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Critical social work theory is a discourse about the nature of social work expressed through its formulation of practice. As well as the above, service providers will also benefit in the sense that service users and carers hold first-hand experience and knowledge that can challenge stereotypes and educate professionals (Young et al, 1998). Available from: www.disabilityrightsuk.org/sites/default/files/word/pipconsult.doc [Accessed 17th December 2014], Doyal L. and Gough, I., (1991). Toward a Marxian Theory of Deviance. It is an important analytical tool which helps us work on present situations, while retaining a focus on the structural issues that affect our cases. People need to develop a ‘collective approach to autonomy’ (Teater and Baldwin, 2012: 36) to be able to critically appreciate their circumstances (Doyal and Gough, 1991). Looking at how the personalisation agenda specifically in relation to direct payments affects the two service user groups, it is difficult to argue that this does not render service users more susceptible to abuse. Do Direct Payments make People Safer or Less Safe? Approaches that artificially separate context from practice have been surprisingly persistent in social work. In: M. Lavalette, ed. British Journal of Social Work. Available from: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131128110838/http:/odi.dwp.gov.uk/disability-statistics-and-research/disability-equality-indicators.php [Accessed 17th December 2014], Pearson, G., (1973). 209-223, Poynton, D., (2011). Radical social work declined in the 1980’s with the election of Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party into Government. 25 (4). By using Spitzer’s (1975) analysis of ‘social junk’ and ‘social dynamite’, I will identify the issues arising in today’s context for service users who are perceived to fall into these two groups. a term denoting attempts in the 1970s to achieve a fundamental reorientation of SOCIAL WORK practice (‘radical’ denotes a concerted attempt to change the status quo). By providing examples of the ways in which issues such as: benefit and resource cuts, privatisation and the pathologising and criminalisation of behaviour has on these service user groups I will be able to appropriately apply solutions from the perspective of radical social work both in theory and practice form. Pp. Towards a Paradigm for Radical Practice. Social Work and Well-Being. Arnstein’s (1969) ladder of participation illustrates three areas of participation that provide service users with a degree of power: partnership, delegated power and citizen control. 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