combination of introductory lectures and workshops and private study using prepared materials, reinforced by tutorial contact.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Coursework | 1,2,3,4
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The module will be assessed by an Essay.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | D. L. Materials (1998) RGU, Mental Health Community Care & Homelessness.
| | 2. | Care Management Assessment Practitoner's Guide (1991), DHSS/HMSO.
| | 3. | Means,R. Richards, S and Smith, R 2003 Community Care: Policy and Practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
| | 4. | Coulshed, V & Orme, S 1998 Social Work Practice: An introduction, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
| | 5. | Baldwin, S 1997 Needs Assessment and Community Care. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
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