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Personalisation
Peter Beresford
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Description for Personalisation
Paperback. One of Britain's foremost social work academics, Peter Beresford, challenges the personalisation agenda and its consequences on service users. Series: Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work. Num Pages: 76 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 145 x 5. Weight in Grams: 116.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
Condition
New
Weight
115g
Number of Pages
76
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447316145
SKU
V9781447316145
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About Peter Beresford
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Personalisation
"Taking a radical stance has never been more important in social work. This most timely and innovative series of internationally renowned authors makes a significant contribution to advancing a new politics of social work.” Professor Stephen Webb, Chair in Social Work, Glasgow Caledonian University