Modern social work practice : teaching and learning in practice settings

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Modern social work practice : teaching and learning in practice settings

by Mark Doel and Steven M. Shardlow

Ashgate, c2005

  • : hardback
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: hardback ISBN 9780754641209

Description

Modern Social Work Practice is a substantially new text which builds upon the success and style of Social Work Practice (1993) and The New Social Work Practice (1998). Mark Doel and Steven M. Shardlow have reshaped the book to take account of the National Occupational Standards for Social Work, aiming to provide a creative, practical and up-to-date learning resource in line with new practices. This is an interactive book designed to provide readers with an opportunity to engage with key aspects of modern social work practice, while also providing an excellent digest of the most important literature. Each chapter is introduced with an activity or exercise, designed to aid student learning in discrete aspects of practice and building to a complete curriculum for practice learning. Modern Social Work Practice includes much new or extended coverage of topics including: Service users' involvement in teaching and learning Managing challenging behaviour Working with groups and teams Accountability and confidentiality Whistleblowing Working with risk This book will be an invaluable textbook for students of social work in all three years of the new degree. It will also be of interest to practising social workers, especially those engaged in training, teaching and assessing students.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction. Foundations of practice: new opportunities for practice learning: Knowing the service user and carer
  • Knowing your self
  • Knowing the role. Direct practice: inter-professional learning and practice: Preparation
  • Generating options
  • Making assessments in partnership
  • Working in and with groups
  • Working in difficult situations. Agency practice: creative practice and procedural requirements
  • Making priorities
  • Managing resources
  • Accountability
  • Whistleblowing. Themes of practice: evidence - based practice
  • Working with risk
  • Anti - oppressive practice
  • Law - informed practice
  • Generalist and specialist practice
  • Comparative practice
  • Glossary
  • National Occupational Standards
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780754641216

Description

Modern Social Work Practice is an interactive book designed to provide readers with an opportunity to engage with key aspects of current social work practice. It also provides an excellent digest of the significant literature. Each chapter is introduced with an activity or exercise designed to aid student learning in discrete aspects of practice, building up to a complete curriculum for practice learning. The book builds upon the success and style of Social Work Practice (1993) and The New Social Work Practice (1998). Mark Doel and Steven M. Shardlow have shaped the book to take account of the National Occupational Standards for Social Work, aiming to provide a creative, practical and up-to-date resource for teaching and learning in line with current practices.

Table of Contents

  • Contents: Introduction. Part I Foundations of practice: new opportunities for practice learning: Knowing the service user and carer
  • Knowing your self
  • Knowing the role. Part II Direct practice: inter-professional learning and practice: Preparation
  • Generating options
  • Making assessments in partnership
  • Working in and with groups
  • Working in difficult situations. Part III Agency practice: creative practice and procedural requirements
  • Making priorities
  • Managing resources
  • Accountability
  • Whistleblowing. Part IV Themes of practice: evidence-based practice
  • Working with risk
  • Anti-oppressive practice
  • Law-informed practice
  • Generalist and specialist practice
  • Comparative practice
  • Appendix: National Occupational Standards
  • Glossaries
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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