Priority 8 from the Adult Social Work PSP

UNCERTAINTY: Does regular contact with an adult social worker and / or a long-term professional relationship with an adult social worker improve outcomes for people using services? (JLA PSP Priority 8)
Overall ranking 8
JLA question ID 0074/8
Explanatory note Not available for this PSP
Evidence

Continuity of care for carers of people with severe mental illness: Results of a longitudinal study. Tom Burns, Jocelyn Catty, Kate Harvey, Sarah White, Ian Rees Jones, Susan McLaren, Til Wykes, and for the ECHO Group. International Journal of Social Psychiatry Vol 59, Issue 7, pp. 663 – 670 (2012)
Health Research Classification System category Generic Health Relevance
Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples I have found it difficult having different social workers each time.  I can't build a relationship with them and feel they don't treat people with a learning disability right. ~ Kept in regular contact during a period of unstable mental health. ~ Effectiveness of named social worker approach? ~Does having a named social worker really help achieve more positive outcomes?   
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