Working with Risk: Skills for Contemporary Social Work
Hazel Kemshall
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Description for Working with Risk: Skills for Contemporary Social Work
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745651972
SKU
V9780745651972
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-26
About Hazel Kemshall
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.
Reviews for Working with Risk: Skills for Contemporary Social Work
"As we would expect from Hazel Kemshall and colleagues, this text conveys complex ideas about risk and danger whilst making them meaningful to social work practitioners struggling to work ethically and proportionately in organizations and systems focused on managing institutional risk and blame." Sue White, University of Birmingham "This new book addresses a high priority aspect of practice for ... Read more