enhanced understanding of risk
Systemic | Relational
Organisational cultures and practitioners need to be less controlling and restrictive. Services should not make discriminatory assumptions about the ‘riskiness’ of individuals based on their identity, characteristics, background, circumstances or diagnostic label.
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Recommended resource:
Faulkner, A. (2012) The right to take risks: service users’ views of risk in adult social care
“I think poor practice in risk
assessment leading to over restrictive practices and interventions on service users. I know that risk assessment, although it's supposed to be based on rigorous analysis, and robust evidence is often a very off the cuff, subjective reactive practice.”
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