Decision Making in Social Work

Terence O'Sullivan

ISBN 10: 0230223591 / ISBN 13: 9780230223592

Published by Macmillan Education Aug 2011, 2011

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -At a time when accountability and the avoidance of risk are increasingly demanded of social work practitioners, the ability to make clear and reasoned professional decisions is essential. This welcome new edition provides a supportive framework for making social work judgements and assessments based on a structured and practical approach.Woven through with practice scenarios applicable to the many facets of social work, this text emphasizes the importance of good decision making to high-quality social work practice. Reassuringly clear throughout, this new addition to the BASW Practical Social Work series is core reading for all involved in the field of social work, whether as students, academics, practitioners or managers. 256 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Decision Making in Social Work
• Publisher: Macmillan Education Aug 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230223591
• ISBN 13: 9780230223592
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

At a time when accountability and the avoidance of risk are increasingly demanded of social work practitioners, the ability to make clear and reasoned professional decisions is essential. This welcome new edition provides a supportive framework for making social work judgements and assessments based on a structured and practical approach.

Woven through with practice scenarios applicable to the many facets of social work, this text emphasizes the importance of good decision making to high-quality social work practice. Reassuringly clear throughout, this new addition to the BASW Practical Social Work series is core reading for all involved in the field of social work, whether as students, academics, practitioners or managers.

New to this Edition:
- Provides an accessible discussion and framework for a skill which all students must evidence in orderto qualify for practice
- Significantly updated to reflect the growing prominence of user involvement and interprofessional collaboration

About the Author

TERENCE O'SULLIVAN is Principal Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Lincoln, UK.