Social Work: Introducing Professional Practice - Hardcover

Higham, Patricia E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412908566 ISBN 13: 9781412908566

Verlag: Sage Publications UK, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

`The unique aspect of this book which distinguishes it from other competitors is that it is constructed explicitly around the key roles and benchmark statements... this book will offer something new and interesting to the growing field of social work education literature and is likely to be relevant to both students and practitioners in the UK and elsewhere' - Dr Caroline Skehill, Queens University BelfastWhat is the role of social work? What does it mean to be a social worker? What are the changes affecting social work training?Social Work: Introducing Professional Practice addresses these questions and provides an understanding of the knowledge, values, and skills requirements of professional social work. The author has played a key role in constructing the subject benchmarks for the social work degree and offers a reflective and thoughtful commentary upon training, education and practice. Written in a lively and readable style, the book captures the essence of the changes sweeping through social work and engages the reader in these debates

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Patricia Higham is a registered social worker and an independent social work consultant. She is a non-executive director of an NHS primary care trust and emeritus professor at Nottingham Trent University. She has been appointed Visiting Professor of Social Work at the University of Northampton.

She has written Social Work: Introducing Professional Practice (SAGE, 2006).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Sage Publications UK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1412908566
• ISBN 13: 9781412908566
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
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