Collaborative Social Work Practice (Transforming Social Work Practice Series) - Softcover

Quinney, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844450147 ISBN 13: 9781844450145

Publisher: Learning Matters, 2006

Synopsis

It is essential for social workers to be able to practise in accordance with social work values and to retain a clear professional identity and at the same time to be able to work effectively with other professional groups and agencies. This book will help trainee social workers to be prepared for working with a wide variety of other professionals and to understand the organisational framework relating to different professions.

About this title

About the Author

Anne Quinney is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work Education at Bournemouth University, where an inter-professional curriculum has been introduced. Her teaching responsibilities include Social Work Theories and Methods/Models of Social Work Intervention; Practice Issues and Using Research in Practice. Anne is an e-learning enthusiast, involved in research projects which include exploring student experiences of e-learning in the social work curriculum and evaluating an electronic simulated community to support inter-professional education. She is Joint Editor of the journal Practice and is a member of the SWAP steering group. Anne previously worked as a teacher in Sudan and as a social worker and youth worker in the UK.

From the Inside Flap

This book is part of the Transforming Social Work Practice series written specifically to support students on social work degree courses.

All social work students are required to undertake specific learning and assessment in partnership working and information sharing across professional disciplines and agencies. Increasingly social workers are also finding that they need to deal with a range of other professions as part of their day to day work. It is essential for social workers to be able to work collaboratively and effectively with other professionals but at the same time to practise in accordance with social work values and to retain a clear professional identity.

This book will prepare student social workers to work with a wide variety of professionals including:
youth workers
teachers
the legal profession
health professionals

Taking a very practical approach, the author looks at each profession in turn and carefully outlines their organisational framework. The points where other professional codes of ethics and values diverge from those of social work are highlighted and the impact this may have upon practice explained. Supporting the text are a range of activities and case studies to help the student understand the differences in approach and to encourage them to practise and refine their skills.

Edition details

• Publisher: Learning Matters
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844450147
• ISBN 13: 9781844450145
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160