Creative Approaches to Social Work Practice and Risk

This book bridges together theory and practice to provide practitioners with a creative toolkit to navigate practice, risk, safety and supervision in day-to-day situations.

Introduction. 1. Practising Confidently in Times of Uncertainty. 2. Exploring Risk and Safety When Working with Child Sexual Abuse. 3. Creating a Welcome Space in the Margin of Error; Finding a Place for Mistakes in Social Work. 4. Creatively Applying Professional Dangerousness to Improve Practice Responses to Risk Situations. 5. From Conflict to Clarity: Navigating Difficult Conversations to Assess and Address Risk. 6. Integrating Therapeutic Techniques into Social Work Practice. 7. Coaching in Social Work to Promote Safety and Wellbeing. 8. Using IDEAS to Support Relational Social Work Practice When Working with Risk.