Recording in social work : : Not just an administrative task / / Liz O'Rourke.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• VerfasserIn: O'Rourke, Liz,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

Recording is regarded by most social workers as a necessary evil. The research from which this book arises found that recording is a highly complex and demanding aspect of professional practice. Why has such a critical activity received so little attention, despite the concerns over social work records identified with successive inquiries into tragic deaths? This highly topical book explores the often conflicting demands on social workers as they record information on the case files, and will stimulate a long overdue debate as to how to achieve more effective recording in social work.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Recording in context -- Social work, risk and modernity -- The social construction of the ‘real’ record -- Setting the scene -- The demands of recording -- Resources/constraints impacting on recording -- Recording dilemmas -- Conclusions and implications -- Appendix 1: The interview -- Appendix 2: Questionnaire: Experiences of recording in social work -- Bibliography -- Index