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The study of 'risk' in social work involves complex interplay
between human behaviour, emotion, evidence of fact, professional
values and organisational systems. This book brings together
contributions from key social work researchers and theorists from
the UK, USA, New Zealand and Italy, writing with a focus on aspects
of risk within social work. It examines key debates concerning risk
in contemporary social work practice, including ethical dilemmas,
approaches to decision-making and the challenges of ignorance and
errors. Contributions range from the perennial challenges of how
one uses formal knowledge when assessing risk to emerging risks
arising from the counterterrorism agenda. This book will enable
practitioners, policy makers and researchers to appreciate the
complexities of risk in different settings and apply this
understanding to their own practice. This book was originally
published as a special issue of the Journal of Social Work
Practice.
Professional judgement and decision making are central to social
work, both in everyday professional practice and in public
perceptions of social work as a profession. This book examines key
issues that are relevant today. The chapters cover child
protection, mental health, and elder care settings in Europe,
Australia and Canada. They discuss organisational and cultural
contexts for professional judgement; the role of experience in the
development of expertise and professional discretion; understanding
variability in decision making; and the role of legal frameworks in
decision making. This book will enable practitioners, managers,
policy makers, and researchers to appreciate the complexities of
professional judgement and decision making in different social work
settings and to apply this understanding to their own practice.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the
Journal of Social Work Practice. The book is linked to sister text
Risk in Social Work Practice: Current Issues, which examines key
debates around the understanding of risk in contemporary social
work practice.
Professional judgement and decision making are central to social
work, both in everyday professional practice and in public
perceptions of social work as a profession. This book examines key
issues that are relevant today. The chapters cover child
protection, mental health, and elder care settings in Europe,
Australia and Canada. They discuss organisational and cultural
contexts for professional judgement; the role of experience in the
development of expertise and professional discretion; understanding
variability in decision making; and the role of legal frameworks in
decision making. This book will enable practitioners, managers,
policy makers, and researchers to appreciate the complexities of
professional judgement and decision making in different social work
settings and to apply this understanding to their own practice.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the
Journal of Social Work Practice. The book is linked to sister text
Risk in Social Work Practice: Current Issues, which examines key
debates around the understanding of risk in contemporary social
work practice.
The study of 'risk' in social work involves complex interplay
between human behaviour, emotion, evidence of fact, professional
values and organisational systems. This book brings together
contributions from key social work researchers and theorists from
the UK, USA, New Zealand and Italy, writing with a focus on aspects
of risk within social work. It examines key debates concerning risk
in contemporary social work practice, including ethical dilemmas,
approaches to decision-making and the challenges of ignorance and
errors. Contributions range from the perennial challenges of how
one uses formal knowledge when assessing risk to emerging risks
arising from the counterterrorism agenda. This book will enable
practitioners, policy makers and researchers to appreciate the
complexities of risk in different settings and apply this
understanding to their own practice. This book was originally
published as a special issue of the Journal of Social Work
Practice.
The SAGE Handbook on Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social
Work provides a comprehensive overview of key strands
of research and theoretical concepts in this increasingly
important field. With 49 chapters and four section
summaries, this Handbook describes the ‘state of the
art’; discuss key debates and issues; and gives pointers on
future directions for practice, research, teaching, management of
services, and development of theoretical understandings. A key aim
of this Handbook is to support the development of sound, applied
knowledge and values to underpin reasoned professional judgement
and decision making by social workers in practice and those in
management and regulatory roles. With contributions from a global
interdisciplinary body of leading and emerging scholars from a wide
variety of roles, this handbook has been designed to be
internationally generalisable and applicable to all major areas
of social work. This Handbook provides a field-defining
account of decision making, assessment and risk in social work
which is unrivalled for its diversity and strength of coverage, and
will be of value to social work researchers,
teachers and practitioners, as well as to those in
allied fields such as health care.  Section 1:
Professional Judgement Section 2: Assessment, Risk and Decision
Processes Section 3: Assessment Tools and Approaches Section 4:
Developing and Managing Practice Section 5: Concluding Section /
Afterword
Social workers work with people at all stages of life, tackling a
multitude of personal, social, health, welfare, legal and
educational issues. As a result, all social work students need to
understand human growth and development throughout the lifespan.
This fully revised and expanded second edition of this introductory
text for social workers provides a knowledge base about human
development from conception to death. It is designed to encourage
understanding of a wide range of experiences: from the
developmental trajectories of children in care, to adult mental
distress and the experiences of people with dementia, to
bereavement. Using engaging narratives to illustrate each topic,
the authors clearly introduce and analyse different theoretical
approaches, and link them to real-life situations faced by social
workers. Packed with case studies, this student-friendly book
includes overviews, summaries, questions and further reading in
each chapter, as well as a 'Taking it further' section providing
greater depth on key theoretical issues. A reference section
contains a glossary and overviews of the principal theories
discussed throughout the book. It is an essential read for all
social work students.
Social workers work with people at all stages of life, tackling a
multitude of personal, social, health, welfare, legal and
educational issues. As a result, all social work students need to
understand human growth and development throughout the lifespan.
This fully revised and expanded second edition of this introductory
text for social workers provides a knowledge base about human
development from conception to death. It is designed to encourage
understanding of a wide range of experiences: from the
developmental trajectories of children in care, to adult mental
distress and the experiences of people with dementia, to
bereavement. Using engaging narratives to illustrate each topic,
the authors clearly introduce and analyse different theoretical
approaches, and link them to real-life situations faced by social
workers. Packed with case studies, this student-friendly book
includes overviews, summaries, questions and further reading in
each chapter, as well as a 'Taking it further' section providing
greater depth on key theoretical issues. A reference section
contains a glossary and overviews of the principal theories
discussed throughout the book. It is an essential read for all
social work students.
Social Work students often find research an intimidating and
complex area of study, with many struggling to understand the core
concepts and their application to practice. This book presents
these concepts in an accessible and user-friendly way. Key skills
and methods such as literature reviews, interviews, and
questionnaires are explored in detail while the underlying ethical
reasons for doing good research underpin the text. For this second
edition, new material on ethnography is added.
Now in it's fourth edition and thoroughly updated to ensure all
content is mapped to the new 2018 NMC standards, this book is a
practical and readable guide to undertaking a research project plan
or a literature review for final year assessment. The book guides
readers from start to finish, beginning with choosing a nursing
topic and developing questions about it, then accessing and
critically reviewing research literature, considering ethical
issues, proposing research where applicable, and finally, writing
up and completing the literature review or research proposal. The
authors also explore how to translate evidence into practice and
how this can improve day to day decision-making, as well as feeding
into assessments.
Understanding sensory needs is fundamental for social work and care
management practice. Social workers are trained to reflect on their
own practice, make useful application of theory, and promote
anti-discriminatory practice at all times. This book will assist
students in identifying people who have a sensory need and enable
them to have the knowledge, skills, and values to address these
needs. Designed specifically to encourage students to build
confidence and develop skills essential to best practice in
addressing sensory needs, this book is specifically structured to
address all aspects of sensory need.
Now in it's fourth edition and thoroughly updated to ensure all
content is mapped to the new 2018 NMC standards, this book is a
practical and readable guide to undertaking a research project plan
or a literature review for final year assessment. The book guides
readers from start to finish, beginning with choosing a nursing
topic and developing questions about it, then accessing and
critically reviewing research literature, considering ethical
issues, proposing research where applicable, and finally, writing
up and completing the literature review or research proposal. The
authors also explore how to translate evidence into practice and
how this can improve day to day decision-making, as well as feeding
into assessments.
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