Beresford Personalisation

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4473-1593-3
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 76 Seiten

Reihe: Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work

Personalisation has become the policy buzz-word of the twenty-first century. Supporters claim it offers service users choice and services attuned to meet their specific needs, moving away from 'one size fits all' state services. In this short form book, part of the Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work series, Peter Beresford, one of Britain's foremost social work academics, challenges the personalisation agenda and its consequences on service users. Although critical of 'one size fits all' services that deny service user voice, Beresford argues that personalisation turns service users into 'consumers' of services within a care market and hence reinforces the commodification of care which sees vast profits made by a small number of providers at the expense of good quality services for those who use them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beresford, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors’ Introduction;

Personalisation: from solution to problem? ~ Lead essay by Peter Beresford;

Personalisation, participation and policy construction: a critique of influences and understandings ~ response by Sarah Carr;

Up close and personal in Glasgow: the harmful carer, service user and workforce consequences of personalisation ~ response by Jim Main;

Personalisation – plus ca change? ~ response by Alan Roulstone;

The need for true person-centred support ~ response by Pat Stack;

All in the name of personalisation ~ response by Helga Pile;

Personalisation – is there an alternative? ~ response by Roddy Slorach;

Personal budgets: the two-legged stool that doesn’t stand up ~ response by Colin Slasberg;

Once more on personalisation ~ Concluding remarks by Peter Beresford;

References.

Über Autor(innen)

Beresford, Peter
Peter Beresford OBE is Visiting Professor at the University of East Anglia and Co-Chair of Shaping Our Lives, the user led organisation and network as a long term user of mental health services. He has a longstanding track record of work in the field of participation and citizen involvement as academic, service user, researcher, educator and activist.

Peter Beresford OBE is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Citizen Participation at Brunel University and Chair of Shaping Our Lives, the national service user and disabled people's organisation and network. He has a background as a long term user of mental health services and a longstanding involvement in issues of participation as writer, researcher, activist and educator.