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Informationen zum Autor Brian Taylor is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Ulster where he had the lead role for Post-Qualifying education and training. His research and teaching interests are in decision making, assessment, risk and evidence based practice and he has had a lead role in developing the Northern Ireland Single Assessment Tool for the health and social care of older people. Brian previously spent 12 years as a practitioner and manager in social work, residential care, primary school teaching and youth work. He has taught for 10 years on the topic of risk and decision making on courses that are part of the Northern Ireland Post-Qualifying Education and Training Framework for Social Workers. Klappentext A text on working with aggressive or resistant groups and individuals Zusammenfassung A text on working with aggressive or resistant groups and individuals Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Defining Key Concepts: Aggression, Ambivalence and Resistance Understanding Aggression and Resistance Avoiding Assault and Defusing Aggression Working in Situations of Domestic Violence ¿I Don¿t Want Your Help¿: Ambivalence and Resistance in Adult Protection Assessing the Risk to Children Despite Parental Resistance Working with Irrationality and Dangerousness in Mental Health Coping, Challenge and Conflict in Groups Managing Conflict in Maintaining Standards in Social Care Service Provision Conclusion Appendix: Subject Benchmark for Social Work Glossary References Index
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Brian J Taylor, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Social Work at Ulster University, Northern Ireland. Professionally qualified in social work and teaching, he spent 10 years as a practitioner and manager, and then 15 years in training and organisation development in health and social care before joining the University. Brian was founder and principal organiser of the biennial conference series: Decisions, Assessment, Risk and Evidence in Social Work, 2010-2022. He has taught, researched and published on these topics, including being author on over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles. He has supervised about 20 PhD students, including some jointly with colleagues in communication studies, health care, psychology, youth and community work, law and computer science. Brian is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences; honorary Senior Fellow of the School for Social Care Research at the National Institute for Health Research, London; and honorary Associate of the Harding Centre for Risk Literacy at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. He was a founder member of the Board of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA), and founder-Convenor of the ESWRA Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group.
