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    Substance use and disabilities: experiences of adults' social care professionals and the implications for education and training

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    Authors
    Dance, Cherilyn
    Galvani, Sarah
    Affiliation
    University of Bedfordshire
    Issue Date
    2014-06-18
    Subjects
    learning disability
    physical disability
    alcohol
    social work
    drugs
    education
    training
    
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    Abstract
    This paper draws on data from a national survey of social workers and social care practitioners in England undertaken in 2010–2011. It focuses on practitioners working in services for adults with either learning or physical disabilities and, in particular, their experiences of responding to alcohol and other drug use among their service users. Based on secondary analysis of survey and focus group data from the earlier study, the paper outlines the extent to which workers in these areas of practice encounter alcohol and drug problems and discusses the key challenges this poses for them. The findings show that between 4% and 10% of adults' practitioners' service users have alcohol and drug problems depending on the nature of the disability. Regardless of the type of disability, practitioners reported difficulties in talking about substance use with their service users as well as identifying tensions around life-style choice and risk management. They also reported the need for education and training in a number of areas. Social work education and subsequent training in working with substance use problems needs to be available to adults' practitioners and it needs to address the specific issues and needs in different areas of social work practice.
    Citation
    Dance, C., Galvani, S. (2014) 'Substance Use and Disabilities: Experiences of Adults' Social Care Professionals and the Implications for Education and Training' Social Work Education, 33 (5):670-684
    Publisher
    Taylor and Francis
    Journal
    Social Work Education
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/332358
    DOI
    10.1080/02615479.2014.919089
    Additional Links
    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02615479.2014.919089
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0261-5479
    1470-1227
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1080/02615479.2014.919089
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