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© British Association of Social Workers

Moving Out: Insiders' Views of Relocation

TIM BOOTH, KEN SIMONS and WENDY BOOTH

Tim Booth is a lecturer in social policy and Director of the Joint Unit for Social Services Research at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of Home Truths (Gower, 1985) and Developing Policy Research (Gower, 1988) as well as the editor of the series Social Services Monographs: Research in Practice.

Ken Simons is the Research Officer for the Kirklees Relocation Project, which is based in the Department of Sociological Studies at Sheffield University and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust. He was formerly Assistant Research Officer in Sheffield Family and Community Services Department.

Wendy Booth was the Research Assistant with the Kirklees Relocation Project and is currently engaged in setting up the Huddersfield Citizen Advocacy Scheme for people with learning difficultie.

Correspondence to Tim Booth, The University of Sheffield, Department of Sociological Studies, Joint Unit for Social Services Research, Sheffield, S10 2TN.

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This paper presents some of the findings from the Kirklees Relocation Project, an evaluation of a local community care programme for people leaving long-stay mental handicap hospitals and social services hostels. It concentrates on the views of movers interviewed before and after the move using an innovative ‘visual game’ technique. The study confirms that given the opportunity to make an informed choice the movers would almost always opt for the least restrictive alternative.


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