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Elaine 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

Conducting the Home Visit in Child Protection

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      Publisher Open University Press
      Published 16 September 2015
      ISBN-13 9780335261789
      978-0335261789
      ISBN-10 335261787
      Also in:
      Child welfare and youth services Social services and welfare, criminology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Elaine 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.

      ***

      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

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