Surviving fears in health and social care : the terrors of night and the arrows of day / / Martin Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910963906803321
• Autore: Smith Martin <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley, 2004
• ISBN: 9786610261758; 9781280261756; 1280261757; 9781846421181; 1846421187
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (166 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.69/6
• Soggetti: Fear; Human services - Psychological aspects; Medical personnel - Attitudes; Medical personnel - Mental health; Medical personnel - Psychology; Social workers - Attitudes; Social workers - Mental health; Social workers - Psychology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Surviving Fears in Health and Social Care: The Terrors of Night and the Arrows of Day -- Contents -- Introduction: The Emerging Importance of Fear in Health and Social Care -- 1. Reasons to be Fearful -- 2. Child Care and Child Protection Work in Community Settings -- 3. Mental Health Work -- 4. Working with Dangerous and Vulnerable Adults in Community Settings -- 5. Residential and Institutional Settings -- 6. Complaints, Bureaucracies and Workplace Bullying -- 7. What Helps? (1): Colleagues, Supervision, Family -- 8. What Helps? (2): Management,Workplace Culture, Police Involvement, Reflection, Humour, Research -- Afterword: The Gift of Fear -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on powerful first-hand accounts, this book explores the fears experienced when working in child protection, mental health, and with marginalized groups of people, and suggests how these fears can be understood and managed. The author provides helpful suggestions for good practice and training.