Description
Book SynopsisElaine Aspinwall-Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Social Care at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She is a qualified social worker and was previously a local authority team manager. She has worked extensively with older people, people with physical disabilities and people with learning disabilities.
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Conducting a home visit is a fundamental part of a social worker's role, but in practical terms many key issues are overlooked during social work training. This is a practical guide to conducting home visits, a task which many newly qualified social workers can feel unprepared for and which can be fraught with difficulties. Useful features of the book include:
â Real case examples based on practitionerâs experiences
â Realistic solutions to the everyday difficulties you might face
â Examples of what to say
â Reference to the latest guidance, including Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013) to ensure you are practi
Table of Contents
1. Setting the scene
2. Preparing for the visit
3. Keeping yourself safe
4. Getting in the door
5. Once in the home
6. What to look out for: Using observational skills
