Social work with adults experiencing complex needs Final These evidence reviews were developed by the National Guideline Alliance [G] Helping people connect with local communities

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2022)

NICE - n/a

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Evidence Categories

• Care setting: Secondary Care
• Population group: Adults
• Population group: Caregiver
• Population group: Patients
• Population group: Living with disability
• Intervention: Volunteering
• Intervention: Arts and recreation
• Intervention: Social support
• Intervention: Service signposting
• Outcome: Change in measures of loneliness
• Outcome: Improved social support
• Outcome: Improved social inclusion

Type of Evidence

NICE Underpinning Review

Overview

The authors state:

"This review has been conducted to identify ways in which social workers need to respond in order to remove this exclusion and isolation within society and service provision, including both traditional social work techniques and new evidence based interventions that can be used to address these barriers."

Recommendations

This evidence review supports recommendations 1.1.11 and 1.4.1 to 1.4.6 and research recommendation 5 in the NICE guideline.