Service user involvement, reaching the hard to reach in supported housing, Helen Brafield and Terry Eckersley
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Service user involvement, reaching the hard to reach in supported housing, Helen Brafield and Terry Eckersley
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-207) and index
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Service user involvement
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Helen Brafield and Terry Eckersley
Sub title
reaching the hard to reach in supported housing
Summary
Drawing on extensive research, this book offers imaginative and effective strategies for consultation with service users who have been historically difficult to engage with, including homeless people, care leavers, ex-offenders, travellers, women escaping domestic violence and black and minority ethnic groups., Involving service users in both day-to-day and long-term strategic planning is known to empower clients and result in improved services, yet there is a lack of practical guidance on how this can be achieved. Drawing on original research, this book offers imaginative and effective strategies for consulting with service users who have been historically difficult to engage with, including homeless people, care leavers, ex-offenders, travellers, women escaping domestic violence and black and minority ethnic groups. The authors explore traditional consultation methods such as meetings and questionnaires, as well as informal and creative activities such as writing, art, photography and video work as ways of gathering clients' views. They make practical suggestions as to how organizational structures and individual attitudes can be changed to overcome the barriers to successful consultation.Including many real-life examples of good practice, the book is a step-by-step guide to creating a complete service user involvement strategy and also contains exercises for managers to use with their teams. It is an essential resource for social workers, housing officers and other professionals working with disadvantaged and marginalised groups in supported housing
Target audience
specialized
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- Social work with minorities -- Great Britain
- Society & culture: general
- Coping with abuse
- Welfare & benefit systems
- Housing policy -- Great Britain -- Citizen participation
- Violence in society
- Social welfare & social services
- Social work
- Electronic books
- Society
- Housing, Cooperative -- Great Britain
- Minorities + Housing -- Great Britain
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject12
- Social work with minorities -- Great Britain
- Society & culture: general
- Coping with abuse
- Welfare & benefit systems
- Housing policy -- Great Britain -- Citizen participation
- Violence in society
- Social welfare & social services
- Social work
- Electronic books
- Society
- Housing, Cooperative -- Great Britain
- Minorities + Housing -- Great Britain