Integration in action
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There are two sections:
1. Integration in service provision to people in need. (Below)
2. Integration in teaching and research in colleges and universities. (Scroll down)
Integration in service provision to support people in need
Please send us your examples of integration between any elements of health, education and social care that is an antidote to fragmentation. This might involve practitioners, service users and managers. It might be a working project or a plan.
Community Health Workers (CHWs) based in schools. Michigan, USA. With responsibility for conducting health assessments, helping the uninsured enrol for health care coverage, providing resources and referral services, and educating students, parents, caregivers and neighborhood residents about health issues. Web: https://www.mott.org/news/articles/school-based-health-workers-help-families/
Co-production: This describes partnership and joint working between public services and the people who use them. Central to the concept is the belief that service users must have some significant control over how public services are designed and managed. For example: http://www.coproductionscotland.org.uk/about/what-is-co-production/
See: Boyle, D. & Harris, M. (2009)
EDUCO: This is a non government organisation in Zlin, Czech Republic. It provides early child and family support to families whose child has special needs. Each family is offered a counsellor whose function approximates to the UK keyworker model. This is a whole approach integrating health, education and family support. Web: https://ranapecezlin.cz/en/
[The] Partnership Initiative in Nursing and Social Services: Practical collaboration in services for older people described by Mark Lymbery, Associate Professor in Social Work, School of Sociology & Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK. Web: http://ssrg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rpp232/article3.pdf
Integration in teaching and research in colleges and universities
Please send us your examples of academic integration. This might include:
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- Classes or courses that bring together health, education and social work students
- Courses that prepare students for integrated working after graduation
- Research projects in which health, education and social care academics collaborate with each other
- Research projects that investigate the subject of integration in service provision
Practitioners and managers will find integration less problematic if they are prepared for it in their training.
Health and Social Care as part of Master of Social Work at UBC: The Health and Social Care field of practice includes areas of social work practice usually subsumed into the concept of ‘health’, such as physical and mental health, addictions, and trauma. Its extension to ‘social care’ also includes areas that may be unrelated or only tangentially related to health, such as disabilities, age and aging. Courses belonging to this field of practice prepare students for direct social work practice in institutional and community settings as well as in policy development.
Web: https://socialwork.ubc.ca/prospective-students/graduate/advanced-master-of-social-work-msw/
The Master of Social Work at the University of Melbourne: Course information includes: ‘You will undertake a specialist elective in the final semester. Throughout the degree you will find special areas of social work that interest you. You can follow these up more closely by undertaking a specialist elective in Health (and other topics)...'
Web: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-social-work/
Master of Social Work at University of Sydney: Course information includes ‘...equips you to take on leadership roles in social work, the health and community services sector and related fields of practice. If your ambition is to make a positive difference in mental health, women's services, corrections, disability support, child and family services, ...this is the program for you.’
Web: https://www.sydney.edu.au/courses/courses/pc/master-of-social-work-qualifying.html
Health and social care training at Kingston University, London: Course information includes, ‘The Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education is a unique partnership between Kingston University London and St George's, University of London...we place a strong focus on real-world learning, bringing professionals from different backgrounds together to share ideas and develop new ways to improve services.’
Web: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/short-courses/executive-education-and-professional-development/health-social-care-training/
MNSW Adult Nursing and Social Work at Edge Hill University, UK: Course information includes ‘The programme is underpinned by the national requirements for both nursing and social work education... Practice learning experiences cover both nursing and social work... The focus in Year 3 is on working with complexity in health and social care, preparing you to address the care and support requirements of adults with complex health and social care needs. The aim is to bring together students, who are seeking registration in discrete fields, to share knowledge and experiences...’
Web: https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/courses/adult-nursing-and-social-work/tab/course-in-depth/
University Of Wales Trinity Saint David. Early Years course. (UK): I understand that this covers a variety of topics including education, care, health, working with families and ALN (additional learning needs). The teaching team has a range of backgrounds including health, police, education and care sector.
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