Competence in Social Work Practice: A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals Second Edition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853023329 ISBN 13: 9781853023323

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

Social work training has become competence-based and competence-led as a result of CCETSW's Paper 30 in 1989 (and its subsequent amendments). Many students and practice teachers, however, have experienced difficulty in identifying evidence of competence for inclusion in practice portfolios. The contributors to this practical volume demonstrate how competence is best illustrated through detailed presentation of practice.

Making a major advance in social work training, this book illustrates social work competences by describing genuine cases, real people and real contexts, while all identifying features have been changed to preserve confidentiality. It will greatly assist in the implementation of new requirements for the Diploma in Social Work. Each chapter identifies the core competences most pertinent to the case in question and core themes and principles which emerge in demonstrating competence.

About this title

About the Authors

Gerry Heery is a training consultant with over twenty years' frontline experience as a social worker. He has many years of experience in working with young people who use violent and aggressive behaviour.

Kieran O'Hagan is an established writer and former Reader in the School of Social Work at The Queen's University, Belfast. He worked for over twenty years in the social services in Britain. He has also lectured and worked in Australia, India and the USA. He has published many books and articles on a wide range of subjects in welfare and in training, including child abuse, crisis intervention, social work competence and the abuse of women in family and child care.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853023329
• ISBN 13: 9781853023323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: O'Hagan Kieran