Contains chapters on: improving judgment and appreciating biases within the risk assessment process; assessing gay and lesbian carers; making family placements - working with risks and building on strengths; risk in adoption and fostering; attempting to manage risk in children's homes; vulnerable people taking risks - older people and residential care; citizenship, personal development and the management of risk for people with learning difficulties; young people and drug use; the effects and risks of alcohol for individuals; homelessness and mental health; risk, residential services and people with mental health problems; community care, homicide inquiries and risk assessment; risk and prison suicide; teenage suicide and self-harm; issues in risk assessment in parole; rights versus risks when working with prisoners; risk, domestic violence and probation practice; throughcare practice, risk and contact with victims; and the role and responsibilities of middle managers.
Contains chapters on: improving judgment and appreciating biases within the risk assessment process; assessing gay and lesbian carers; making family placements - working with risks and building on strengths; risk in adoption and fostering; attempting to manage risk in children's homes; vulnerable people taking risks - older people and residential care; citizenship, personal development and the management of risk for people with learning difficulties; young people and drug use; the effects and risks of alcohol for individuals; homelessness and mental health; risk, residential services and people with mental health problems; community care, homicide inquiries and risk assessment; risk and prison suicide; teenage suicide and self-harm; issues in risk assessment in parole; rights versus risks when working with prisoners; risk, domestic violence and probation practice; throughcare practice, risk and contact with victims; and the role and responsibilities of middle managers.
Subject terms:
homeless people, homelessness, lesbians, licence, managers, mental health problems, management, homicide, older people, probation service, prisoners, residential care, residential child care, rights, risk, risk assessment, risk management, suicide, young people, adoption, assessment, alcohol misuse, carers, care homes, children, citizenship, drug misuse, foster care, gay men, good practice;