Risk in Social Work Practice (eBook, ePUB)

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Redaktion: Whittaker, Andrew; Taylor, Brian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Risk in Social Work Practice examines key debates around the understanding of risk in contemporary social work practice. With contributions from key researchers from the UK, USA, New Zealand and Italy, the book explores the ethical and conceptual challenges presented by contemporary conceptions of risk.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429938658
• Artikelnr.: 59362666

Autorenporträt

Andrew Whittaker is an Associate Professor of Social Work at London South Bank University, UK, where he is the Head of the Risk, Resilience and Expert Decision Making research group. His research focuses on child protection and the risks faced by young people in cities. Brian Taylor is a Professor of Social Work at Ulster University, Coleraine, UK, where he leads the Decision, Assessment, Risk and Evidence Studies research cluster. He is the author of Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work (2013, 3rd ed) and Understanding and Using Research in Social Work (with Anne McGlade and Campbell Killick, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Understanding Risk in Social Work 1. Avoidable Ignorance and
the Ethics of Risk in Child Welfare 2. In Defence of Actuarialism:
Interrogating the Logic of Risk in Social Work Practice 3. Comparing
Risk-Averse and Risk-Friendly Practitioners in Child Welfare
Decision-Making: A Mixed Methods Study 4. Making Sense of the Initial Home
Visit: The Role of Intuition in Child and Family Social Workers'
Assessments of Risk 5. Mental Health Act Assessments - Professional
Narratives on Alternatives to Hospital Admission 6. 'Risk is King and Needs
to take a Backseat!' Can Social Workers' Experiences of Moral Injury
Strengthen Practice? 7. A Risky Time for Muslim Families: Professionalised
Counter-Radicalisation Networks 8. Reflective Practice, Risk and Mistakes
in Social Work