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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"support workers"”.
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Understanding personal support workers and their role in Ontario.
There are an estimated 90,000 personal support workers (PSWs) in Ontario providing assistance with daily activities for individuals in hospitals, long-term care facilities, adult day programs and home care yet little is known about them. (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care [MOHLTC], …
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Exploring Perceptions of Aging and Ageism Among Personal Support Workers
Personal Support Workers (PSWs) contribute approximately 80% of the direct care provided to older adults in a variety of care settings. There is a dearth of research on PSW perspectives despite their essential role as part of multi-professional care teams. The objective of this study was to examine …
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Attitudes of Support Workers in Learning Disability Services towards Counselling Psychology
… the research is to understand the attitudes of support workers towards counselling psychology and this particular client group. It attempts to investigate through mixed methods the likelihood of support workers considering a referral for counselling and the factors that affect this while …
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Health and work : how do residential disability support workers view their work?
… the ways in which residential disability support workers view their work, their work environment and conditions, their needs as workers, and how their work conditions influence quality of care. Sixteen people took part in the research, including 10 residential disability support workers, …
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Exploring the value of adverse life experiences of social service and support workers
Social services provide support to benefit the community, collectively they are an intrinsic part of our culture. Numerous international studies have suggested that persons in helping professions such as health and social services have had more adverse experiences than the general population and …
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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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Mental health and recovery : experiences of peer support workers employed in mental health services
Rationale: The employment of peer support workers (PSWs) is intended to encourage a greater recovery orientation within mental health services. However, it is important that this does not occur to the detriment of the workers themselves. If the role of the PSW is to change the culture of services …
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Technology-Facilitated Intimate Partner Abuse: Addressing the Issue through Codesign with Survivors and Support Workers
… intimate partner abuse (IPA), and 2) to design support solutions for survivors. In order to do so, a codesign methodology was adopted alongside IPA survivors and NGO support workers. The first phase of the work aimed to extend existing knowledge of the landscape and problem context through …
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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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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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Educational psychology work in children's centres: a realistic evaluation of group supervision with family support workers
… the use of group supervision with Family Support Workers (FSWs) based in Children’s Centres, suggests key mechanisms and context features for consideration when implementing group supervision and highlights future directions for research. Literature on the role Educational Psychologists …
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Mental Health and Intellectual Disability: The Experiences of Disability Support Workers in Relation to the Mental Health Needs of Clients
… in the mental health of these individuals, are supporting service users with a variety of mental health issues, and are in need of specialized training. What is missing from this research, is the experience, of Canadian support workers as they support the mental health of adults with …
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Exploring the Perceptions of Cultural Competence Among Personal Support Workers in an Ontario Long-Term Care Home: A Case Study
Personal Support Workers (PSWs) spend a large amount of time with long-term care (LTC) home residents providing assistance with their activities of daily living. The s limited research on their perceptions of cultural competence presents the need to bridge this knowledge gap. The researcher …
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Understanding Support Workers’ Experiences of their Roles in Health and Social Care in Great Britain and Ireland: A Systematic Literature Review
Support workers represent a significant percentage of the mental health workforce. Traditionally performing essential but more basic tasks, such as personal care, progressively there has been considerable development in the scope and complexity of the role. Consequently, it is important to …
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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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Drawing on the Lived Experiences of Peer Support Workers in the provision of Substance and Addiction Services: A Case Study of ABC Health Center
… a qualitative research study where six (6) peer support workers (18 to 50) working with ABC Health Center were recruited and interviewed to obtain diverse information on their lived experiences in the provision of substance and addiction services in a city in Niagara Region. One (1) FGD was …
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Personal Support Workers/Health Care Assistants' Perceptions of Work Effectiveness: A Relationship Marketing and Intercultural Communication Competence Lens into Senior Care in Victoria, CMA, BC.
… perceptions of work effectiveness among Personal Support Workers (PSWs) and healthcare assistants (HCAs) in Victoria, CMA, British Columbia, Canada. The research centers the experiences of PSWs/HCAs within prevailing organizational and systemic challenges in senior care. The integration of an …
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PEERS in practice: a study exploring the experiences of peer support workers employed in frontline mental health and homelessness services in the voluntary & community sector
… service delivery, particularly as Peer Support Workers (PSWs), has gained increasing recognition across the ‘multiple disadvantage’ (MD) fields of mental health, substance misuse, homelessness, and to a lesser extent, criminal justice. PSWs are individuals with lived experience of social …
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No longer fledglings but struggling to fly: peer support workers' experiences of forming an occupational identity within an urban NHS trust: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… as the expert welcomed the advent of peer support (Watson, 2017; Gillard, 2019), which is now regarded as the fastest growing profession within mental health services (Rebeiro Gruhl et al., 2016). Research has noted the benefits of using peer support workers (PSWs) to encourage service user …
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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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