Providing a complete guide to good practice for those involved in risk assessment and management, this book is the first to bring together the key issues involved, and examine them in the context of wide range of social care settings. Using examples of practice with different client groups, the book addresses such questions as: how is risk defined in a particular work setting? how accurately can risk be predicted? what are the important features of risk? how do you balance the management of risks and the rights of individuals?With its strong emphasis on practice, the book examines the key issues and methods of risk measurement, predictability and management, drawing upon the experience of the contributors in a wide variety of social care settings...such as child protection, disability, work with older people, mental health, offenders, and drug addiction. It will be of use to practitioners, managers, trainers, policy makers and students.
Introduction, Hazel Kemshall and Jacki Pritchard. 1 Risking Legal Repercussions, David Carson. 2 Risk Assessment in Child Protection Work, Brian Corby. 3 Children with Disabilities, Philippa Russell. 4 A Framework of Risk Assessment and Management for Older People, Jane Lawson. 5 Risk and Older People, Rosemary Littlechild and John Blakeney. 6 Risk for Whom? Social Work and People with Physical Disabilities, Liz Ross and Jan Waterson. 7 Risk Management and People with Mental Health Problems, Tony Ryan. 8 Risk Work and Mental Health, Ann Davis. 9 Facts, Fantasies and Confusion; Risks and Substance Use, Ronno Griffiths and Jan Waterson. 10 Offender Risk and Probation Practice, Hazel Kemshall. 11 Sex Offender Risk Assessment, Sue McEwan and Joe Sullivan. 12 Violence and Aggression to Social Work and Social Care Staff, Brian Littlechild. 13 Applying Risk in Practice: Case Studies and Training Material, Avril Aust, Hazel Kemshall, Jane Lawson, Sue McEwan and Joe Sullivan, Jacki Pritchard, Tony Ryan.
Here we have a very handy protection kit dedicated ""To all the practitioners who run the risk"". The book is a series of essays that cover social work in all settings; child care, mental illness, drug use, offending and sex offending. The book opens with a helpful chapter on legal repurcussions and ends, appropriately, with one of the best contributions by Brian Littlechild on the risk of violence and aggression to staff...this is an excellent book and essential reading irrespective of the social climate.
