Competence in Social Work Practice
A Practical Guide for Students and Professionals
Published on 1. January 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-85302-332-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
`...should be a best-seller in the social work training world - It is a must for all DipSW Partnerships, social work tutors, practice teachers and DipSW students working to the new DipSW Requirements.'Professional Social Work
`[the book] sets out to make `a major advance in social work training' and I do believe it does...This book works - it really does - it gets in, gets on, is relatively waffle-free and suddenly the CCETSW framework looks like the most sensible invention since the washing machine. How does it work? Let me count the ways...Firstly it is very practical. All the chapters use vivid case material and demonstrate, step by step, how student/client interaction, records and supervision provides the stuff from which evidence of competencies can be drawn. Secondly, it is very creative, helping to demonstrate how much material can be generated by the simplest exchange, whether in person or on the telephone...Thirdly, it is very thorough and, on the whole, it does not duck the difficult, but really grapples with some of the knottier problems that evidence hunting can bring. Lastly, it manages to find a voice that speaks to students, practice teachers and tutors alike and renders the horror of turning practice into evidence whilst remaining a sane human being and a reflective practitioner infinitely possible - This material will be invaluable to anyone working with social work students and I can imagine them all sleeping with it under their pillows. Buy it now while stocks last.' -- Probation Journal `This book is highly recommended. It would be a very useful text for all those involved in assessment of students both in social work and allied professions.' -- Journal of Social Work Practice `...is likely to be read with relief and gratitude by students and with interest by anyone working in social work education.' -- Child and Family Social Work `explores a range of issues relevant to the improvement of practice competence and its evaluation.' -- Community Care
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85302-332-3 (9781853023323)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
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.
Content
1.Social Work Competence: An Historical Perspective, Kieran O'Hagan. 2. Competence in Conciliation Work, Margaret Fawcett and Kate Lewis. 3.Competence in Residential Childcare, Johnnie Gibson and John Turtle. 4.Competence in Mental Health Social Work, Jim Campbell.5.Competence in Child Protection, Kieran O'Hagan. 6.Competence in Risk Analysis, Greg Kelly. 7.Competence in Health Care, John McLaughlin. 8.Competence in Criminal Justice, Gerry Heery. 9.Competence in Respite Care for Learning Disability, Clare Waring. 10.Competence in Working with Families, Dorota Iwaniec. 11.Competence and the Children Act, John Pinkerton and Stan Houston. The Contributors. Index.