Priority 11 from the Adult Social Work PSP

UNCERTAINTY: What are the most effective ways for adult social workers to work with people with acquired brain injury?  What knowledge and skills do adult social workers need to work with this group? (JLA PSP Priority 11)
Overall ranking 11
JLA question ID 0074/11
Explanatory note Not available for this PSP
Evidence

Mark Holloway,* and Rachel Fyson (2016) Acquired Brain Injury, Social Work and the Challenges of Personalisation. Br J Soc Work. 46(5): 1301–1317.
Health Research Classification System category Generic Health Relevance
Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples My social worker was poorly trained and ill informed about my care needs and my situation. Complaining served to introduce an intervention that resulted in better supervision and case load management. ~ How do social workers conceptualise, understand and respond to the needs of families affected by acquired brain injury when lack of knowledge of the condition is endemic? ~ Bearing in my SW's lack of knowledge of executive impairment and reduced insight in the case of acquired brain injury, how do they begin to conceptualise the condition and assess risk adequately?
Submitted by Individual survey submissions categorised by Carer, Service User, Other, Group Member, Educator, Manager, Other, Frontline Practitioner, Student, Volunteer.  For full details of the type of submitter for each individual question, please see the spreadsheet of data held on the JLA website.
PSP information
PSP unique ID 0074
PSP name Adult Social Work
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. 61  (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop 20 July 2018