Surviving Fears in Health and Social Care by Martin Smith

Surviving Fears in Health and Social Care by Martin Smith

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.

This is a useful book addressed to multiple audiences, including those who work in health and social care, their supervisors and managers and those involved in the professional education of practitionersIt considers how health and social care workers (particularly those who work in mental health and child protection) can think about and cope with the very real fears associated with their jobs. It offers an opportunity to think about how to balance the need to do the job with the need to protect yourself from avoidable risk and harm. It also explores avenues of support and ways to deal with the aftermath of frightening situations.

The book includes a good mix of quotations from people who have worked in a variety of health settings. It adds a thoughtful commentary, with theory and academic references used appropriately and in moderate doses.

-- Mental Health Today
This is an exceptionally interesting, well-written book about an area that is not well covered. It provides an in-depth discussion of how workers in health and social care experience fear and anxiety, and how they might be able to deal with them... At a time of defensive practice and decision-making, and with mounting anxiety about risk-taking, this is an extremely useful and timely publication. -- Nursing Standard

Martin Smith is practitioner-manager of a Social Services Emergency Duty Team. In this role he works with service users of all ages, particularly in the fields of mental health and child protection. He has researched and published widely on fear and stress in health and social care settings.

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ISBN 13	9781843101802
ISBN 10	1843101807
Title	Surviving Fears in Health and Social Care
Author	Martin Smith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year published	2004-11-15
Number of pages	176
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