Managing transitions : : Support for individuals at key points of change / / ed. by Alison Petch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Connolly, Helen,; Judd, Sarah,; Julian, George,; Kohli, Ravi K.S.,; MacIntyre, Gillian,; Petch, Alison,; Stein, Mike,
• HerausgeberIn: Petch, Alison,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; Notes on contributors --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; The organisational context --; Young people leaving care: transitions to adulthood --; Transitions for young people with learning disabilities --; Young people with mental health problems --; Transitions for young people seeking asylum --; From service provision to self-directed support --; Transitions to supported living for older people --; From hospital to community --; Taking transitions forward --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847421913; 9783111196213
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Alison Petch.

Everyone will experience a number of transitions throughout their life. Many of these will be positive, others may present challenges. This book addresses significant transitions relevant to policy and practice, covering key transition points in social care from childhood to old age. Drawing on the best available research evidence, 'Managing transitions' highlights issues common to all experiencing transition as well as the dilemmas specific to particular situations. Individual chapters explore what we know about how transition is experienced by young people leaving care and by those with learning disabilities and mental health problems. For young people seeking asylum there are multiple transitions, of age, of country and of culture. Further contributions address the current transformation from service provision to self directed support, the major transition for older people who move to supported living, and the enduring challenges that surround the transition from hospital to community. The practice orientation of this volume is reinforced by the inclusion of evidence-based practice guidance for each of the areas addressed and a strong emphasis throughout on the implications for practice development. It will be of interest to practitioners, policy makers and researchers looking at generic transition challenges and solutions, as well as researchers, academics and students of health and social care and social work.