Decision Making in Social Work

Social workers face diverse and complex pressures when making professional decisions in which ethical, legal, financial, organizational and other considerations have to be carefully weighed. This book offers a framework for making decisions, providing a guide for the management of uncertainty and complexity. Avoiding technical procedural solutions by taking a professional and reflective approach, it provides the reader with a clear understanding of the process involved in identifying solutions and helps them to manage this process in a focused and constructive way.