Social Care: Learning from Practice - Softcover

Noel Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0717159698 ISBN 13: 9780717159697

Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Unique new book by Social Care Ireland (SCI) discussing the key issues that impact on social care practice today. This multi-contributory book is the first social care text written exclusively by those in practice, management and academia. * Provides a wealth of practical knowledge from the experiences of social care workers who have worked with different groups in diverse settings, including children, those with disabilities and the elderly. * Goes behind the rhetoric and theory, examining the unpredictable, difficult and challenging aspects of social care practice. * Draws from real-life case studies, illustrating both positive and negative experiences and outcomes, and details the tasks and core competencies of social care practice. * Reflects on the increased recognition of social care as a vital service by the Health Service Executive and other stakeholders, thus placing the social care worker in a position of increased significance in the public eye. * Discusses the evolution of social care from residential child care through to an expanded multifaceted practice. * Details the establishment of the representative body Social Care Ireland (SCI) in 2011, which is made up of the Irish Association of Social Care Workers (IASCW), the Irish Association of Social Care Management (IASCM) and the Irish Association of Social Care Educators (IASCE). Written For: * Students studying social care * Social care workers preparing for continuing professional development (CPD) and allied health/social care professionals

About this title

About the Author

Noel Howard is a retired social care worker and manager. He is the founder member and secretary of Social Care Ireland and is Chair of Care Leavers Ireland Charity. As a member of a religious order he taught in schools in the USA and Pakistan from 1963 to 1969. In 1973 he became a child care worker in the Irish detention school system and, prior to retiring, was Deputy Director of St Joseph's Special School, Ferryhouse, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, for nine years. He has written on social care work and edits publications for the Irish Association of Social Care Workers (IASCW). Denise Lyons is a lecturer in the Department of Humanities, Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, and has worked as a social care worker in residential care for several years. Her primary interest in social care is on the integration of the personal and professional development of the worker and how an awareness of the self enhances best practice. She is also an art therapist and the editor of Creative Studies for the Caring Professions. Denise is currently the President of Social Care Ireland (2012-2014).

Edition details

• Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0717159698
• ISBN 13: 9780717159697
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Noel Howard, Denise Lyons