Working with Risk - Couverture souple

Kemshall, Hazel; Wilkinson, Ms Bernadette; Baker, Dr Kerry

 
9780745651989: Working with Risk

Synopsis

Assessing and managing risk is a daily challenge for social workers. Working with risk can be anxiety provoking and demanding, requiring great skill and high levels of confidence. In these complex situations, social workers have to work hard to get the balance right.

This innovative book focuses on the development and use of skills for work with risk. Using a range of case studies, examples and reflective exercises, the authors examine the key skills required to work effectively with risk. Various chapters focus on assessment skills, gathering and evaluation of information, decision-making challenges, and ethical issues. Recognising the difficulties presented in the context of busy statutory work, there is a strong focus on practical skills and tips for improving risk management plans. The book also pays careful attention to the emotional impact of working with risk, with a final chapter on the management of self in the challenging and sometimes distressing world of social work.

Written in a reader-friendly, accessible style, the book will be essential reading for students and staff across a range of social work settings, including community care, adult services, child protection and mental health.

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À propos de l?auteur

Hazel Kemshall is professor of community and criminal justice at De Montfort University.

Bernadette Wilkinson is an independent trainer and consultant, working with practitioners and managers in youth justice and probation, on issues of assessment, planning and management of risk.

Kerry Baker is senior lecturer in criminology at London South Bank University.

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9780745651972: Working With Risk: Skills for Contemporary Social Work

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0745651976 ISBN 13 :  9780745651972
Editeur : Polity Press, 2013
Couverture rigide