ABSTRACT

Designed as a practical guide, The Handbook of Residential Care presents a unique combination of real examples and case studies, analysis, guidance and reflective discussion. It brings together all areas of residential work and all levels of involvement in it, with an emphasis of direct personal work and everyday experiences. With checklists and action plans, the Handbook will promote effectiveness among residential workers - through self-management, building relationships, creating helpful organisation, and resisting bureaucratic and impersonal organisation.
Invaluable to all practitioners, team leaders and managers in residential care, the Handbook provides a wealth of new ideas and many challenges to established policy and practice.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|19 pages

Scenes from residential work

chapter 2|18 pages

Understanding and managing: making a start 23

Making a start

chapter 4|18 pages

Leading and influencing

Creating and using vision

chapter 5|34 pages

Creating helpful organisation

chapter 6|20 pages

Resisting hindering organisation

chapter 7|13 pages

Outside assistance

chapter 8|12 pages

A good place to live?

chapter 9|17 pages

Liberating institutions

A future for residential care