Working with Older People
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Health and Safety
A Workbook for Social Care Workers
This book provides guidance on the responsibilities and risk assessments involved in maintaining a clean, safe and secure work environment, covering subjects such as first aid, safety in the kitchen, infection control, safe handling of adults, issues surrounding medication, how to react in an emergency and how to respond to challenging behaviour. more »
2009, Paperback: £14.99/ $28.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-929-7, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 128pp
Keywords: adult protection, dementia, health care, older people, residential care, risk assessment, safeguarding children, social care, social policy, social work
Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care
Knowledge and Theory
2nd edition
This substantially revised, expanded and updated edition of the popular Handbook of Theory for Practice Teachers is a comprehensive summary of the theory, knowledge, research and evidence relating to practice learning in social care, focussing on knowledge-based practice with a focus on improving outcomes. more »
2007, Paperback: £19.99/ $45.00ISBN: 978-1-84310-186-4, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 408pp
Keywords: child protection, children, cognitive behavioural therapy, counselling, mental health, offenders, older people, risk assessment, safeguarding children, social care, social policy, social work, social work law
Good Practice with Vulnerable Adults
This is a practical and trans-disciplinary guide for professionals working with vulnerable adults, who include the frail elderly, those with mental health problems or physical disabilities, learning disabilities or serious physical illness. The contributors address key problems and dilemmas in working to protect these groups from abuse. more »
2001, Paperback: £25.00/ $49.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-982-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp
Keywords: child protection, counselling, domestic abuse, intellectual disabilities, mental health, mental illness, older people, safeguarding children, sexual abuse, social care, social work, trauma, violence
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