Does your organisation/business engage in strategic partnerships? If so, what are the fundamental factors that make this partnership-based approach useful?

Exploiting Innovation

It is essential to understand not only how an organisation selects and implements technology-based innovation but how it exploits, including innovation platforms that incorporate multiple product options, portfolios and standards. You may also consider how organisation scale innovation practice to adapt as the organisation grows. Critically analyse the strategic importance of the technology identified in part 2 and part 1 (or again use new examples/cases/business processes) and how it is designed and managed to enable your organisation to compete effectively. Consider how your organisation integrates different management functions in the context of technological change to transform the ‘business’ model for the future.

Critically analyse how your organisation exploits the technology or digital investments for benefits management and realisation. Include the consequences of technological innovation and the impact on society, the environment, and political agendas (e.g. industrial strategy, sustainability, etc.).

▪ What are the drivers of commercialisation/efficiency saving?

▪ Does your organisation/business have strong IP?

▪ How much do they rely on other assets such as market channels, brand etc.?

▪ How are processes and or people leveraged @ scale in your organisation.

▪ Does your organisation/business engage in strategic partnerships? If so, what are the fundamental factors that make this partnership-based approach useful?

▪ Which markets and customers/users will be/are the initial focus; which portfolio of projects will/are provide early success and a platform for the future?

▪ Does your organisation/business have a platform strategy and/or a technology roadmap?

▪ What are the challenges of managing platforms and portfolios for the firm?

How is motivation of the technical and business people engaged in the process managed and the process controlled?

Executing Innovation

Focus on the structures and incentives for formulating and executing an innovation strategy, either using the same examples/cases as for part 1 or new ones. How does your organisation execute on innovation? How rational and organised are they? How are financial aspects of execution dealt with e.g. budgetary and cost implications.

Area of consideration might include:

▪ How was the entire innovation process structured? Is it a stage-gate process? In what ways does the process used fail and succeed?

▪ Are many activities undertaken in parallel?

▪ How are the R&D teams designed?

▪ What is the incentive structure within a team and across teams?

▪ How is motivation of the technical and business people engaged in the process managed and the process controlled? What tensions result? What synergies result? How are these managed?

▪ Are outsiders part of the innovation process – for example, out-sourced R&D, community-based users such as open source, academics? If so, what are the incentives for them? How is Intellectual Property (IP) managed in these external relationships? Where do your organisational boundaries lie, why and how is this managed and to what effect?

How did/do/will market and technology dynamics provide opportunities for your organisation?

Exploring Innovation

Making use of appropriate academic literature, provide a critical discussion and evaluation of the methods that your organisation uses to make organisational choices for innovation around technology. Include how exploration and execution varies along the technology S-curve, providing relevant work-based examples and being as specific as possible.

The following questions may help with your evaluation:

▪ How did/do/will market and technology dynamics provide opportunities for your organisation?

▪ How were/are opportunities developed by which stakeholders and how?

▪ How were/are ‘technology looking for a home” or a need looking to be met managed differently?

▪ How are/were ideas generated? What sources of ideas were/are consulted?

▪ What methods were/are used – brainstorming, lead user analysis etc.? How were/are risks assessed and prioritised?

▪ How did/does your organisation plan the order in which technological concepts to invest – according to a standard stage-gate, by risk, by investor demands?

 

Make sure you identify and review business processes that define a set of activities that accomplish specific organisational goal/s and provide a critical and systematic approach to improving particular processes (be selective and specific) within your current organisation landscape.

Where possible try to interview at least two people in various positions in your organisation involved in the cases/examples you critically analyse, and so have experienced or have responsibilities for technological change or innovation. Include your interview questions and answers as part of the appendices.

Consider too how to:

  • Apply broader innovation knowledge combined with an understanding of the business context, and include how it is changing and contributing to the organisation strategy;

 

  • Provide a succinct description of the business/organisational context of the cases and examples, including a direct discussion of its relevance to your technical pathway specialism;

[30 marks]

Identify the relevant values and ethics (as defined by codes of ethics) that a social worker may draw upon when carrying out their roles and responsibilities. 
  1. Values and Ethics
  • Please think critically about how law/policy/guidance may cause tensions with social work ethics, and how any such tensions could be resolved. In doing so you will be expected to draw upon specific codes of ethics and relevant research/literature.

Identify the relevant values and ethics (as defined by codes of ethics) that a social worker may draw upon when carrying out their roles and responsibilities.

