Dilemmas and Decision Making in Social Work

Dilemmas and Decision Making in Social Work
Abbi Jackson
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Paperback
h156 x 234mm - 112pg
12 Oct 2021 UK
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9781914171208
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Dilemmas and Decision Making in Social Work is a collection of stories to help social workers work with dilemmas, weigh up options and make good decisions. Told in the first person from the point of view of a social worker, each case study begins with the service user' s story and then applies relevant theory. It demonstrates where workers have to think outside their own frames of reference and seek other' s expertise, how they work with barriers to collaboration with other professionals and how to handle disagreements. Where fitting, the emotional impact of the work is highlighted and how social workers deal with this. In summary:Starts with the human story and then considers which theory applies so very accessible to readersDemonstrates thinking in actionPacked with succinct examples of real time challenges and how these have been tackledFull of reflective questions valuable to all social workers and supervisors regardless of experience. This book helps students and new workers learn from experience of established workers, firstly to gain insight into practice in areas they have no experience, but primarily to help them understand how decisions are made reflexively in the moment.
Abbi Jackson has worked in children' s services for around 25 years. She has been a foster carer and has worked in secure care and children' s residential care. She spent time as a social worker in a statutory childcare team, an independent Form F assessor and a supervising social worker. She has led large scale practice audits in children' s services and more recently in adult protection. Currently she is a senior planning officer for adult social work and integrated services in a local authority area and is an independent panel member for a private fostering company. Abbi is also an active practice educator and lectures in critical social work practice. She has an interest in early intervention with young people who experience emerging mental health concerns. Never a dull moment, she is currently undertaking a piece of action research with young people receiving alternative therapies. She is a beekeeper in her spare time.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781914171208
Published: 12 Oct 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Critical Publishing
Publisher: Critical Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 156mm
Width: 234mm
Spine: 6mm
Weight: 183g
Pages: 112

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