Health and Social Care Integration

Your views on health and social care integration

Government policy is for health and social care to work much more closely together. Some politicians and policy makers are calling for the creation of a single health and social care organisation in a geographical area. Others stop short of this fully blown "integrated" model, but are wanting a move to much more integration. The implications for social workers of this policy direction are great. BASW are developing a policy position on the subject and we want practitioners' views to inform the policy. You can read the background documents and draft policy and draft "Charter" here.

A short questionnaire follows to capture your views. Responses will be collated in order to finalise the policy prior to launching it.

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* 1. Do you work in adult or children's services?

Adult

Children's

Both

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* 2. Are you a BASW member?

Yes

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* 3. Which of the categories below best fits your situation?

Employed by social services

Employed by NHS

Employed by social services but seconded to NHS

Employed in voluntary or private sector

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Are you employed as a social worker?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 5. If you work in an "integrated team" (This can be a formally integrated team or co-location, or other situation where the aim is for you to be providing a single seamless service):

Is this a positive experience?

Is this causing you challenges?

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* 6. If you work in an integrated service do you think this:

Is improving the service for users of the service?

Is causing the service to deteriorate?

About the same?

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Integrated teams can lead to problems for social work identity and support. What have been the implications for you?

There have not been problems in maintaining my social work identity

There have been problems in maintaining my identity

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* 8. If you work in an integrated team what kind of support do you get?

I am supervised by a social worker

I am line managed by someone from another profession

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* 9. Overall do you think health and social care "integration" is a good thing?

Yes

Not sure

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* 10. If you have read the BASW Charter on integration what do you think of it? (Page 6 on this link BASW charter on integration)

Good

Not good

Not read it

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* 11. If you work in an integrated team have other professionals learnt more about the social work role?

Yes

To some extent

Other (please specify)

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* 12. If you work in an integrated team have you learnt more about the roles of other professionals?

Yes

To some extent

Other (please specify)

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* 13. We welcome any other comments you have regarding your experience of integration. Any examples of good practice would be welcome, but also examples of where the implementation isn't working, or worries that you may have.