Annamaria Campanini
Foreword
Brian J Taylor
Introduction to the Handbook
Section 1: Professional Judgement
Emily Keddell & Aron Shlonsky
Introduction to Section One
Sub-section A: Heuristics& Biases
Trevor Spratt
Chapter 1: Confirmation bias in social work
Alessandro Sicora
Chapter 2. Blame & emotion in professional judgement
Martin Kettle
Chapter 3: The influence of optimism on analysis in professional judgement
Jacob Magnussen & Annemette Matthiesen
Chapter 4: Heuristics in professional judgement: between proximity & distance
Sub-section B: Professional Judgment in Context
Tracie Mafile’o, Jean Mitaera & Halaevalu Vakalahi
Chapter 5: Collective cultures, risk, and individual judgement
David Hodgson,Lynelle Watts & Donna Chung
Chapter 6: Social & relational contexts of professional judgement in organisations
Sub-section C: Knowledge Use in Judgement Processes
Laura Cook
Chapter 7: . Intuition in social work practice
Paul McCafferty
Chapter 8: Challenges to using knowledge (evidence) in professional judgement
Eileen Gambrill
Chapter 9: Critical thinking and professional judgement
Sub-section D: Discretion & Reasoning
Duncan Helm
Chapter 10: Sense making in professional judgement
Christian Ghanem & Joel Gautschi
Chapter 11: Theories of professional judgement
Sub-section E: Prospects & Developments
Joel Gautschi & Christian Ghanem
Chapter 12: Methods for studying professional judgement in social work
Section 2: Assessment, Risk and Decision Process
Campbell Killick
Introduction to Section Two
Sub-section A: Contextual Aspects of Decision Making and Working with Risk
Prospera Tedam
Chapter 13: Cultural aspects of assessment and decision-making processes
Michael Preston-Shoot
Chapter 14: Legally-literate decision making and management of risk in social work
Ravit Alfandari, Jaroslaw Przeperski & Brian J Taylor
Chapter 15: Interprofessional decision making
Mark Gregory
Chapter 16: Decision making in organisational contexts
Colin Pritchard & Richard Williams
Chapter 17: Assessment and risk: recognising the circularity of child-adverse-events and psychiatric disorders in children and adults
Sub-section B: Engaging Children and Families in Assessment and Decision Processes
Lorna Montgomery, Mandi MacDonald & Eddy J Walakira
Chapter 18: Engaging client families in assessment and managing risks
Janne Fengler & Peter Schäfer
Chapter 19: Engaging children in assessment and decisions
Mónica López López, Leo Wieldraaiher-Vincent & Mijntje ten Brummelaar
Chapter 20: Reimagining participation of young people in decision making in contexts of vulnerability
Sub-section C: Engaging Adults in Assessment and Decision Processes
Gavin Davidson, Katherine Greer, Aodán Mulholland & Paul Webb
Chapter 21: Engaging adults in the assessment
Anna Olaison & Sarah Donnelly
Chapter 22: Shared decision making with clients
Jim Campbell & Ross Campbell
Chapter 23: Decisional capacity in mental health social work
Hazel Kemshall
Chapter 24: Risk, desistance and engagement: working with adult service users in Probation
Sub-section D: Prospects & Developments
Campbell Killick & Brian J Taylor
Chapter 25: Studying risk-managing, decision-making & assessment processes
Section 3: Assessment Tools and Approaches
John D Fluke & J Christopher Graham
Introduction to Section Three
Sub-section A: Foundations of Assessment Tools & Predicting Harm
J Christopher Graham & John D Fluke
Chapter 26: Foundations of valid assessment
J Christopher Graham & Doug Klinman
Chapter 27: From validity to validation and beyond
Julie L Crouch & Joel S Milner
Chapter 28: Standardized risk assessment tools: methods, development & applications
Sub-section B: Assessment and the Use of Tools
Kresta M Sørensen
Chapter 29: Implementing assessments using structured tools
Pascal Bastian & Mark Schrödter
Chapter 30: Decision aids, decision supports and managing risk
Donald C Bross & Henry Plum
Chapter 31: Legal aspects of decision-making processes in social work
Kelly G Stepura
Chapter 32: Data visualization as an assessment tool
Sub-section C: Approaches to Assessment
Beth Coulthard & Brian J Taylor
Chapter 33: Big data analytics for making decisions and managing risk
Emily Keddell
Chapter 34: The devil in the detail: algorithmic risk prediction tools and their implications for ethics, justice and decision making
Beth Coulthard
Chapter 35: Natural language processing: opportunities and challenges
Emmaline Houston, Barbara Fallon & John D Fluke
Chapter 36: Understanding risk through social epidemiology
Section 4: Developing and Managing Practice
Andrew Whittaker
Introduction to Section Four
Sub-section A: Learning & Teaching Decision Making
David Saltiel
Chapter 37: Complexity and troublesome knowledge: teaching decision-making in social work
Cheryl Regehr
Chapter 38: Improving high-risk decision-making in situations of risk and uncertainty: the role of deliberate attention
Sub-section B: Continuing Professional Development
Louise O’Connor & Kate Leonard
Chapter 39: Developing professional expertise: transitions and thresholds in complex organisational contexts
Danielle Turney & Gillian Ruch
Chapter 40: The contribution of reflective practice to developing professional judgement and decision-making knowledge and skills
David Wilkins
Chapter 41: Supervising professional judgement
Sub-section C: Contextual & Organisational Aspects
David Carson & Judith Mullineux
Chapter 42: Accountability for risk decision-making in social care
Anne McGlade
Chapter 43: Getting evidence into organisations to support decision making and risk work
Jochen Devlieghere & Rudi Roose
Chapter 44: Accountability, management & professional discretion
Sub-section D: Managing Services in a Risk Context
Denise Harvey & Arlene P Weekes
Chapter 45: Managing risk and decision-making processes
Mary McColgan, Suzanne Cunnningham, James Laverty & Insa Osterhus
Chapter 46: Regulating risk in care services
Marian O’Rourke, Helen McVicker & Catherine Maguire
Chapter 47: Risk and regulation of the social care workforce
Sub-section E: Prospects & Developments
Joanne Hilder & Andrew Whittaker
Chapter 48: Studying the effectiveness of interventions to improve decision making and work with risk
Section 5: Concluding Section / Afterword
Janet Ananias, Rajendra Baikady & Vivian Lou
Chapter 49: Challenges in less developed welfare systems and professional contexts
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