Effective Social Work with Older People

This report is part of the review of the role of the social worker commissioned by the Scottish Executive to inform the work of the 21st Century Social Work Review group. Their prime focus is the role of the social worker across different service systems and national contexts.


Brian Kerr, Jean Gordon, Charlotte MacDonald and Kirsten Stalker

A PAPER PREPARED FOR THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE BY THE SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING AS PART OF THE 21 ST CENTURY SOCIAL WORK REVIEW

The views expressed in the report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Scottish Executive or any other organisation(s) by which the author(s) is/are employed.

The Scottish Executive is making this research report available on-line in order to provide access to its contents for those interested in the subject. The Executive commissioned the research but has not exercised editorial control over the report.

This web only report is accompanied by "Research Findings No 11 Effective Social Work With Older People " also in web only format. Both reports are published by Information and Analytical Services Division, Scottish Executive Education Department, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ. If you have any enquiries about these reports please contact the Dissemination Officer on 0131-244-0316.

These reports were commissioned by the 21 st Century Social Work Review Group to inform their work. Copies of this document had already been released on the 21 st Century Social Work Review website ( http://www.21csocialwork.org.uk ).

Both reports were published on The Scottish Executive website in December 2005.

This report is available on the Scottish Executive Social Research website only
www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch.

 

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