Taylor, Brian J (2010) Professional Decision Making in Social Work. Exeter: Learning Matters Post Qualifying Social Work Series. 185 pp ISBN ISBN: 9781844453597 [Book (authored)]
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Abstract
Many social workers face daily pressure to make sound decisions in very difficult circumstances, occasionally having to manage impossible expectations. Politicians and the media may spotlight care decisions where a tragedy or complaint occurs. In this complex arena of conflicting demands and considerations – from the public, the client, the family, the organisation – the professional needs a robust and yet flexible framework to inform practice decisions. This book is written to help social work practitioners and students make professional decisions with clients; from exercising statutory powers and duties to protect children from abuse, to making decisions about risk.Contents: • Introduction • Roles, concepts and frameworks for decision making • Crises, emotions and supporting client decision making • Consent, human rights and reasonable decisions in law • Collaborative and contested decisions • Professional judgement, bias and using knowledge • Safeguarding judgements and predicting harm • Taking risks: values, gains and hazards • Assessment tools and decision support systems • Dynamic decision making and care decision pathways • Managing decisions: support, blame and learning • Conclusion
Item Type: | Book (authored) |
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Keywords: | decision making, social work, crisis, risk, assessment, prediction, negligence, professional judgement, care decision pathway. |
Faculties and Schools: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies |
Research Institutes and Groups: | Institute for Research in Social Sciences Institute for Research in Social Sciences > Social Work & Social Policy |
ID Code: | 16750 |
Deposited By: | Professor Brian Taylor |
Deposited On: | 21 Dec 2010 10:18 |
Last Modified: | 09 May 2016 11:05 |
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