Working with Risk

by Kerry Baker, Hazel Kemshall, Bernadette Wilkinson

Book Overview

Assessing and managing risk is a daily challenge for social workers. Working with risk can be anxiety provoking and demanding, requiring great skill and high levels of confidence. In these complex situations, social workers have to work hard to get the balance right.

This innovative book focuses on the development and use of skills for work with risk. Using a range of case studies, examples and reflective exercises, the authors examine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745651984
• ISBN13: 9780745651989
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"