Security Risk: Preventing Client Violence against Social Workers / Edition 1

by Susan Weinger

Overview

Social work is not immune to our increasingly violent society. New research indicates that at least a quarter of professional social workers will confront a violent situation on the job. Half of all human services professionals will experience client violence at some point during their careers. Security Risk presents rational approaches for imple menting safety guidelines in the social work environment.
Readers will learn how to recognize potential violence and apply prevention guidelines, specific personal and professional safeguards, and intervention strategies for violent situations. This
manual provides easily applied methods and strategies for enhancing personal safety while remaining cognizant of the supportive, empathetic role of social workers.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Defines the dilemma and incidence of and reasons for increasing violence toward social workers
• Addresses the different types of violence, noting the need for appropriate responses to each
• Identifies risk factors and delineates the degree of danger in different settings

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780871013217
Publisher:	National Association of Social Workers/N A S W Press
Publication date:	08/28/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.26(d)

Table of Contents

	About the Author	v
	Introduction	vii
	Organization and Objectives of this Manual	ix
1	Incidence and Understanding of the Violence Directed toward Social Workers	1
2	Recognizing Potential Violence	15
3	Prevention	33
4	Environmental Safeguards and Response Planning	49
5	Aftermath of Violence	61
	References	71
	Index	77