Case Study: The Campbell Family

 

The Campbell family are a black British family of Jamaican heritage living in Salford. Ionie Campbell is 55 years old and lives in a 2-bedroom terraced house. She was widowed in her 20s and raised her two daughters as a single parent and they are both now adults. Three years ago, Ionie’s oldest daughter, Kenise (who is now 32), moved back in to live with Ionie, along with her own children –Aleesha (who is now 15), Daryl (who is now 8) and Ruby (who is now 5). Aleesha attends Higher Brook High School, and Daryl and Ruby attend Springfield Primary School.

 

Kenise Campbell has suffered from mental health issues throughout her adult life and often goes through periods where she struggles to get out of bed, to manage basic household tasks or to appropriately supervise the children. It was because of these issues that she moved back in with her mother 3 years ago. Since this time her mental health has continued to deteriorate and Ionie undertakes the majority of the household tasks and care for the children.

 

Aleesha’s father is unknown, but Daryl and Ruby’s father is Jason –a 35-year-old white British man who lives locally. He is named on Daryl and Ruby’s birth certificates. Jason lives locally with his wife and their baby. He sees Daryl and Ruby every weekend but does not have them overnight.

 

Recently Ionie has been diagnosed with cancer. She spent two weeks in hospital –during which time her younger daughter (Angelique) came to stay at the family home so she could visit her mother, and she stayed for an extra week to help around the home. However, Angelique returned to her job in Spain a month ago. Ionie is suffering from extreme tiredness because of her treatment, and has episodes of dizziness, nausea and confusion. She also must attend hospital appointments every few days. As a result, she is struggling to undertake the housework, to make meals and to supervise the children. She is also missing socialising with her friends at their weekly bingo sessions. Ionie has a Macmillian nurse who visits fortnightly to offer support to Ionie with her treatment.

 

Ionie’s diagnosis has had a further impact on Kenise’s mental health, and she now rarely leaves her bedroom during the day. At night times she often leaves the house and the family do not know where she goes. At Ionie’s insistence, Kenise has reluctantly spoken to the GP about how she is feeling. She has told him that she feels low all the time and self-medicates using sleeping tablets, and occasionally other drugs that she gets from a friend to help her sleep during the day. When she wakes in the evening, she sometimes hears voices that tell her to go for a walk, which she does, but she often cannot remember where she has been or recall much information about her walks.

 

Springfield Primary School have noticed that Daryl and Ruby have seemed increasingly tired and withdrawn in school over the past month. They often attend in dirty clothes and often forget their packed lunch. Their attendance has also dropped over the past month, and they are often late for school. Aleesha often brings them to school now, and they often walk home alone. Often the children say they are hungry and have not had breakfast.

 

Daryl has severe asthma, and the school nurse has raised concerns that he has not been attending the asthma clinic and his medication has not been renewed. This meant that in the last week when he had an asthma attack in school, he had no inhaler and had to use another child’s inhaler. When the school rang Ionie after the asthma attack, she seemed confused and said she did not know he had asthma, even though she has previously taken him to all his appointments. Springfield Primary School liaised with Higher Brook High School who told them that Aleesha’s school attendance had dropped from 100% to almost non-existent over the past month. Friends of Aleesha’s who attend the school have been round to the house to visit her and have told teachers that the house is now dirty and untidy and that Aleesha often asks her friends if they can bring some food round. She has told her friends that she is often going with her grandma to her hospital appointments and is scared to leave her grandma at home with just her mum.

Springfield Primary School have referred Aleesha, Darryl and Ruby to the statutory Children and Families Team.

Ionie’s Macmillan nurse has referred Ionie to the Adult Social Care Team.

Kenise’s GP has referred her to the Mental Health Team.

 

 

 

 

Critically consider the rights of the service user(s) as defined by law and whether these provide any tensions with the law/policy/guidance the social worker might use.
  1. The Rights of Those Involved
  • Critically consider the rights of the service user(s) as defined by law and whether these provide any tensions with the law/policy/guidance the social worker might use.
  • Consider how the social worker might use their role to uphold the service user’s rights
  • You will be expected to be able to cite specific rights as set out in legislation. This may include Human Rights Legislation as well as rights within other legislation.

