Speaker Sarah Galvani draws on seven years of research exploring responses to the palliative and end-of-life care needs of people using alcohol and other drugs.
Rupert (social worker) is meeting with Mandy, mother to a six-year-old girl named Tilly. Use these practice scenarios to observe how the parent responds differently to the social worker in each example.
This guide describes the signs and symptoms to look out for to identify adults with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder. It looks at the diagnostic pathway, as well as the challenges in assessing the care and support needs of someone with FASD.
Identifying all three issues and how they impact on the adults and children present in any family is vital. Professionals need an in-depth understanding of how the issues interlink to ensure the interventions put in place are as effective as possible in promoting the safety and wellbeing of all members of a household.
Covers the relationship between different social work client groups and alcohol and other drug use, different screening tools you can use to assess alcohol and drug use and why social workers are well-placed to offer good-quality alcohol and drug interventions.