3.2 Feelings about being a ‘carer’ Carol, who looks after her mother and her aunt, feels the need to distinguish between being ‘a relative’ and ‘a carer’. She feels that health and social care practitioners don't always recognise who the carer is. Julie, caring for her 11-year-old son who has severe learning and physical disabilities, complains about ‘the disbelief’ about the extent of help she provides. Les and his wife, whose son has severe mental health problems, noticed that they tended to be ignore
3.1 Caring relationships Listen to the two audio clips. While you are listening, make notes on the different kinds of caring relationships being described. For each person, note down: Acknowledgements The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions) and is used under licence. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this course: Couse image: Daniel Foster in Flickr made available under Author(s): 1.5 Moving forward? So far you have read about the development of consultation with service users. Why, then, do service users and their organisations experience a struggle to be heard? What barriers are they encountering? Service providers may structure consultation around service needs rather than service users' interests. For example, consultation at the planning, delivery and monitoring stages of a new day centre might be informative to service providers as well as a good example of service user involv 3.6 Professional conference with Karen present Read the Case Study ‘Author(s): 3.3 What to do about Sarah? Read the Case Study ‘Author(s): 1.1 Active reading and questioning Being ‘critical’ is a vital concept for both academic study and professional practice in this course. This first activity combines both by asking Learning outcomes After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a critical understanding of the nature and boundaries of personal and professional discretion and judgement in the delivery of social work services; recognising the complex tensions between personal and social processes in people's lives demonstrate an understanding of the complex relationship between justice, care and control and the practical and ethical effects of this relationship. Acknowledgements The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions) and is used under licence. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this course: Couse image: Author(s): Keep on learning   There are more than 800 courses on OpenLearn for you to Conclusion This free course provided an introduction to studying Health and Social Care. It took you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and helped to improve your confidence as an independent learner. 8 Perspectives The LETSLINK UK website provides information and news about LETS initiatives in the UK. The American sociologist Robert Putnam has argued powerfully for the importance of social capital – something which is built up collectively through the voluntary activities of individuals participating in community organisations and other community activity – leading to a bonding of th 6 Limitations of LETS 5 Comment on the audio clips The benefits mentioned in the clips included a skills outlet, developing organising and networking skills, improvements to the members' self-esteem, and better social contact than before. There were also practical benefits in terms of getting help with household, gardening and computing problems. Any disadvantages were hard to identify. People were enthusiastic about their experiences. Through involving someone like Jan Hurst, the disadvantages of self-help with its tendency towards rather cl 3 Peter, Roger, Rachel, Jenny and Veera 2 Liz Shepherd and Jan Hurst 1 LETS: A community development You will shortly be listening to a sequence of audio clips, which focus on the use of LETS as a community development tool. Should LETS come ‘from above’ or ‘from the grassroots’? Principles of self-help and co-operation work well in neighbourhoods and communities where there are resources and supportive networks. However, even in strongly cohesive communities, some people may find it difficult to join in, for reasons of disability, age or marginal status. In communities that ar Keep on learning   There are more than 800 courses on OpenLearn for you to Conclusion This free course provided an introduction to studying Health and Social Care. It took you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and helped to improve your confidence as an independent learner. Learning outcomes After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how minority communities require different types of support from caring agencies.
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