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Practising social work in a complex world

By:

Adams, R (ed)

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Publication details: UK Palgrave Macmillan 2009ISBN:

9780230218642

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Summary: This book provides an introduction to working in situations characterised by risk and change as well as high pressure to deliver successful outcomes. Contents include: encountering complexity and uncertainty persistent oppressions: the example of domestic violence; risk and protection - working with children and families; young people, truancy and offending; sexuality; frailty and dignity in old age; risk, rights and anti-discrimination work in mental health; social work with asylum-seekers; legal and illicit drug use; managing the workload; partnership working; supervision and being supervised; managing risk and decision-making; managing finances; quality assurance; research methods for ethical practice; getting started with a piece of research/evaluation in social work.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves	HV115 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		NE10288

This book provides an introduction to working in situations characterised by risk and change as well as high pressure to deliver successful outcomes. Contents include: encountering complexity and uncertainty persistent oppressions: the example of domestic violence; risk and protection - working with children and families; young people, truancy and offending; sexuality; frailty and dignity in old age; risk, rights and anti-discrimination work in mental health; social work with asylum-seekers; legal and illicit drug use; managing the workload; partnership working; supervision and being supervised; managing risk and decision-making; managing finances; quality assurance; research methods for ethical practice; getting started with a piece of research/evaluation in social work.

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