Transforming Social Work Practice #: Introducing Social Work

Transforming Social Work Practice #: Introducing Social Work
Jonathan Parker
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h246 x 171mm - 424pg
2 Apr 2020 UK
9781526463364
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This practical guide will help students navigate through all core areas of their course by providing them with a comprehensive introduction to contemporary social work. Written by subject experts, including best-selling Transforming Social Work Practice authors, this essential guide will introduce students to key theory and approaches, helping them to develop and build the skills and knowledge that they will need for practice.

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Effective Writing Skills for Social Work Students
Groupwork Practice in Social Work (2nd Edition)
Groupwork Practice in Social Work (3rd Edition)
Interprofessional Social Work: Effective Collaborative Approaches (2nd Edition)
Proactive Child Protection and Social Work (2nd Edition)
Research Skills for Social Work (2nd Edition)
Safeguarding Adults in Social Work (2nd Edition)
Social Work and Dementia
Social Work and Mental Health (4th Edition)
Social Work and Mental Health (5th Edition)
Social Work in a Digital Society
Social Work with Children and Families (3rd Edition)
Social Work with Looked After Children (2nd Edition)
Studying for Your Social Work Degree (2nd Edition)
Transforming Social Work Practice: Effective Observation in Social Work Practice
Transforming Social Work Practice: Personalisation in Social Work (2nd Edition)
Transforming Social Work Practice: Research Design in Social Work: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods
Transforming Social Work Practice: Social Policy and Social Work: An Introduction (2nd Edition)
Transforming Social Work Practice: Social Work Intervention (2nd Edition)
Transforming Social Work Practice: Social Work Practice Placements: Critical and Reflective Approaches
Transforming Social Work Practice: Social Work with Drug, Alcohol and Sustance Misusers (3rd Edition)
Transforming Social Work Practice: Social Work with People with Learning Difficulties (3rd Edition)
Transforming Social Work Practices: Introducing Social Work
Transforming Social Work Practices: Need, Risk and Protection in Social Work Practice
Transforming Social Work Practices: Sociology and Social Work
Understanding and Using Theory in Social Work (2nd Edition)
Using Counselling Skills in Social Work
Using the Law in Social Work
Using the Law in Social Work (5th Edition)
Writing for Social Work

Dr. Jonathan Parker is Professor of Society and Social Welfare and Director of the Centre for Social Work, Sociology and Social Policy at Bournemouth University. He is Visiting Professor at the Tasik Chini Research Centre Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. He was one of the founders and director of the Family Assessment and Support Unit, a placement agency attached to the University of Hull, and Head of Department of Social Work. He was Chair of the Association of Teachers in Social Work Education until 2005, Vice Chair of the UK higher education representative body, the Joint University Council for Social Work Education from 2005- 2010, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Fellow of the Joint University Council, and Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Jonathan has published widely on disadvantage, marginalization and violence, Southeast Asia, religion, social work education, and theory for practice. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Practice Teaching & Learning; joint editor-in-chief of Social Policy & Social Work in Transition, and series editor of the highly successful SAGE series, Transforming Social Work Practice. @parkerj1960Blog: http://profjonathanparker. wordpress. comJournal of Practice Teaching and Learning: http://www. whitingbirch. net/cgi-bin/scribe? showinfo=ip008;from=ig01Transforming Social Work Practice: http://www. learningmatters. co. uk/social/index. aspAmazon Author Page: http://www. amazon. co. uk/Jonathan-Parker/e/B001HQ4G4C/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0Staff Profile: http://staffprofiles. bournemouth. ac. uk/display/parkerj

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