Assessment is a core component of social work. Since first publication, Assessment in Social
Work has provided students and practitioners with a clear overview of the complex issues …

This article reports the findings from a literature review of day care services undertaken
during March–June 2012 and repeated in May 2013. The databases searched included …

Over the last twenty years, successive welfare policies have undermined gerontological
social work as a specialist area of social work practice. The UK's ageing population offers an …

This report is jointly badged by a special interest group of eight social work academics
engaged in research and teaching in gerontology and gerontological social work (the G8) …

Background Age UK o issio ed the “o ial Ca e Wo kfo e 'esea h U it at Ki gs College London
to complete a literature review that would provide information on equality and diversity …

The term 'day opportunities' is used in the context of personalisation in England to refer to
alternatives to day centres. This article employs the lens of legislation on equalities to …

Solution focused practice offers proven ways of helping adults overcome a range of life
difficulties, from physical and mental illness to learning disability and the challenges of old …

In writing this book, we have endeavoured to highlight how solution focused practice can be
useful to a broad range of practitioners working with adults–whether in health and social …

This PhD project by publication begins to explore how Scottish adult support and protection
(ASP) policy and practice carves out its role and remit. It examines the ways that concepts …

1 Rationale and summary of content 3 2 Neuro-‐psycho-‐social impact of Acquired Brain
Injury (ABI) 4 3 Overall summary, conclusion and recommended actions: 5 4 The Brain Injury …