Working with risk
Explore how to work effectively and positively with risk.
Understand how to work effectively and positively with risk. In the context of strengths-based working, participants will explore the core professional skills to make confident and defensible decisions about risk and relate this to safeguarding practices.
Participants will recognise and challenge the importance of legal literacy in relation to working with risk and how case law can inform risk enablement in practice. They will also explore how diversity, intersectionality and power can impact risk and how to create a positive risk culture.
Designed for
Social care practitioners working directly with adults.
Learning outcomes
As a result of attending this workshop participants will be able to:
- Understand what a ‘risk positive approach’ and ‘risk enablement’ mean, and why they are important to adult social care practice.
- Define the difference between ‘simple’ and ‘complex’ risk.
- Make links between working with risk and person-centred practice.
- Identify the skills, knowledge, and values that you need in defensible decision-making around risk.
- Increase their confidence in using case law to inform your practice with risk.
- Understand the role of cultural humility and structural discrimination in working with risk.
Booking information
This is a full day interactive session delivered via Microsoft Teams and you are encouraged to contribute with the aid of break-out rooms, the chat function and large group discussions. Participants will benefit from having a quiet space to work without interruption. Slides will be sent out after the session.
Research in Practice members can use their membership allocation to book this workshop. Link Officers can use the booking request form to book this workshop. Please only use this form if you are authorised to choose your organisation's membership allocation.
Once your booking is received, our learning team will work with you to confirm a delivery date and provide relevant information.
The deadline for booking this year’s online workshops is Friday 4 October 2024.
Organisations that are not Research in Practice Partners can commission this workshop individually by contacting: learning@researchinpractice.org.uk.
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Risk enablement: Frontline Briefing (2016)
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