Jacki Pritchard

Training Manual for Working with Older People in Residential and Day Care Settings

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This manual is aimed at helping care workers meet requirements for training in social care work. Each chapter outlines the TOPSS Induction and Foundation Standards and NVQs it is relevant to and contains a discussion of the theory together with exercises, case studies, handouts, a reading list, related training videos and useful organisations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 290mm x 211mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 10399g
• ISBN-13: 9781843101239
• ISBN-10: 1843101238
• Artikelnr.: 21129598

Autorenporträt

Jacki Pritchard is a qualified social worker who has worked as a practitioner and manager in both fieldwork and hospital settings. She is currently working as an independent trainer, consultant and researcher focusing on abuse, risk and violence.

Inhaltsangabe

Key to symbols used in book. Acknowledgments. Glossary of Terms. 1.Training
Care Workers and Using the Manual. 2. Principles of Care. 3. Role of the
Care Worker. 4. Needs of Older People. 5. Care Planning. 6.Risk Assessment.
7. Effective Communication. 8. Recording. 9. Supervision. 10. Dealing with
Challenging Behaviour. 11. Death, Dying and Bereavement. 12. Abuse.
Appendix 1: BVS Videos. Appendix 2: Useful Organisations: Contact Details.
References. Index.