Describe The Relationship Between Health And Social Care

International Federation of Social Workers formed a new definition of social work, saying that “principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities are central to social work”’ Nicolas, J (BBC,2015). This a brilliant report written by Joanna Nicolas, as she speaks about what it is the social worker is supposed to do but also how they work holistically with children and families in complex circumstances. Social workers have a lot of different roles within social care and they can be affected by policy changes and developments in local reorganisation. The need to provide effective leadership and management for social work services in the context of inter-service and inter-professional collaboration;
Although this shift will take time, it will ultimately mean change at every level throughout the whole local authority system to ensure that universal services are accessible. This means that commissioning must change to be more strategic and open, with a focus on the local community, its resources and the people who use services. In social care, organisational and structural change will need to take place so that people, rather than systems and procedures, come first. Also before recruiting a social worker, it needs to be safe recruitment, which would go through a process of selection, screening procedures that include checks into the suitability of all staff including volunteers. As they have a very close working relation with children and families, commissions within organisations take the view of obtaining a DBS check as a legal entitlement when working with children. Correspondingly, a complaint procedure about improper or abusive behaviour towards the child may be voiced. Also a social worker will need to have training on how to complete a risk assessment and see to a plan of