Social work : a companion to learning /: a companion to learning. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mark Lymbery and Karen Postle.
• Other Names: Lymbery, Mark; Postle, Karen
• Contents: PART 1: INTRODUCTION; Social Work in Challenging Times - Mark Lymbery and Karen Postle; PART 2: CONTEXTS; The Political, Societal and Economic Context of Practice - Bill Jordan; The Place of Values in Social Work Education - Richard Hugman; Uncertainty: The Defining Characteristic of Social Work? - Jan Fook; Social Work and the Use of Self - Kaeren Harrison and Gillian Ruch; On Becoming and Being a Social Worker; Why Bother? The Truth about Service User Involvement - Advocacy in Action; Research Mindedness - Beth Humphries; The Rise and Rise of Interprofessional Education? - Colin Whittington; Social Work in an International Context - Steven M Shardlow; PART 3: REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESSES; Social Work Law - Robert Johns; The Process of Social Work - Jonathan Parker; Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review; Communication Skills in Social Work - Juliet Koprowska; Understanding the Lifecourse - Paul Bywaters; Partnership Working: The Interdisciplinary Agenda - Malcolm Payne; Practice Learning In Context - Vicky Harris and Martin Gill; Social Work in a Digital Society - Jackie Rafferty and Jan Steyaert; PART 4: THRIVING IN PRACTICE; Social Work in Its Organisational Context - Mark Lymbery; Continuous Professional Development - Helen Gorman and Mark Lymbery; Professional Development in the Workplace - Tina Eadie; Partnership Working - Peter Beresford, Fran Branfield, Munir Lalani, Brian Maslen, Anna Sartori and Jenny, Maggie and Manny, All Service Users from Shaping Our Lives; Service Users and Social Workers Learning and Working Together; Using Supervision - Jeremy Peach and Nigel Horner; Support or Surveillance?; Management - Vicky White and John Harris; Value Conflicts in Practice - Karen Postle; PART 5: CONCLUSION; Opportunities and Threats: Social Work in The 21st Century - Karen Postle and Mark Lymbery;
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: 361.30941; Social service -- Great Britain
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446236772; 1446236773
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