List of tables. List of figures. List of boxes. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Competence: An Enduring Concept? Kieran O'Hagan. 2. Competence in Mediation Practice. Margaret Fawcett. 3. Competence in Residential Child Care. John Gibson, Cornell University, NY and Raymond Taylor, Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde. 4. Competence in Social Work Ethics. Derek Clifford, Liverpool John Moore's University, and Beverley Burke, Liverpool John Moore's University. 5. Competence in Child Abuse Referral-taking: Coping with Discriminatory or Malicious Referrals Kieran O'Hagan. 6. Competence in Protecting Adults with Learning Disabilities. Paul Cambridge, University of Kent. 7. Competence in Criminal Justice. Gerry Heery, Queen's University, Belfast. 8. Competence in Risk Analysis. Greg Kelly, Queen's University, Belfast. 9. Competence in Health Care. John McLaughlin, Queen's University, Belfast. 10. Competence in Working with Families. Dorota Iwaniec, Queen's University, Belfast. 11. Competence in Mental Health Social Work. Jim Campbell, Queen's University, Belfast. 12. Competence under Child-care Legislation, Policy and Theory. Joe Duffy, Queen's University, Belfast and Stan Houston, Queen's University, Belfast. List of contributors. References. Subject index. Author index
Kieran O'Hagan is an established writer and former Reader in the School of Social Work at The Queen's University, Belfast. He worked for over twenty years in the social services in Britain. He has also lectured and worked in Australia, India and the USA. He has published many books and articles on a wide range of subjects in welfare and in training, including child abuse, crisis intervention, social work competence and the abuse of women in family and child care.