Social Work
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'This engaging and stimulating book is well placed to become a key text in many student social workers' redaing lists' - Journal of Interprofessional Care
`[An] excellent book, abounding with conceptual insights, bursting with research and evidence-based reasoning, and pretty comprehensive in the spread of topics. [It] contains plenty of though-provoking material in nice sized chunks that challenged me to think about my practice in different ways and also made me want to find out more.…

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With Perlego (The Spotify for Books) you get unlimited access to
more than 250,000 professional and self-development books in one
simple space for one simple price. You can learn on the go with our
mobile app!
'This engaging and stimulating book is well placed to become a
key text in many student social workers' redaing lists' - Journal
of Interprofessional Care
`[An] excellent book, abounding with conceptual insights,
bursting with research and evidence-based reasoning, and pretty
comprehensive in the spread of topics. [It] contains plenty of
though-provoking material in nice sized chunks that challenged me
to think about my practice in different ways and also made me want
to find out more. The range of contributors is impressive and
students could do a lot worse than digest and reference their work
in assignments' - Professional Social Work
` a comprehensive account of the issues related to social
workers' personal development and latest developments in social
work practice. I have no doubt that this book will provide an
invaluable reference guide for social workers who are interested in
the development of the profession' - Social Policy and Social Work
(SWAP)
`[This] book is put together in an accessible and engaging way,
which serves to stimulate the reader by posing questions, and
creating opportunities for reflecting on the key learning points of
each chapter. [It] should be an essential reading item on the book
list of every social work student and act as a training resource to
those training future social workers, and those already established
within the profession' - Health & Social Care in the
Community
`In recent years, social work has been devalued by politicians
and the media. However it requires practitioners equipped with key
skills to empower individuals and communities and rooted in values
which stimulate them to promote social justice. It is heartening
that social work educators are at the forefront of equipping social
workers with the skills and values to promote a better society.
This book will open hearts and minds to achieve these ends' - Bob
Holman, former Community Worker and Professor of Social
Policy
Social Work: A Companion to Learning is an exciting and
definitive new book that will equip readers with the core knowledge
and skills they need to successfully complete their social work
training, and go on to be an effective practitioner. The text takes
a holistic and critical approach, not only enabling students and
practitioners to understand how to practise social work
effectively, but also how to locate this practice within its
societal context.
Written and edited by leading experts in the field, each chapter
skilfully explores key themes, issues, and concepts underpinning
social work theory and practice in an engaging, authoritative and
accessible way. The selection of topics serves to
establish:
- the contexts through which social work education can best be
understood
- the core requirements and processes that characterise social
work courses
- the issues involved in continuing professional
development.
The chapters comprise a wide range of key issues, such as
communication skills, partnership working, the values of social
work, supervision, management, law, and research mindedness, as
well as two unique chapters written exclusively from service users'
perspectives.
Case studies, interactive questions, key points and further
reading sections are used throughout the book to bring the material
to life and aid readers' understanding. Social Work: A Companion to
Learning will be a core text for students and practitioners at all
levels, providing the most up-to-date and comprehensive companion
they will need to help them progress in their careers.
Mark Lymbery has taught social work at the University of
Nottingham since 1995. He is the author of Social Work with Older
People (2005), also published by SAGE. Karen Postle is a lecturer
in social work at the University of East Anglia. Both authors have
a background as social work practitioners.
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