Brian J. Taylor 
Working with Aggression and Resistance in Social Work [EPUB ebook] 

Social workers have roles that require them to engage with clients and families who may be ′reluctant clients′, ambivalent or resistant towards those seeking to help and protect. This includes safeguarding roles in relation to children and vulnerable adults, and work to engage with marginalised groups such as young offenders and those with mental health and substance misuse problems. The text addresses issues in relation to the main client groups, and specific chapters take an overview of issues such as understanding and defusing aggressive behavior and keeping yourself safe from assault.

Table des matières

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

A propos de l’auteur

Brian J Taylor, Ph D, 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 Ph D 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.