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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"support worker"”.
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Understanding support worker learning : practice, participation and identity
A better understanding of support worker learning is needed. Role extension, an increasing awareness of the sophistication of caring practice and the need to develop the esteem of the sector have all made the professional development of support workers a priority for the health and social care …
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Meeting the Aspirations of Learning Disability Policy: The Role of the Support Worker
… investigates the research question: What role do support workers play in enacting learning disability policy in England? Social care policy has developed from a culture of paternalism and institutionalisation, to one that advocates enablement and community-based care. Government policy emphasises …
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A study of the conceptions of management: implementation of support worker training. Who is accountable?
… qualified nurses towards the Health Care Support Workers within the North West region, and compares and contrasts two different district health authorities' attitudes towards management and the implementation of support workers' training. It outlines the change in the strategies adopted by …
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Staff Support Worker perceptions of adolescent patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… Pfohl, Blum & Black, 2011). It is suggested that support workers, who require little to no formal training and are considered front line staff, provide a significant portion of care to this patient group (Kenward et al., 2001). However, there is little to no research focusing on understanding …
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A Cyber-Physical System (CPS) Approach to Support Worker Productivity based on Voice-Based Intelligent Virtual Agents
… productivity, the productivity at the worker level is deemed critical. As a result, previous works explored monitoring the productivity of construction workers and resources to address the industry's productivity problems. However, productivity trends are not promising and show a need …
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Creating sustainable home care services for older people
… inadequate staff training, a lack of coordinator support and reduced continuity of care. Consequently, ensuring the sustainability of home care services remains a critical area of concern. Objective: To evaluate the impact of a restorative home care service, for older people with varying levels of …
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A qualitative investigation of the therapeutic relationship in the facilitation of empowerment in psychological therapy for adults with learning disabilities
… important to the service-users, therapists and support workers within a single UK NHS service. The aims of this research project were: 1. To investigate what factors clients with learning disabilities find most helpful and empowering in the psychological therapy received from psychological …
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Preventing drop-out: how can post-primary schools best support students at risk of early school leaving?
… collaboration between the school, community and support agencies. • To evaluate the programmes focusing on the perspective of key partners as to whether these initiatives are successful and whether future initiatives could further combat early school leaving: - How do the participating students …
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State-movement coalitions for building labor market systems at scale
… building statewide labor market systems that support worker training and employment. In this 20-month field study, I examined the successful building of statewide labor market systems in four U.S. states in the context of a specific programmatic idea-the implementation of career pathways …
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Exploring the Impact That Service Users Have on the Psychological Wellbeing of Mental Health Support Workers
… 33% of the adult mental health workforce, support workers have a dearth of academic research supporting them. Working in the field of mental health you are more likely to experience burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, and vicarious trauma. The effects of this leads to …
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Registered nurses’ experiences of working with trainee nursing associates in acute hospital settings: a generic qualitative study
… the gap between unregulated generic healthcare support workers and Registered Nurses (RNs) in 2016. Nursing associates support RNs in the provision of quality patient care. Within a growing body of literature exploring the impact of the introduction of TNAs/NAs, there is a clear research gap …
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Labour of love: the impact of emotional labour on domestic abuse support workers
… and in response to this the introduction of support for victims of domestic abuse was created.<br/><br/>Nowadays, there is still support needed, if not more, due to the legislation changes which made domestic abuse a crime. These events have led to more women seeking support for domestic …
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A study to examine the contribution of support workers to the delivery and outcomes of community rehabilitation and intermediate care services in England
… to identify and measure the contribution of support workers to the delivery and outcomes of older peoples’ community rehabilitation and intermediate care services in England. Several methodologies were employed including a literature review, cross sectional study, prospective longitudinal …
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A NEET Ending: How Adult and Community Learning supports young people who are Not in Employment, Education or Training
… of the nine students, one tutor, a learning support assistant and a support worker, through undertaking interviews and observations, the study explores the young peoples’ aspirations and behaviours at the start and end of the course, and how the college through its structure, strategic …
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Mental Illness and Recovery: A Mental Health Support Worker’s Perspective
This research investigated what mental health supporter workers (MHSWs) in New Zealand understood recovery to be. Furthermore, MHSWs were asked how they foster recovery in the work place and their understanding of the role of autonomy in the recovery process. Eight MHSWs were interviewed, using …
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Making Schools 'Staff-friendly' - a phenomenological study of school buildings, organisation and working conditions, and their effect on the wellbeing of school workers
… and their effect on the wellbeing of school workers. Approaching school life from the twin perspectives of ex-architect and ex-teacher, I ask what is it like – whether as teacher, support worker or administrator - to work in a school, here and now? Are there architectural and organisational …
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Investigating the role of a manager as a facilitator of ongoing informal work related learning
… develop the skills, experience and knowledge of workers so that they can maintain productive and sustainable practices. Such roles are widely considered valuable and integral to investing in, and building, individual and organisational capabilities. Despite these expectations, responsibilities …
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The lived experience of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) support workers through the COVID-19 pandemic
… study explores the lived experience of support workers who have worked with clients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through in-depth interviews with five support workers, the study aims to understand the extent to which working during the …
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PERMA+4 Building Blocks of Well-being: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Mechanisms & Conditions that Enable the Subjective Well-being of Workers
… been a growing awareness of the challenges many workers face regarding their well-being. Workers continue to report high levels of work-related stress and burnout and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic heightened the importance of this issue as declines in well-being were observed on a global …
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