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Reflective practice in social work / Andy Mantell and Terry Scragg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Transforming social work practicePublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, California : Learning Matters, 2023Edition: 6th editionDescription: xvii, 227 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781529798586
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 361.301 M318r
LOC classification:
  • HV40 .R36 2023
Contents:
Part I. What is reflective practice? -- Reflective practice revisited -- Getting started -- Reflecting on emotion in social work -- Part II. Developing the reflective practitioner -- Reflection as a catalyst in the development of personal and professional effectiveness -- The importance of the perspective of careers and service users -- The role of reflection in breaking the cycle of unsafe practice -- Gender in practice -- Reflective practice on placement -- Part III. Maintaining reflective practice -- Working with your team manager -- Reflective practice for interprofessional co-produced social work collaboration -- Conclusion.
Summary: "Reflective practice is at the heart of becoming a competent and confident social worker. It's both a key element of learning and development on social work courses and an important aspect of social work practice. This accessible and introductory text explores a range of approaches to reflective practice, it's main aim being to help students become more confident in answering key questions, including 'what is reflective practice?', 'how do I develop as a reflective practitioner?', 'how do I maintain reflective practice in key contexts?'. There are sections on writing reflective journals, communicating well with service users and carers and reflective practice while on placements"-- Provided by publisher.
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Previous edition: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. What is reflective practice? -- Reflective practice revisited -- Getting started -- Reflecting on emotion in social work -- Part II. Developing the reflective practitioner -- Reflection as a catalyst in the development of personal and professional effectiveness -- The importance of the perspective of careers and service users -- The role of reflection in breaking the cycle of unsafe practice -- Gender in practice -- Reflective practice on placement -- Part III. Maintaining reflective practice -- Working with your team manager -- Reflective practice for interprofessional co-produced social work collaboration -- Conclusion.

"Reflective practice is at the heart of becoming a competent and confident social worker. It's both a key element of learning and development on social work courses and an important aspect of social work practice. This accessible and introductory text explores a range of approaches to reflective practice, it's main aim being to help students become more confident in answering key questions, including 'what is reflective practice?', 'how do I develop as a reflective practitioner?', 'how do I maintain reflective practice in key contexts?'. There are sections on writing reflective journals, communicating well with service users and carers and reflective practice while on placements"-- Provided by publisher.

English.

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