Description: This practical text book covers all areas of the National Occupational Standards Framework including social work ethics, residential care practice, child protection, risk analysis and protecting adults with learning difficulties. Numerous case studies effectively convey competent practice in social work practice.
Brief description: Paul Cambridge is Senior Lecturer in Learning Disability and Service Development Consultant at the Tizard Centre, University of Kent. His research interests in the area of learning disability include quality of intimate and personal care for people with severe learning disabilities, adult protection and physical abuse and sexuality and gender perceptions of men with learning disabilities. He is editor of the Tizard Learning Disability Review.
Review Quotes: The contributors to the book look at the competence required in a variety of settings and which includes risk analysis, family mediation and child abuse. There is a thought provoking chapter on applying ethics in social work training and this is definitely worth a read'.--Caffcass