You may find it useful to draw on relevant research and literature to consider how rights can be upheld, whilst the social worker also carried out their statutory responsibilities

 

Case Study: The Campbell Family

 

The Campbell family are a black British family of Jamaican heritage living in Salford. Ionie Campbell is 55 years old and lives in a 2-bedroom terraced house. She was widowed in her 20s and raised her two daughters as a single parent and they are both now adults. Three years ago, Ionie’s oldest daughter, Kenise (who is now 32), moved back in to live with Ionie, along with her own children –Aleesha (who is now 15), Daryl (who is now 8) and Ruby (who is now 5). Aleesha attends Higher Brook High School, and Daryl and Ruby attend Springfield Primary School.

 

Kenise Campbell has suffered from mental health issues throughout her adult life and often goes through periods where she struggles to get out of bed, to manage basic household tasks or to appropriately supervise the children. It was because of these issues that she moved back in with her mother 3 years ago. Since this time her mental health has continued to deteriorate and Ionie undertakes the majority of the household tasks and care for the children.

 

Aleesha’s father is unknown, but Daryl and Ruby’s father is Jason –a 35-year-old white British man who lives locally. He is named on Daryl and Ruby’s birth certificates. Jason lives locally with his wife and their baby. He sees Daryl and Ruby every weekend but does not have them overnight.

 

Recently Ionie has been diagnosed with cancer. She spent two weeks in hospital –during which time her younger daughter (Angelique) came to stay at the family home so she could visit her mother, and she stayed for an extra week to help around the home. However, Angelique returned to her job in Spain a month ago. Ionie is suffering from extreme tiredness because of her treatment, and has episodes of dizziness, nausea and confusion. She also must attend hospital appointments every few days. As a result, she is struggling to undertake the housework, to make meals and to supervise the children. She is also missing socialising with her friends at their weekly bingo sessions. Ionie has a Macmillian nurse who visits fortnightly to offer support to Ionie with her treatment.

 

Ionie’s diagnosis has had a further impact on Kenise’s mental health, and she now rarely leaves her bedroom during the day. At night times she often leaves the house and the family do not know where she goes. At Ionie’s insistence, Kenise has reluctantly spoken to the GP about how she is feeling. She has told him that she feels low all the time and self-medicates using sleeping tablets, and occasionally other drugs that she gets from a friend to help her sleep during the day. When she wakes in the evening, she sometimes hears voices that tell her to go for a walk, which she does, but she often cannot remember where she has been or recall much information about her walks.

 

Springfield Primary School have noticed that Daryl and Ruby have seemed increasingly tired and withdrawn in school over the past month. They often attend in dirty clothes and often forget their packed lunch. Their attendance has also dropped over the past month, and they are often late for school. Aleesha often brings them to school now, and they often walk home alone. Often the children say they are hungry and have not had breakfast.

 

Daryl has severe asthma, and the school nurse has raised concerns that he has not been attending the asthma clinic and his medication has not been renewed. This meant that in the last week when he had an asthma attack in school, he had no inhaler and had to use another child’s inhaler. When the school rang Ionie after the asthma attack, she seemed confused and said she did not know he had asthma, even though she has previously taken him to all his appointments. Springfield Primary School liaised with Higher Brook High School who told them that Aleesha’s school attendance had dropped from 100% to almost non-existent over the past month. Friends of Aleesha’s who attend the school have been round to the house to visit her and have told teachers that the house is now dirty and untidy and that Aleesha often asks her friends if they can bring some food round. She has told her friends that she is often going with her grandma to her hospital appointments and is scared to leave her grandma at home with just her mum.

Springfield Primary School have referred Aleesha, Darryl and Ruby to the statutory Children and Families Team.

Ionie’s Macmillan nurse has referred Ionie to the Adult Social Care Team.

Kenise’s GP has referred her to the Mental Health Team.

 

 

What is the role and responsibilities of the social worker AS DEFINED BY LAW/POLCIY/GUIDANCE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION in relation to this specific service user? 
  1. The Role and Responsibilities of the Social Worker
  • What is the role and responsibilities of the social worker AS DEFINED BY LAW/POLCIY/GUIDANCE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION in relation to this specific service user?
  • This is NOT asking you to provide a care plan for the service user (e.g., “the social worker should provide a carer”) and it is NOT asking you for an in-depth exploration of the approach a social worker might take (e.g., a person-centred approach) – though if you want to briefly mention an approach which might fit with the social worker’s role/responsibilities this is fine.
  • Please consider the social worker’s role/responsibilities critically, drawing on evidence from relevant research and literature
  • Please remember that the professional regulator is Social Work England (SWE) not HCPC/GSCC/any other body. Many (but not all) social workers are members of BASW (British Association of Social Work) and those who are would be expected to follow BASW’s code of ethics. The NASW is not applicable as this is an American organisation.

