This trainer’s manual and practitioner’s manual together provide training and implementation tools for working with risk in a wide range of statutory, voluntary and private health and social care settings, including mental health, learning disability, physical disability and sensory impairments, and acute and rehabilitation services.

Key features:
Practice-based development; clear structure for training groups, for self-development and as part of a working with risk implementation strategy; valuable, photocopiable tools for use in assessing, managing and monitoring risk with individual service users; detailed case studies.

Contents include:

• ·    Session 1 Exploring the wider concept of risk
• ·    Session 2 Working with service users
• ·    Session 3 Working with suicide and self-harm
• ·    Session 4 Positive risk taking
• ·    Session 5 Risk decision-making and communication
• ·    Session 6 Assessing and managing risk 1 – practice
• ·    Session 7 Assessing and managing risk 2 – case study
• ·    Session 8 Taking risks (study)
• ·    Risk assessment tools for use with individuals, including Current Situation, Detailed Review, Positive Risk-taking, and Service User Personal Safety Plan

The packs contain:
Trainer’s Manual: Print-based material for the trainer on preparing for and running the sessions; photocopiable participant handouts; photocopiable risk assessment tools.

Vital information for:
Everyone involved in working with adults at risk in statutory, private and voluntary services, including mental health and social care, adult and older people’s services, acute services, rehabilitation, specialist forensic and generic community services, disabilities and impairments.