Professional Decision Making in Social Work
Publisher: Learning Matters Ltd.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Exeter
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780857255754
Subjects: Social Science; Social service; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Decision making; Social Work
Description: A practical guide to making good professional decisions in everyday social work practice.
Notes: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword to the Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Series; About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Roles, concepts and frameworks for decision making; 2 Crises, emotions and supporting client decision making; 3 Consent, human rights and reasonable decisions in law; 4 Collaborative and contested decisions; 5 Professional judgement, bias and using knowledge; 6 Safeguarding judgements and predicting harm; 7 Taking risks: values, gains and hazards; 8 Assessment tools and decision support systems; 9 Dynamic decision making and care decision pathways.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword to the Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Series; About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Roles, concepts and frameworks for decision making; 2 Crises, emotions and supporting client decision making; 3 Consent, human rights and reasonable decisions in law; 4 Collaborative and contested decisions; 5 Professional judgement, bias and using knowledge; 6 Safeguarding judgements and predicting harm; 7 Taking risks: values, gains and hazards; 8 Assessment tools and decision support systems; 9 Dynamic decision making and care decision pathways.