    Case Study: The Campbell Family

     

    The Campbell family are a black British family of Jamaican heritage living in Salford. Ionie Campbell is 55 years old and lives in a 2-bedroom terraced house. She was widowed in her 20s and raised her two daughters as a single parent and they are both now adults. Three years ago, Ionie’s oldest daughter, Kenise (who is now 32), moved back in to live with Ionie, along with her own children –Aleesha (who is now 15), Daryl (who is now 8) and Ruby (who is now 5). Aleesha attends Higher Brook High School, and Daryl and Ruby attend Springfield Primary School.

     

    Kenise Campbell has suffered from mental health issues throughout her adult life and often goes through periods where she struggles to get out of bed, to manage basic household tasks or to appropriately supervise the children. It was because of these issues that she moved back in with her mother 3 years ago. Since this time her mental health has continued to deteriorate and Ionie undertakes the majority of the household tasks and care for the children.

     

    Aleesha’s father is unknown, but Daryl and Ruby’s father is Jason –a 35-year-old white British man who lives locally. He is named on Daryl and Ruby’s birth certificates. Jason lives locally with his wife and their baby. He sees Daryl and Ruby every weekend but does not have them overnight.

     

    Recently Ionie has been diagnosed with cancer. She spent two weeks in hospital –during which time her younger daughter (Angelique) came to stay at the family home so she could visit her mother, and she stayed for an extra week to help around the home. However, Angelique returned to her job in Spain a month ago. Ionie is suffering from extreme tiredness because of her treatment, and has episodes of dizziness, nausea and confusion. She also must attend hospital appointments every few days. As a result, she is struggling to undertake the housework, to make meals and to supervise the children. She is also missing socialising with her friends at their weekly bingo sessions. Ionie has a Macmillian nurse who visits fortnightly to offer support to Ionie with her treatment.

     

    Ionie’s diagnosis has had a further impact on Kenise’s mental health, and she now rarely leaves her bedroom during the day. At night times she often leaves the house and the family do not know where she goes. At Ionie’s insistence, Kenise has reluctantly spoken to the GP about how she is feeling. She has told him that she feels low all the time and self-medicates using sleeping tablets, and occasionally other drugs that she gets from a friend to help her sleep during the day. When she wakes in the evening, she sometimes hears voices that tell her to go for a walk, which she does, but she often cannot remember where she has been or recall much information about her walks.

     

    Springfield Primary School have noticed that Daryl and Ruby have seemed increasingly tired and withdrawn in school over the past month. They often attend in dirty clothes and often forget their packed lunch. Their attendance has also dropped over the past month, and they are often late for school. Aleesha often brings them to school now, and they often walk home alone. Often the children say they are hungry and have not had breakfast.

     

    Daryl has severe asthma, and the school nurse has raised concerns that he has not been attending the asthma clinic and his medication has not been renewed. This meant that in the last week when he had an asthma attack in school, he had no inhaler and had to use another child’s inhaler. When the school rang Ionie after the asthma attack, she seemed confused and said she did not know he had asthma, even though she has previously taken him to all his appointments. Springfield Primary School liaised with Higher Brook High School who told them that Aleesha’s school attendance had dropped from 100% to almost non-existent over the past month. Friends of Aleesha’s who attend the school have been round to the house to visit her and have told teachers that the house is now dirty and untidy and that Aleesha often asks her friends if they can bring some food round. She has told her friends that she is often going with her grandma to her hospital appointments and is scared to leave her grandma at home with just her mum.

    Springfield Primary School have referred Aleesha, Darryl and Ruby to the statutory Children and Families Team.

    Ionie’s Macmillan nurse has referred Ionie to the Adult Social Care Team.

    Kenise’s GP has referred her to the Mental Health Team.

     

Should cost be a consideration when deciding on treatment for patients with cancer?

Description

Many new cancer treatments for advanced cancers are very expensive, yet many if not all of these treatments are not curative. Some of these cancer treatments only prolong cancer patient’s lives for 4-6 months. Find examples of such treatments currently being used (i.e. immunotherapy) and answer the following questions: What are the ethical and societal considerations we must consider when deciding on implementing such expensive treatments? Should cost be a consideration when deciding on treatment for patients with cancer? Comment on at least two of your classmates’ posts.

What specific law, policy and guidance the social worker might use when working with this person.

