1. From Process to ProductImpacting Social Policy in Addressing
Abuse of Older Adults in Aboriginal Contexts 2. AgendaIntroduction
Working definition of Social Policy Events leading to set of
products Combining work at differing levels, professions,
sectorsTwo products / tools and their application Being Least
Intrusive Tool /exercise Protocol Template / exerciseHow is this
relevant to your work? Can you use this process? Social policy
lessonsSummary & Questions 3. IntroductionWorking Definition of
social policy Social policy is all about social purposes and the
choices between them. The choices and the conflicts between them
have continuously to be made at the government level, the community
level and the individual level. At each level by acting or not
acting, by opting in or contracting out, we can influence the
direction in which choices are madeRichard Titmuss, 1974 (as cited
in Heinonen & Spearman, 2001, p. 76).
http://spon.ca/social-policy- definitions/2007/08/27/ 4.
Intentional Process, Action Learning Approach Shared Work,
Different Perspectives Adult Guardianship Legislation CRNs, PGT,
Health Authority, Contracted work 5. Intentional Process, Action
Learning ApproachShared Vision, Common Interests Prevention
Collaborative, FirstNation Working Group Education of frontline
clinicians &community members National research,
Identifyingpromising approaches 6. Intentional Process, Action
Learning Approach Shared Values & Principles Critical Analysis,
Cultural Safety, Social Determinants, Aboriginal Understanding of
Health, Human Relations, Empowerment, Adv ocacy & Change. 7.
Ideal Policy DevelopmentObjectives with policy goals Options Values
tradeoffs, Recommend-Problem, definition, researchusing
judgementPolicy 8. Tacit Social Policy DevelopmentBurningQuestion
Applied Ways ofLearning WorkingKnowledgePersistence andAcquisition
andSupport Lenses 9. Questions How would you use this process? What
are the parallels you can use in yourcontext? 10. Products &
ToolsBeing Least Intrusive Emerges from the frontline practice of
responding to situations of abuse and neglect of vulnerable First
Nation adults. It is a hybrid approach that draws on indigenous
knowledge, critical social work theory and first hand accounts of
response and prevention initiatives within First Nation Communities
across Canada. It is meant to help orientate frontline workers to
respond in a way that: is culturally safe, collaborative, strengths
based, and facilitates a broader more holistic understanding of
health and well-being. 11. Being Least Intrusive Video Presentation
12. Products and ToolsBeing Least Intrusive Is a tool that guides
frontline workers through a process of critical preparation,
assessment and reflection. It is divided into 3 sections, each with
a series of questions that assists frontline workers to develop
critical self-awareness; gather information that will inform a more
holistic assessment; engage with clients, families and communities
in ways that are culturally safe and appropriate. 13. Questions How
could you use this tool? Who else could use
it?http://www.nicenet.ca/files/U_of_T_Nice_185649_BLI_Jul_2012Tool.pdf
14. Products & Tools Protocol Templates Public Guardian &
Trustee of BCcommissioned work to develop aprovincial template that
could be usedby Designated Agencies (provincialhealth authorities)
and First NationCommunities to assist in thedevelopment of
collaborativepartnerships of response andprevention work It has
been used by VIHA and KwakiutlDistrict Council as a framework
fortheir ongoing partnership in deliveringservices to the 10 KDC
membercommunities. 15. Protocol is Signed June 15, 2012Thunderbird
Hall, Campbell River, BC WEAAD Day 16. Questions Are there areas in
your practice needingprotocols like this ? Do you have the
relationships in place to supportthe development and co-creation of
a protocollike this ? Can it be inter-professional? 17.
Adaptability of ToolsTools and practice emerge from multiple and
intersecting points. Structured by provincial legislation Enriched
and supported by national research projects and communitybased
response and prevention strategies Informed by the realities of
frontline practice Founded on principles and values honoring
self-determination, autonomy and empowerment Grounded in a critical
awareness of the cultural, social and historicalcontext in which
adult abuse and neglect emerges and is experienced. 18. Social
Policy Lessons Used principles of how we think people should
beserved and how to treat one another Relationships at all levels
Partners continually identified and invited 19. Social Policy
Lessons Seeing linkages between projects-opportunities tofurther
explore or explore more deeply Commitment to the process and
carrying on Combination of off the side of the desk andmainstream
funded endeavors 20. Social Policy Lessons Lack of tools and
practice provided freedom to do whatwe thought was the right thing
Created a cross professional community of practice-deliberate
action and discernment of critical differencesin action and
practice Managed up at every opportunity (audaciously) 21. Summary
Tacit process becoming A stream of interrelated andexplicit and
deliberatecomplementary products Across professions A collaborative
practice A body of linked work 22. Social Policy By the study of
anthropology, sociology, and psychology and such elements of social
and political economy as are relevant we try to work out our
correct principles to guide us in our approach to the social
problems of the time. Nevertheless, the applications of those
principles to a given situation is an art.Aneurin Bevan 1952 23.
Thank You Alison Leaney, MSW, RSW,Public Guardian and Trustee of
BC(604) 660 [email protected] April Struthers, M Ed,
RCC,Wit Works Ltd. (604) 885 [email protected] Lindsay
Neufeld, MSW, RSW,VIHA Professional Practice Office CDMR(250)
[email protected]
