Service Users Facing Household Challenges
Their Experiences with Task-Centered Coping Approach
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https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v9i1.109Keywords:
Housing competence, systematic household guidance, Task Centred Coping Approach (TCCA), user participation, addiction and/or mental challengesAbstract
This article is based on a study of an educational and developmental programme, in which the task-centred coping approach (TCCA) was a central part. Twenty social worker practitioners from Norwegian municipal social services (MSS) participated in the programme, and practiced TCCA with 74 of their service users. The aim of the study was to develop knowledge about how service users evolve their housing competence by utilizing TCCA.The study was based on a way of participatory action research, in which the researcher was positioned as a partly participating researcher. The researcher tried to attain knowledge from the individualized activities of the service users and the practitioners, and use this knowledge as a contribution to developing their practice and the programme. User participation was one of the cornerstones of the study, and individualization meant matching the approaches of the practitioners to the experienced needs of the individual service user.
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Blid, M., & Gerdner, A. (2006). Socially excluding housing support to homeless substance misusers. International Journal of Social Welfare. 15:162-171.
Boehnke, P. (2008). Are the poor socially integrated? The link between poverty and social support in different welfare regimes. Journal of European Social Policy. 18:133-150.
Ekeland, T.-J., & Heggen, K. (2007) Coping and empowerment. [Meistring og myndiggjering.] Oslo: Gyldendal.
Epstein, L., & Brown, L. (2002). Brief treatment and a new look at the task-centered approach. Boston: Pearson.
Eriksen, R. E. (2007). Everyday life of long-term service users: Coping in a (user)participation perspective. [Hverdagen som langtids sosialklient: mestring I et (bruker-)medvirkingsperspektiv.] Dr.thesis, Trondheim: NTNU.
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Eriksen, R. E. (2013) Participation and coping: A mutual dependence? Social Work and Social Sciences Review. 17(1):22-34. DOI: 10.1921/1103160301.
Fetterman, D. M. (2001). Foundations of empowerment evaluation. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Folkman, S., & Moskowitz, J. (2004) Coping: Pitfalls and promises, Annual Review of Psychology. 55:745-774.
Fortune, A., McCallion, P., & Briar-Lawson, K. (2010). Social work practice research for the 21st century. New York: Columbia.
Fyrand, L. (2005). Social networks. [Sosiale nettverk.] Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
Gallie, D., Paugam, S., & Jacobs, S. (2003). Unemployment, poverty and social isolation. Is there a vicious circle of social exclusion? European Societies. 1:1-32.
Goldstein, E. (1995). Ego psychology and social work practice. New York: Free Press.
Graneheim, U., & Lundman, B. (2004). Qualitative content analysis in nursing research. Nurse Education Today. 24:105-112.
Hansen, I. L. S. (2006). Need for housing and welfare services of persons with mental illnesses. [Bo- og tjenestebehov hos personer med psykiske lidelser.] 519. Oslo: Fafo.
Hannan, C., Lambert, M., Harmon, C., Nielsen, S., Smart, D., Shimokawa, K., & Sutton S. (2005). A lab test and algorithms for identifying clients at risk for treatment failure. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 61:155-163.
Lazarus, R. (1999). Stress and emotion. New York: Springer.
Lazarus, R., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, appraisal and coping. New York: Springer.
Marsh, P., & Doel, M. (2005). The task-centered book. London: Routledge.
Miller, W., & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational interviewing. New York: Guildford. Padgett, D. (1998). Qualitative methods in social work research. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Payne, M. (2005). Modern social work theory. Hampshire: Palgrave.
Pirskanen, H. (2009). “Was your father a problem drinker?” Journal of Comparative Social Work. 1:1-17.
Patton, M. (2002). Qualitative research and evaluation methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Pettersen, H., Ruud, T., Ravndal, E., & Landheim, A. (2013). Walking the fine line: Self-reported reasons for substance use in persons with severe mental illness. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being. 8:doi:10.3402/qhw.v8i0.21968.
Rambøll (2012). Housing first - possibilities and obstructions for implementation in Norway. [Housing first - muligheter og hindringer for implementering I Norge.] Oslo: Husbanken.
Ridgway, P. (2008). “Supported housing”. Clinical handbook of schizophrenia. In Mueser, K., & Jeste, D. (Eds.), London: Guildford. 287-297.
Rooney, R. (2009). Strategies for work with involuntary clients. New York: Columbia.
Sahlin, I. (1996). På gränsen till bostad. Avvisning, utvisning, specialkontrakt. [On the border of housing.] Lund: Arkiv förlag.
Saleebey, D. (2013). The strength perspective in social work practice. Boston: Pearson.
Schiff, R., & Schneider, B. (2010). Housing for the disabled mentally ill. Canadian Journal of Urban Research. 19(2):108-128.
Sullivan, G., Burnam, A., & Koegel, P. (2000). Pathways to homelessness among mentally ill. Social Psychiatry. 35:444-450.
Sverdrup, S. (2013). “Participatory action research as a newer tendency in Norwegian evaluation”. Evaluation. In Halvorsen, A., Madsen, E., & Jentoft, N. (Eds.), Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. 134-147.
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Tsemberis, S. (2010). Housing First. Center City: Hazelden.
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Wel, K. van der, Dahl, E., Løyland, B., Slagsvold, M., & Lødemel, I. (2006). Functional abilities among users of welfare services. [Funksjonsevne blant langtidsmottakere av sosialhjelp.] Oslo: Oslo University College.
Ytrehus, S., Sandlie, H. C., & Hansen, I. L. S. (2008). In the right direction. [I riktig retning.] 8. Oslo: Fafo.
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Eriksen, R. E. (2014). Service Users Facing Household Challenges: Their Experiences with Task-Centered Coping Approach. Journal of Comparative Social Work, 9(1), 31–58. https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v9i1.109
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