Case Study Assignment

This assignment requires you to respond to a case study. The case study is provided below. You are required to think about how a social worker might work with the following people from in the case study:

  • Ionie
  • Kenise
  • Aleesha, Daryl & Ruby

 

 

 

 

In your responses you need to consider:

  1. Law, Policy and Guidance
  • What specific law, policy and guidance the social worker might use when working with this person. You will need to provide evidence to justify your decision referring to the law/policy itself and referring to appropriate relevant research and literature.
  • It may not always be clear which law/policy/guidance (or section of law/policy/guidance) is most applicable – there may be different options that could be used. If this is the case you will need to explore the different options, drawing on appropriate relevant research and literature to analyse the different option.
  • When drafting your answer please remember to consider law AND policy AND guidance and consider what is appropriate. In some cases, all three may be relevant, in other cases only one.

Please remember that law includes both legislation and case law. In some cases, both may apply, in other cases only one of these may apply.

Case Study: The Campbell Family

 

The Campbell family are a black British family of Jamaican heritage living in Salford. Ionie Campbell is 55 years old and lives in a 2-bedroom terraced house. She was widowed in her 20s and raised her two daughters as a single parent and they are both now adults. Three years ago, Ionie’s oldest daughter, Kenise (who is now 32), moved back in to live with Ionie, along with her own children –Aleesha (who is now 15), Daryl (who is now 8) and Ruby (who is now 5). Aleesha attends Higher Brook High School, and Daryl and Ruby attend Springfield Primary School.

 

Kenise Campbell has suffered from mental health issues throughout her adult life and often goes through periods where she struggles to get out of bed, to manage basic household tasks or to appropriately supervise the children. It was because of these issues that she moved back in with her mother 3 years ago. Since this time her mental health has continued to deteriorate and Ionie undertakes the majority of the household tasks and care for the children.

 

Aleesha’s father is unknown, but Daryl and Ruby’s father is Jason –a 35-year-old white British man who lives locally. He is named on Daryl and Ruby’s birth certificates. Jason lives locally with his wife and their baby. He sees Daryl and Ruby every weekend but does not have them overnight.

 

Recently Ionie has been diagnosed with cancer. She spent two weeks in hospital –during which time her younger daughter (Angelique) came to stay at the family home so she could visit her mother, and she stayed for an extra week to help around the home. However, Angelique returned to her job in Spain a month ago. Ionie is suffering from extreme tiredness because of her treatment, and has episodes of dizziness, nausea and confusion. She also must attend hospital appointments every few days. As a result, she is struggling to undertake the housework, to make meals and to supervise the children. She is also missing socialising with her friends at their weekly bingo sessions. Ionie has a Macmillian nurse who visits fortnightly to offer support to Ionie with her treatment.

 

Ionie’s diagnosis has had a further impact on Kenise’s mental health, and she now rarely leaves her bedroom during the day. At night times she often leaves the house and the family do not know where she goes. At Ionie’s insistence, Kenise has reluctantly spoken to the GP about how she is feeling. She has told him that she feels low all the time and self-medicates using sleeping tablets, and occasionally other drugs that she gets from a friend to help her sleep during the day. When she wakes in the evening, she sometimes hears voices that tell her to go for a walk, which she does, but she often cannot remember where she has been or recall much information about her walks.

 

Springfield Primary School have noticed that Daryl and Ruby have seemed increasingly tired and withdrawn in school over the past month. They often attend in dirty clothes and often forget their packed lunch. Their attendance has also dropped over the past month, and they are often late for school. Aleesha often brings them to school now, and they often walk home alone. Often the children say they are hungry and have not had breakfast.

 

Daryl has severe asthma, and the school nurse has raised concerns that he has not been attending the asthma clinic and his medication has not been renewed. This meant that in the last week when he had an asthma attack in school, he had no inhaler and had to use another child’s inhaler. When the school rang Ionie after the asthma attack, she seemed confused and said she did not know he had asthma, even though she has previously taken him to all his appointments. Springfield Primary School liaised with Higher Brook High School who told them that Aleesha’s school attendance had dropped from 100% to almost non-existent over the past month. Friends of Aleesha’s who attend the school have been round to the house to visit her and have told teachers that the house is now dirty and untidy and that Aleesha often asks her friends if they can bring some food round. She has told her friends that she is often going with her grandma to her hospital appointments and is scared to leave her grandma at home with just her mum.

Springfield Primary School have referred Aleesha, Darryl and Ruby to the statutory Children and Families Team.

Ionie’s Macmillan nurse has referred Ionie to the Adult Social Care Team.

Kenise’s GP has referred her to the Mental Health Team.