Sage Handbook of Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work

The SAGE Handbook on Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work provides a comprehensive overview of key strands ofresearch and theoretical concepts in this increasingly important field. With49 chapters and four section summaries,this Handbook describes the 'state of the art'; discuss key debates and issues; and givespointers on future directions for practice, research, teaching, management of services, and development of theoretical understandings. A key aim of this Handbook is to support the development of sound, applied knowledge and values to underpin reasoned professional judgement and decision making by social workers in practice and those in management and regulatory roles. With contributions from a global interdisciplinary body of leading and emerging scholars from a wide variety of roles, this handbook has been designed to be internationally generalisable and applicable to all major areas ofsocial work. This Handbook provides a field-defining account of decision making, assessment and risk in social work which is unrivalled for its diversity and strength of coverage, and will be of valueto social work researchers, teachersand practitioners, as well as tothose in allied fieldssuch as health care. Section 1: Professional Judgement Section 2: Assessment, Risk and Decision Processes Section 3: Assessment Tools and Approaches Section 4: Developing and Managing Practice Section 5: Concluding Section / Afterword