Professional Development in Social Work Complex Issues in Practice 1st Edition by Janet Seden, Sarah Matthews, Mick McCormick, Alun Morgan ISBN 0203842987 9780203842980

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ISBN 10: 0203842987 
ISBN 13: 9780203842980
Author: Janet Seden, Sarah Matthews, Mick McCormick, Alun Morgan

Professional Development in Social Work Complex Issues in Practice 1st Table of contents:

Part I Complex contexts
1 Effective multi-agency work in children’s services
Introduction
What is known about multi-agency work?
Starting with the child and family’s perspective
Succeeding in multi-agency practice
Conclusions and reflections
2 Policy swings and roundabouts
Context – policy and practice in response to risk and uncertainty
Social work practice in the runaway world
Policy futures and social work practice
3 Criticality and reflexivity
Introduction
Contexts
Contributions
Capabilities
Conclusion
4 Reflections on values and ethics in social work practice
Introduction
Pragmatic barriers
Anti-ethics environments
Left wing anti-ethics
Right-wing anti-ethics
Poverty of discursive space
Conclusion
5 A social worker ‘in work or outside work’
Introduction
Why registration?
Measuring professional suitability
Human or perfect?
Care councils’ decisions
Professional implications
6 Diverse service users and diverse workers
Introduction
Globalization
Neoliberalism and social work
The postmodern social worker
Diverse service users
Diverse staff
Where does social work go from here?
7 Professional identity and international social work
Empathy and professional identity
Professional identity and professional discretion
Globalization
Social work as local not global
The view from afar
Open and closed definitions of social work
Social work as others do it
Conclusion
Part II Complex roles, responsibilities and relationships
8 The use of self and relationship
Contexts
Contributions
Personal change and the social work role
Self and self-awareness
Assumptions, ideologies and world views
Emotions, feelings and handling pain
Capabilities
9 Refugees and asylum seekers
Introduction
The legal contexts for practice
The contribution of research findings informing practice
Skills and knowledge for the complexities of practice
Recommendations for practice
Conclusion
10 Youth justice
Introduction
Contexts for practice
Contributions of youth justice social workers
Capabilities of youth justice workers
11 Children with disabilities
Introduction
Discovering and defining disability
Protecting a child with disabilities from harm
Supporting families and building community-based services
Example 1: Changes to institutional care – Bulgaria
Example 2: Good practice – day centre – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Conclusion
12 The changing role of social workers in developing contexts for mental health professionals
Context: new ways of working
Contributions: independence of role, of assessment and of decision making
Contribution: a social perspective and least restrictive alternative
Capabilities: future developments
Conclusion
13 With respect to old age
Introduction
Context for practice
Understanding ageing
Health
Wealth
Social lives
Diversity
Respect in practice
The role of the social worker
Conclusion
14 The well-being of people with learning disabilities
Introduction
Practice contexts
Conclusion
15 Policies and practice with ‘vulnerable’ adults
Contexts
Contributions from social workers
Partnership working
Conclusion
16 Untangling the web of service user involvement in social services work
Introduction
Reflections on experience
Different levels and approaches, contributions by service users and professionals
Citizen leadership model
Capabilities – service user involvement practice: the warp and weave
17 Person-centred approaches to social work with older people
Introduction
Person-centred assessment
Person-centred planning
Personalization
Personalization in practice
Conclusion
18 People who use services
Introduction
ICTs and the social work context
ICT applications
The digital divide
Conclusion
19 Child and family focused work in children’s services
Introduction
Why involve children?
Including parents and carers
Partnership, power and inclusion
Assessing and planning help
Involving children and young people in assessment and planning
Information sharing and seeking consent
Using family-centred approaches to planning and decision making
Helping children join in
Working with children at risk of harm
Conclusion
Part III Complex challenges in the workplace
20 Learning in practice
Introduction
The beginning of the journey: embarking on a social work degree
Moving on: the journey through qualification
The end of the journey? Post-qualifying learning
The qualification journey
21 Technology-enhanced learning for social work education and practice
Contexts
E-learning approaches
Student perspectives
Conclusion
22 An innovative approach to the study and practice of social work values
Introduction
An interactive way of discussing values
Discussion
23 Reflections on writing in social work education and practice
Introduction
A bundle of skills or a social practice?
Essay or reflective writing?
Writing in fieldwork
Determining expectations for effective writing
Context
Audience
Purpose
Writer
Conclusion
24 Caring for yourself, being managed and professional development
Introduction
Caring for yourself and others
Self-care in complex contexts
Roles and responsibilities
25 Careering through social work
Introduction
Craft: constructing your career and CPD
Seasons and cycles: career and CPD as life course
Matching: career and CPD as ‘fit’
Journey: career and CPD as pathways
Network: career and CPD through relationships
Economic: career and CPD as resource
Narrative: career and CPD as stories
Conclusion
26 Continuing professional development
Introduction
A changing professional context
Reflective practice and continuing professional development
Continuing professional development in the workplace

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