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Introducing social work / edited by Jonathan Parker.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Transforming social work practicePublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, California : Learning Matters, 2023Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xvii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781529798562
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 361.3 In891 23
LOC classification:
  • HV40 .I593 2023
Contents:
Part I. Social work theory and methods -- The history and context of contemporary social work -- Social work values and ethics -- Theories and methods of social work practice -- Social work and the law -- Human growth and development in social work -- The social work process: assessment, planning, intervention and review -- Part II. Social work skills -- Anti-oppressive skills -- Writing skills for social workers -- Critical thinking and reflective practice -- Communication and interpersonal skills -- Courtroom skills for social workers -- Groupwork skills -- Leadership and management skills in social work -- Using research in social work -- Looking after yourself as a social worker -- Creative skills for social workers -- Part III. Social work interventions in practice -- Social work and safeguarding children -- Social work with children and young people in need -- Working with unaccompanied refugee minors -- Social work and youth justice -- Social work and mental health (children, young people and adults) -- Social work and disability (children, young people and adults) -- Social work and learning disability/difficulties (children, young people and adults) -- Social work, fostering and adoption (working with children and young people) -- Social work with asylum seekers and refugees -- Social work and substance use -- Social work with older people -- Social work at the end of life: death, dying, bereavement and loss -- Working with communities.
Summary: "Everything you need to succeed in your social work degree! Written by subject experts, this essential guide will introduce you to all the core areas of your course, helping you develop the knowledge and skills you need to practice with confidence. Since launching in 2003, Transforming Social Work Practice has become the market-leading series for social work students. These books use activities and case studies to build critical thinking and reflection skills and will help social work students to develop good practice through learning." -- Provided by Publisher
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Previous edition: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Social work theory and methods -- The history and context of contemporary social work -- Social work values and ethics -- Theories and methods of social work practice -- Social work and the law -- Human growth and development in social work -- The social work process: assessment, planning, intervention and review -- Part II. Social work skills -- Anti-oppressive skills -- Writing skills for social workers -- Critical thinking and reflective practice -- Communication and interpersonal skills -- Courtroom skills for social workers -- Groupwork skills -- Leadership and management skills in social work -- Using research in social work -- Looking after yourself as a social worker -- Creative skills for social workers -- Part III. Social work interventions in practice -- Social work and safeguarding children -- Social work with children and young people in need -- Working with unaccompanied refugee minors -- Social work and youth justice -- Social work and mental health (children, young people and adults) -- Social work and disability (children, young people and adults) -- Social work and learning disability/difficulties (children, young people and adults) -- Social work, fostering and adoption (working with children and young people) -- Social work with asylum seekers and refugees -- Social work and substance use -- Social work with older people -- Social work at the end of life: death, dying, bereavement and loss -- Working with communities.

"Everything you need to succeed in your social work degree! Written by subject experts, this essential guide will introduce you to all the core areas of your course, helping you develop the knowledge and skills you need to practice with confidence. Since launching in 2003, Transforming Social Work Practice has become the market-leading series for social work students. These books use activities and case studies to build critical thinking and reflection skills and will help social work students to develop good practice through learning." -- Provided by Publisher

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