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Working with risk : skills for contemporary social work / created by Hazel Kemshall, Bernadette Wilkinson and Kerry Baker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Skills for contemporary social workPublisher: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: viii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780745651989
  • 9780745651972
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV40 KEM
Contents:
Figures and Activity Boxes vi Acknowledgements ix 1 Understanding Risk 1 2 Skills for Risk Assessment 9 3 The Art of Decision Making 43 4 Risk Planning and Management 71 5 Risk and Ethics 101 6 Review and Evaluation of Risk 121 7 Managing Self in the Organizational Context 146 Conclusion 166 References 173 Index 188
Summary: 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.
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Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf HV40 KEM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 156271 Available BK143920

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Figures and Activity Boxes vi Acknowledgements ix 1 Understanding Risk 1 2 Skills for Risk Assessment 9 3 The Art of Decision Making 43 4 Risk Planning and Management 71 5 Risk and Ethics 101 6 Review and Evaluation of Risk 121 7 Managing Self in the Organizational Context 146 Conclusion 166 References 173 Index 188

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.

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