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  • Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work Practice

    Ethical decision-making lies at the heart of social work practice. As a social worker, you'll regularly encounter complex situations where your professional values may conflict with one another.Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work Practice guides you through the ethical complexities you may face, helping you develop the confidence and critical thinking skills needed to make sound decisions. ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Social Work: The Basics

    by Mark Doel ...
    Series series The Basics
    This revised second edition of Social Work: The Basics is an insightful introduction to the often misrepresented world of social work. This accessible book presents a broad view of contemporary social work, exploring its roots and its possible future. It dispels myths surrounding social work, addresses media debates, and offers a balanced account of what social workers do.Arguing for a social work ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Social Worker's Practice Manual

    by Neil Thompson ...
    Series series The Neil Thompson Practice Collection
    An essential handbook for students and experienced social workers alike, this practical guide filters out the jargon and sets out what you really need to know. 30 easy-to-follow chapters delve into topics ranging from holistic thinking to effective record keeping, all rooted in Neil Thompson's extensive hands-on experience.Complicated subjects such as cultural sensitivity and managing conflict are ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Social Work Research Using Arts-Based Methods

    Series series Research in Social Work
    This book explores the rationale, methodologies, and results of arts-based approaches in social work research today.It is the first dedicated analysis of its kind, providing practical examples of when to choose arts-based research, how the arts are used by social work researchers and integrated with additional methods, and ways to evaluate its efficacy. The multiple examples of arts-based research ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Experiencing Social Work

    Learning from Service Users

    ′Experiencing Social Work provides a refreshing change in the expanse of social work education texts. Its focus on learning from people who had received a good service from social workers drew out many of the foundation blocks of practice that can so easily be minimised in favour of ′deeper academic theories′. In short, it reminded me of my own passion for practice and the privilege it is to be ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Task-Centred Social Work

    Task-centred practice is a forward thinking, goal-orientated approach to social work. It is a practice-based approach built on research which reflects the new mood being developed in the social work field, and it has now been successfully used in a wide variety of settings and circumstances. The theme of Task-Centred Social Work is partnership; exploring the principles on which task-centred ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • The New Social Work Practice

    Exercises and Activities for Training and Developing Social Workers

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1998, this book is a fully revised and updated edition of Social Work Practice, first published in 1993 as a training manual.The New Social Work Practice presents a comprehensive view of contemporary social work. Whether it be general or specialist practice, care and control or power and oppression, these central issues and recurring themes are given a topical treatment. Changes ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • A-Z of Groups and Groupwork

    Series series Professional Keywords
    Launching Palgrave's new interdisciplinary Professional Keywords series, this reader-friendly reference guide distils the vast field of groupwork study and practice into digestible, yet authoritative, chunks. With over 60 alphabetized entries, it is the perfect introduction to groupwork for health and social care practice. ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Teaching Social Work Practice

    A Programme of Exercises and Activities Towards the Practice Teaching Award

    Teaching Social Work Practice is a lively, practical guide to developing your knowledge and skills as a teacher of social work practice in an agency setting. Social work students learn to practise in college and agency settings, and this book will help to integrate the student’s experience of learning. Teaching social work is different from practising social work, and this book is designed to help ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Professional Social Work

    Edited by Jonathan Parker, Mark Doel ...
    If social work students are to flourish in their careers, and go beyond a basic sense of ‘competence’ in practice, it is essential to develop a sense of Professional Self. This book will help students develop critical understanding of their own social work practice, and the tools and skills required to become a professional social worker.It includes:Chapters on practising Reflexivity and the ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Educating Professionals

    Practice Learning in Health and Social Care

    How do health and social care professionals learn their practice? What can the professions learn from each other? This book offers a comprehensively written account of the recent organizational and conceptual changes in UK practice education. Using case examples, the authors focus on the experiences of students' learning in practice settings: how this is organized, what methods are used to help ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Using Groupwork

    by Mark Doel ...
    Series series The Social Work Skills Series
    Written by an experienced groupworker and academic, this book promotes greater knowledge and understanding of groupwork and group processes, particularly in social work and social care settings. Incorporating both theory and practice, it provides a practical guide to those considering groupwork, and further inspiration for those already involved. The book incorporates a number of case examples of ... Read more

    $65.99 USD