Need, risk and protection in social work practice
2010
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A detailed and comprehensive guide to working with risk, this book begins by looking at notions of need, vulnerability and protection - examining the theoretical concepts in each case - before applying them to practice.This book provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to working with risk. It begins by looking at notions of need, vulnerability and protection and looks at the theoretical concepts of each before applying them to practice. By using this combination of theory and practice the authors are able to integrate policy for a wide range of services users, from older people to children, families and younger adults. Case studies accompany and illustrate each method and the reader is invited to engage in a number of exercises and activities to consolidate learning. This book provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to working with risk. It begins by looking at notions of need, vulnerability and protection and looks at the theoretical concepts of each before applying them to practice. By using this combination of theory and practice the authors are able to integrate policy for a wide range of services users, from older people to children, families and younger adults. Case studies accompany and illustrate each method and the reader is invited to engage in a number of exercises and activities to consolidate learning.
Main title:
Need, risk and protection in social work practice / edited by Steve Hothersall and Mike Maas-Lowit.
Imprint:
Exeter : Learning Matters, 2010.
Collation:
xi, 196 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction; Part 1:; Need and vulnerability; Risk; Protection; Capacity and incapacity; Part 2:; Need, risk and protection in work with children, young people and their families; Mental Health; Older people; Need, risk and protection in criminal justice social work and probation; Need, risk and disability; Substance use: what are the risks?; Conclusions; References
ISBN:
9781844452521 (pbk)
Dewey class:
361.30941
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2070925
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