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“WHY
does the solution to complex
circumstances of
dignity & wellbeing seem IMPOSSIBLE?
”OUTLINE
of a workshop at the Rome conference, and for a
FEASIBILITY study
into a European examination of individual casework
STARTING POINT
Questions like the one above are being asked increasingly
frequently by front-line workers, who are confronted with
the complex and deteriorating problems of mentally-ill
people (i.e. those who have been diagnosed with a
psychiatric pathology) who live neglected on the streets.
Secondary, more specific questions focus on differences in
context, legislation, service structures, traditions, and
client characteristics..
RATIONALE This
could form the foundation of a workshop at the Rome
conference, which explores the history, analyses the needs
and causes, evaluates reactions, and finally sets out a
range of effective responses for discussion with conference
colleagues.
A preliminary
study could be carried out to scope a feasibility for an
action research project into exceptionally complex cases.
The working hypothesis is, at this stage, that better
outcomes might be achieved for these cases if one could
establish criteria agreed as crucial by front-line workers,
regardless of either context or resources. Not only would
exchanges of ideas between front-line workers transform
day-to-day practice, especially in relation to the more
complex cases, but that transformation could only be brought
about by such exchanges.
One could
thus foresee a workshop called something like “European
casework” which could lead into an Action research
project into civic participation.
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