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Problematising ‘Fused Principles’ in Discourses of Preventative Social Care: Interpreting the Implementation of National Social Services Legislation in Wales, UK

Simon Read, Fiona Verity, Mark Llewellyn, Sion Tetlow, Jonathan Richards

The British Journal of Social Work, Volume: 53, Issue: 4, Pages: 2331 - 2351

Swansea University Authors: Simon Read, Fiona Verity

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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/bjsw/bcad125

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Prevention is a core principle in social care legislation across the UK. However, history shows great variability in how a preventative social care agenda is conceptualised and implemented. We report findings from an independent evaluation of the implementation of the ‘2014 Social Services and Well-...

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ISSN: 0045-3102 1468-263X
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title_short Problematising ‘Fused Principles’ in Discourses of Preventative Social Care: Interpreting the Implementation of National Social Services Legislation in Wales, UK
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