Introducing Social Work
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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. These books are:
· Affordable
· Written to the Professional Capabilities Framework
· Mapped to the social work curriculum
· Practical with clear links between theory and practice
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. These books are:
· Affordable
· Written to the Professional Capabilities Framework
· Mapped to the social work curriculum
· Practical with clear links between theory and practice
Contents
PART I: SOCIAL WORK THEORY AND METHODS
- Chapter 1: The history and context of contemporary social work (including global social work)
- Chapter 2: Social work values and ethics
- Chapter 3: Theories and methods of social work practice
- Chapter 4: Social work and the law
- Chapter 5: Human growth and development in social work
- Chapter 6: The social work process: assessment, planning, intervention and review
PART II: SOCIAL WORK SKILLS
- Chapter 7: Anti-oppressive practice skills
- Chapter 8: Writing skills for social workers
- Chapter 9: Critical thinking and reflective practice
- Chapter 10: Communication and interpersonal skills
- Chapter 11: Courtroom skills for social workers
- Chapter 12: Group work skills
- Chapter 13: Leadership and management skills in social work
- Chapter 14: Using research in social work
- Chapter 15: Looking after yourself as a social worker
- Chapter 16: Creative skills for social workers
PART III: SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTIONS IN PRACTICE
- Chapter 17: Social work and safeguarding children
- Chapter 18: Social work with children and young people in need
- Chapter 19: Working with unaccompanied refugee minors
- Chapter 20: Social work and youth justice
- Chapter 21: Social work and mental health (children, young people and adults)
- Chapter 22: Social work and disability (children, young people and adults)
- Chapter 23: Social work and learning disability/difficulties (children, young people and adults)
- Chapter 24: Social work, fostering and adoption (working with children and adults)
- Chapter 25: Social work with asylum seekers and refugees
- Chapter 26: Social work and substance use
- Chapter 27: Social work with older people
- Chapter 28: Social work at the end of life: death, dying, bereavement and loss
- Chapter 29: Working with communities
Description
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. These books are:
· Affordable
· Written to the Professional Capabilities Framework
· Mapped to the social work curriculum
· Practical with clear links between theory and practice
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. These books are:
· Affordable
· Written to the Professional Capabilities Framework
· Mapped to the social work curriculum
· Practical with clear links between theory and practice
Contents
PART I: SOCIAL WORK THEORY AND METHODS
- Chapter 1: The history and context of contemporary social work (including global social work)
- Chapter 2: Social work values and ethics
- Chapter 3: Theories and methods of social work practice
- Chapter 4: Social work and the law
- Chapter 5: Human growth and development in social work
- Chapter 6: The social work process: assessment, planning, intervention and review
PART II: SOCIAL WORK SKILLS
- Chapter 7: Anti-oppressive practice skills
- Chapter 8: Writing skills for social workers
- Chapter 9: Critical thinking and reflective practice
- Chapter 10: Communication and interpersonal skills
- Chapter 11: Courtroom skills for social workers
- Chapter 12: Group work skills
- Chapter 13: Leadership and management skills in social work
- Chapter 14: Using research in social work
- Chapter 15: Looking after yourself as a social worker
- Chapter 16: Creative skills for social workers
PART III: SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTIONS IN PRACTICE
- Chapter 17: Social work and safeguarding children
- Chapter 18: Social work with children and young people in need
- Chapter 19: Working with unaccompanied refugee minors
- Chapter 20: Social work and youth justice
- Chapter 21: Social work and mental health (children, young people and adults)
- Chapter 22: Social work and disability (children, young people and adults)
- Chapter 23: Social work and learning disability/difficulties (children, young people and adults)
- Chapter 24: Social work, fostering and adoption (working with children and adults)
- Chapter 25: Social work with asylum seekers and refugees
- Chapter 26: Social work and substance use
- Chapter 27: Social work with older people
- Chapter 28: Social work at the end of life: death, dying, bereavement and loss
- Chapter 29: Working with communities
April 2023 | 480 pages | Learning Matters
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 31/03/2026 | 9781529798562 | $70.00 |
| Hardcover | 31/03/2026 | 9781529798579 | $142.00 |
| 180 Day Ebook | 06/04/2023 | 9781529614190 | $41.00 |
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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. These books are:
· Affordable
· Written to the Professional Capabilities Framework
· Mapped to the social work curriculum
· Practical with clear links between theory and practice
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. These books are:
· Affordable
· Written to the Professional Capabilities Framework
· Mapped to the social work curriculum
· Practical with clear links between theory and practice
Table Of Contents:
- PART I: SOCIAL WORK THEORY AND METHODS
- Chapter 1: The history and context of contemporary social work (including global social work)
- Chapter 2: Social work values and ethics
- Chapter 3: Theories and methods of social work practice
- Chapter 4: Social work and the law
- Chapter 5: Human growth and development in social work
- Chapter 6: The social work process: assessment, planning, intervention and review
- PART II: SOCIAL WORK SKILLS
- Chapter 7: Anti-oppressive practice skills
- Chapter 8: Writing skills for social workers
- Chapter 9: Critical thinking and reflective practice
- Chapter 10: Communication and interpersonal skills
- Chapter 11: Courtroom skills for social workers
- Chapter 12: Group work skills
- Chapter 13: Leadership and management skills in social work
- Chapter 14: Using research in social work
- Chapter 15: Looking after yourself as a social worker
- Chapter 16: Creative skills for social workers
- PART III: SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTIONS IN PRACTICE
- Chapter 17: Social work and safeguarding children
- Chapter 18: Social work with children and young people in need
- Chapter 19: Working with unaccompanied refugee minors
- Chapter 20: Social work and youth justice
- Chapter 21: Social work and mental health (children, young people and adults)
- Chapter 22: Social work and disability (children, young people and adults)
- Chapter 23: Social work and learning disability/difficulties (children, young people and adults)
- Chapter 24: Social work, fostering and adoption (working with children and adults)
- Chapter 25: Social work with asylum seekers and refugees
- Chapter 26: Social work and substance use
- Chapter 27: Social work with older people
- Chapter 28: Social work at the end of life: death, dying, bereavement and loss
- Chapter 29: Working with communities