eBook, PDF

Social Work Competences (eBook, PDF)

Core Knowledge, Values and Skills

Redaktion: Vass, Anthony Andreas

Beschreibung

`[A]ims to clarify how competent practice emerges from the integration of knowledge, values and skills.... It includes fairly detailed discussion of core values, knowledge and skills, devoting a chapter to each and going on to make links with particular areas of work. Thoughtful cross referencing between contributors and extensive reference to research and other relevant literature promotes appreciation that competent practice requires integration' - Child and Family Social Work



This original textbook provides an invaluable introduction to the required core knowledge, values and skills in social work today. Within the context of critical debate about knowledge, values and skills, a highly respected team of contributors focus their attention on three key areas: social work with children and families; community care and social work with adults; and probation and social work with offenders.

One of the most important and innovative features of the text is that it offers a practical tool for readers to identify and monitor competences. Knowledge, values and skills are integrated to produce a set of competences, the main components of which are then shown in practice as problem-solving devices against which readers can evaluate their own understanding of competent and effective practice.

Technische Details

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Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Antony A Vass is Professor of Social and Penal Studies and Head of the School of Social Work and Health Sciences at Middlesex University. He is professionally qualified in social work (probation studies) and has worked in various fields of social work including the voluntary sector, hospital settings, a local authority social services department and the probation service. He has published numerous articles in academic and professional journals and his books include Alternatives to Prison (Sage, 1990) and Working with Offenders (Sage, 1996; edited with Tim May). CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Helen Cosis Brown Middlesex University Jane Dutton Middlesex University Ravi Kohli Middlesex University Beverley Morgan Jennifer Pearce Middlesex University

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857025968
• Artikelnr.: 38396916

Rezensionen

`[A]ims to clarify how competent practice emerges from the integration of knowledge, values and skills.... It includes fairly detailed discussion of core values, knowledge and skills, devoting a chapter to each and going on to make links with particular areas of work. Thoughtful cross referencing between contributors and extensive reference to research and other relevant literature promotes appreciation that competent practice requires integration' - Child and Family Social Work `This is a welcome book for anyone needing an academic introduction to the competency framework and its application to social work practice....is successful in promoting the importance of integrating social work knowledge, values and skills as a means of achieving competant practice' -Issues in Social Work Education