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The SSD's (social services department) management challenge.

N Raynes1

  • 1Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council.

Health Services Management
|February 7, 1993
PubMed
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Implementing community care changes presents significant challenges for social services departments. Local authorities

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Area of Science:

  • Health Services Management
  • Social Policy
  • Public Administration

Background:

  • Social services departments are undergoing significant transformations in community care provision.
  • Implementing these changes requires addressing deep-seated organizational and bureaucratic hurdles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a perspective on the cultural and bureaucratic factors influencing the sustainability of community care reforms.
  • To highlight the necessary changes within local authorities for successful community care implementation.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of organizational culture within local authorities.
  • Review of bureaucratic structures impacting service delivery.
  • Expert perspective from Norma Raynes on change management in social services.

Main Results:

  • Local authorities' existing culture and bureaucracy pose significant barriers to sustaining community care changes.
  • Adaptation of organizational culture is crucial for the success of community care initiatives.

Conclusions:

  • Sustaining the community care revolution necessitates fundamental shifts in local authority culture and bureaucracy.
  • Effective change management requires addressing systemic issues within public administration.

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