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Professional Accountability in Social Care and Health
Challenging unacceptable practice and its management

First Edition

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July 2012 | 224 pages | Learning Matters
Many social workers, health care staff and teachers maintain high standards of professionalism, often in stressful and challenging circumstances. However, research also reveals instances where individual practitioners and managers, or whole organisations, fail to act lawfully, ethically and/or carefully. This book addresses just those instances by providing guidance on how to maintain accountable professionalism in tricky "what if?" situations. Dilemmas are explored using case studies and the mosaic of legal rules and regulatory body requirements for accountable professionalism are also laid out.

The book will appeal to students and newly qualified practitioners in teaching, health and social work and their managers.


 
Cause for Concern?
 
Accountable Professionalism
 
Law for Professional Practice
 
Practising Accountable Professionalism
 
Workloads and Skill Mix
 
Advocacy
 
Equality, Human Rights and the Duty of Care
 
Confidentiality and Record Keeping
 
Health and Safety Duties of Health and Social Care Employers
 
What To Do If...

A very well written book that gives the learners a clear insight into professionalism. There are many activities that can engage students in group work activities

Miss HILARY BLACKWELL
HIGHER EDUCATION, Canterbury College
January 27, 2014

A useful book to dip in and out of. particularly relevant to Stage 3 students.

Mrs Jean Pippard
Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Plymouth
October 3, 2013

A clear supportive text for those working in the sector or thinking about working careers in the sector

Ms Allison Dunhill
Education , Hull University
March 17, 2013

Useful scenarios and debates to take students' thinking to deeper levels of critical thinking.

Mrs Sue Jones
other, Manchester Metropolitan University
December 14, 2012

An excellent book for final year social work students.

Mrs Sue Jones
Social Work (Didsbury), Manchester Metropolitan University
December 14, 2012

A good book, solid information with useful insight.

Dr Dean-David Holyoake
Nursing, Wolverhampton University
December 10, 2012

A good book, a solid fallback with great links to the real world.

Dr Dean-David Holyoake
Centre for Lifelong Learning, Birmingham University
December 10, 2012

Very useful in a couple of modules within the Foundation degree course as suggested supplementary reading.

Mrs Judith Ridgley-Smith
School of Health, Northampton University
October 9, 2012

This is a useful book for our generic programme for developing leadership amongst more experienced social workers who are undertaking post qualifying studies.

Professor Brian Taylor
Social Work , University of Ulster
September 26, 2012

I found this text easy to use and dip in and out of. I would recommend as supplemental reading and the content is applicable to a broad spectrum of staff groups.

Miss Carmel Parker
Laboratory medine, central manchester university hospitals
September 7, 2012

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 11 - Concluding Observations