Changing Practice in Health and Social Care

Dr Linda Finlay is a relational-centred, existential Integrative Psychotherapist and Supervisor (UKCP registered) in private practice in York, UK. She also teaches psychology and counselling at the Open University (UK) and works as a freelance academic consultant. She has published many books and articles on psychotherapy, occupational therapy, reflexivity and phenomenological research. Her most recent books are psychotherapeutically focused: Relational Integrative Psychotherapy: Engaging Process and Theory in Practice (Wiley); Practical Ethics: A relational approach (Sage); and The therapeutic use of self in counselling and psychotherapy (Sage).

`This is an ambitious book attemping to be relevant to a wide range of professionals in the health and welfare fields and to move from the macro policy context for change to the micro concerns of individual professional client relationships... There is much that will be of use and/or interest to both practitioners and researchers alike′ - Social Policy

• IntroductionPART ONE: CONTEXTUALISING: WORKING WITH CHANGING STRUCTURESIntroductionReshaping Welfare - L J C JonesVoices from the DebateThe Public Administration Model of Welfare Delivery - T ButcherWhy Change Policy? Community Care in 1990 - J Lewis and H GlennersterChanges in Maternity Policy - Who, What and Why? - F BrooksKnights, Knaves or Pawns? Human Behaviour and Social Policy - J Le GrandPART TWO: CONNECTING: THEORY, VALUES AND PRACTICETheory and Practice in Health and Social Care - N ThompsonApplying Reflective Practice - C NashReflection and Reflective Practice - F H QuinnRequirements of a Caregiver - T KitwoodThe Virtuous Therapist - R BarnittSocial Work Values - S BanksAnti-Oppressive Theory and Practice in Social Work - S PinkneyWorking with Diversity - L CulleyBeyond the FactfilePART THREE: COLLABORATING: SHIFTING BOUNDARIES, CHANGING PRACTICEKeys to Collaboration - S Braye and M Preston-ShootSafe Haven and Battleground - L FinlayCollaboration and Conflict within the Treatment TeamStructure and Meaning in Multidisciplinary Teamwork - C CottA Split in the Mirror - K Dent-BrownUsing Psychotherapeutic Concepts to Understand Team ConflictDropping `E′s - M PriestleyThe Missing Link in Quality Assurance for Disabled PeopleQuality in Personal Social Services - B Beresford, S Croft, C Evans and T HardingThe Developing Role of User Involvement in the UKPART FOUR: COPING: WITH CHALLENGES AND CONSTRAINTS Not Such an Ordinary Relationship - D Thompson, I Clare and H BrownThe Role of Women Support Staff in Relation to Men with Learning Disabilities Who Have Difficult Sexual BehaviourCare Costs - P Smith and E AgardTowards a Critical Understanding of CareConfidentiality, Accountability and the Boundaries of Client-Worker Relationships - S ShardlowObstacles to Medical Audit - N Black and E ThompsonBritish Doctors SpeakThe Accreditation Experience - E ScrivensResettlement of People with Severe Learning Difficulties - C Corkish and B HeymanJuggling and Dealing - D Leat and E PerkinsThe Creative Work of Care Package PurchasingInstruments of Government? Voluntary Sector Boards in a Changing Public Policy Environment - M HarrisPART FIVE: CONSTRUCTING: PROFESSIONAL IDENTITIESSeeing Anew - D Fish and C ColesUnderstanding Professional Practice as ArtistryThe End of Professionalism - G Southon and J BraithwaiteProfessionalism and Health Care - M SaksSocial Work and Professionalisation - S RashidA Legacy of AmbivalenceNurses Taking on Junior Doctors′ Work - S Dowling et alA Confusion of AccountabilityLooking for New Codes in the Field of Predictive Medicine - L ArcherCare and the Transformation of Professionalism - C DaviesPART SIX: CREATING: A BETTER FUTURE?From Private Choice to Public Trust - M Barnes and D PriorA New Social Basis for WelfareUser Voice, Interprofessionalism and Postmodernity - S BiggsHandling the Wicked Issues - M Clarke and J Stewart