1st Edition

The Practice of Case Management Effective strategies for positive outcomes

By Peter Camilleri Copyright 2012
240 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Case management is used across a diverse range of organisational settings, from child protection to aged care; disability services; acute and community health; courts and correctional services; employment services; veteran services; education; and immigration programs. However, case management is not always successfully implemented, and practitioners often feel they are not given sufficient... Read more
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Authors' notes and acknowledgements


1. With a focus on practice, what is on the agenda?

2. The role of the service system and organisations in case management practice

3. Beginning the case management process: Assessment

4. Planning

5. Implementing case management plans

6. Monitoring and review in case management practice

7. Transitions in case management practice

8. Professional dilemmas in case management

9. Beyond case management

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Index

Biography

DI GURSANSKY is a social work consultant and an honorary fellow at the Australian Catholic University. She has had a long career in social work and human service education, with a particular interest in field education, social work practice, service delivery and gerontology. ROSEMARY KENNEDY is a psychologist and is also admitted as a practitioner of the Supreme Court of SA. She currently works in the area of government regulation of the health professions. Di and Rosemary are two of the co-authors of the first Australian case management text, Case Management: Policy, Practice and Professional Business. PETER CAMILLERI is Professor of Social Work at the Australian Catholic University. He has expertise in areas such as mental health, suicide, child protection and disaster response, and is also the author of books on social work practice and working with men.