Decision Making in Social Work

ISBN-13: 9780230223592 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str.

Terence O'Sullivan

Opis

This new edition of the Decision Making in Social Work maintainsan accessible and engaging style to provide readers with a coherent framework for effective decision making. Decision making is a core activity in social work and this important text is essential reading for all students of social work.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction Making Decisions Practice Contexts Involving Service Users and Carers Working Together Using Knowledge and Managing Emotions Framing Situations Analysing Options Using Supervision Decision Making and Decision Outcomes Glossary

O autorze

TERENCE O'SULLIVAN is Principal Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Lincoln, UK. An experienced practitioner, academic and researcher, he has taught and written extensively on decision making in social work practice.

Blurb

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.

Assessing the social, organizational and psychological backdrops which frame all decisions, this timely text explores:
? the key principles and goals which inform decision making
? the pressures of making decisions within interprofessional settings
? reflexive approaches to analysis, decision making and outcome evaluation
? the complex relationship between sound decisions and the attainment of planned outcomes

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.