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Introducing social care and social work
Introducing social care and social work

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A diagram of four concentric circles. Starting from the inner circle and moving outwards; the first circle is labelled ‘Service user need (care, protection, rehabilitation, support)’; the second circle is labelled ‘Provider type (statutory, voluntary, private)’; the third circle is labelled ‘Setting (e.g. community, residential service, day service, etc.)’; and the fourth and final circle is labelled ‘National context (e.g. England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland)’.
Figure _unit2.4.1 Figure 1 The contexts of social care

 3 The contexts for care