Professor Gavin Davidson from Queen’s University Belfast discusses research on service users’ experiences and views of support for decision-making.
Supporting people to make decisions about their own lives is an important aspect of social work practice with adults. Irrespective of disability or mental health problem, all adults have a right to make their own decisions, if they have capacity to do so. However, sometimes people need some additional support to do so.
This episode features a conversation with Professor Gavin Davidson who has recently published a study of service users’ experiences and views of support for decision-making. The study was co-produced with people with an intellectual disability or a mental health problem and highlights that support needs to be responsive to an individual’s needs.
Gavin is a Professor of Social Care at Queen’s University Belfast whose main research interests include mental health social work, the effectiveness of services; and the social determinants of mental health. The full text of the paper we discuss can be downloaded here:
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