Need, risk and protection in social work practice / edited by Steve Hothersall and Mike Maas-Lowit.
Series: Transforming social work practicePublisher: Exeter : Learning Matters Ltd., 2010Description: 196 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780857255808
- 0857255800
- 9781844452521
- 1844452522
- 9781844456581
- 1844456587
- 361.3 23 N374

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Part One; 1 Need and vulnerability; 2 Risk; 3 Protection; 4 Capacity and incapacity; Part Two; 5 Need, risk and protection in work with children, young people and their families; 6 Mental health; 7 Older people; 8 Need, risk and protection in criminal justice social work and probation; 9 Need, risk and disability; 10 Substance use: What are the risks?; Conclusion; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
This book provides a general introduction to working with risk in social care.
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