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Download this eBook Demystifying Mental Capacity
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Demystifying Mental Capacity


Keith Brown , Lee-Ann Fenge , Sally Lee , Michael Lyne


This very practical book helps professionals and students to engage critically with their practice by addressing mental capacity and adult safeguarding. Its accessible and easy to navigate format include key topics surrounding assisted decision making, deprivation of...

Publication date: 2020-04-23
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Publisher: Learning Matters
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Download this eBook Social Work with Looked After Children
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Social Work with Looked After Children


Lucille Allain , Christine Cocker


This practical book looks at the experiences of children in need who live in state care and the social worker's role in working with them.This is a popular guide to this complex and demanding area of practice. There are chapters on communication and children's rights,...

Publication date: 2019-04-15
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Publisher: Learning Matters
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Download this eBook Putting Professional Leadership into Practice in Social Work
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Putting Professional Leadership into Practice in Social Work


Peter Scourfield


The ability to demonstrate professional leadership is a core requirement for social work students and social workers operating at all levels. This comprehensive textbook is ideal for any student on a social work course, from undergraduate to postgraduate study, and will...

Publication date: 2018-09-29
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Publisher: Learning Matters
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Download this eBook Social Work with Disadvantaged and Marginalised People
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Social Work with Disadvantaged and Marginalised People


Sara Ashencaen Crabtree , Jonathan Parker


Social workers, whatever their specialism, practise with people at the margins of society. It is therefore essential that all social work students not only understand the powers and processes that lead to disadvantage and marginalisation but develop the knowledge and...

Publication date: 2017-10-30
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Publisher: Learning Matters
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Download this eBook Safeguarding Adults
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Safeguarding Adults


Keith Brown , Lee-Ann Fenge , Sally Lee


Provides busy social work and health care practitioners with an accessible guide to adult safeguarding in the context of mental capacity and financial abuse. Drawing on evidence and contemporary examples from practice this book will help readers understand the new...

Publication date: 2017-05-08
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Publisher: Learning Matters
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Download this eBook Getting Ready for Direct Practice in Social Work
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Getting Ready for Direct Practice in Social Work


Peter Scourfield


This very practical book will support students to meet the requirements of the compulsory Readiness for Direct Practice assessment. Useful for social work students and lecturers alike, it takes each of the 9 domains that students are tested on, breaks them down step-by...

Publication date: 2017-05-08
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Download this eBook Research Design in Social Work
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Research Design in Social Work


Anne Campbell , Anne Mcglade , Brian J. Taylor


Social work research often focuses on qualitative designs and many students believe that the quantitative research pathway is either too complicated or is beyond their grasp. This book outlines how social work students can undertake a research project from either a...

Publication date: 2016-10-18
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Download this eBook Proactive Child Protection and Social Work
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Proactive Child Protection and Social Work


Liz Davies , Nora Duckett


Protecting children from abuse and neglect is a serious and complex area of social work practice and understanding the critical skills of communicating with and listening to children's voices, and those of their advocates and survivors, is essential. In this new edition...

Publication date: 2016-04-07
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Download this eBook New Directions in Social Work Practice
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New Directions in Social Work Practice


Kieron Hatton


‘Hatton’s book is a welcome antidote to stagnation and moribund thinking in contemporary professional practice and readers will gain much from engaging with the concepts he sets out and the challenges he raises.’ Jonathan Parker, Series Editor Since the first...

Publication date: 2015-11-23
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Download this eBook Understanding and Using Research in Social Work
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Understanding and Using Research in Social Work


Campbell Killick , Anne Mcglade , Brian J. Taylor


How do social work students learn to use research to underpin their practice decisions?How do they learn that research is not an activity unconnected to their professional role and responsibilities, but rather acts as a foundation for their knowledge? By using the...

Publication date: 2015-10-19
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Download this eBook Social Work with Adults
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Social Work with Adults


Lucy Bright , Helen Davies , Jim Rogers


Social work with vulnerable adults is becoming increasingly centred on a key piece of legislation: the Mental Capacity Act. The Act provides a framework for protecting the vulnerable while allowing those who may lack capacity to have certain safeguards enshrined in law....

Publication date: 2015-10-12
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Download this eBook Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law for Social Workers
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Mental Health and Mental Capacity Law for Social Workers


Simon Godefroy


Many social work students find the study of mental health legislation a complex and at times challenging process. Acts of law can seem irrelevant and far-removed from everyday practice and the person-centred approach that many social workers take. This book introduces...

Publication date: 2015-07-22
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Download this eBook Self-Leadership and Personal Resilience in Health and Social Care
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Self-Leadership and Personal Resilience in Health and Social Care


Jane Holroyd


This is essential reading for professionals making judgements under pressure. It demonstrates how self-leadership is not only about surviving but thriving in a continually changing environment and introduces key theories, skills and debates to help professionals deliver...

Publication date: 2015-03-13
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Download this eBook Effective Observation in Social Work Practice
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Effective Observation in Social Work Practice


Maureen O'loughlin , Steve O'loughlin


Introducing the concept of observation to social work students can be a complex and challenging task. Assessing their observation skills and assignments can be even harder, especially if much of this work takes place implicitly, throughout their training and placements....

Publication date: 2014-12-15
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Download this eBook Social Work with Children, Young People and their Families in Scotland
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Social Work with Children, Young People and their Families in Scotland


Steve Hothersall


This fully-updated and revised third edition addresses the changes to law and practice in relation to adoption and permanency, the children’s hearing system and the implications of the provisions of the Children and Young People (S) Act 2014 and other related matters,...

Publication date: 2014-04-22
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Download this eBook Groupwork Practice in Social Work
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Groupwork Practice in Social Work


Trevor Lindsay , Sue Orton


The social work degree requires that students clearly demonstrate competence in working with groups. Many social work students will begin working with families, communities and organisations before they qualify and are regularly assessed on this groupwork practice...

Publication date: 2014-04-15
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Download this eBook Social Work and Foster Care
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Social Work and Foster Care


Helen Cosis Brown


Working with children in foster care is a demanding and rigorous aspect of social work practice. Difficult decisions in fast-moving and often complex situations have to be made, and for students and practitioners alike, there is a vast array of legislation, law and...

Publication date: 2014-02-17
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Download this eBook Personalisation in Social Work
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Personalisation in Social Work


Ali Gardner


The government agenda on Personalisation and self-directed support is fast-moving and rapidly changing. It is vital therefore that students and practitioners alike are aware of the key issues and debates, as well as the policy that surrounds this area of practice. This...

Publication date: 2014-02-17
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Download this eBook Professional Social Work
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Professional Social Work


Mark Doel , Jonathan Parker


If social work students are to flourish in their careers, and go beyond a basic sense of ‘competence’ in practice, it is essential to develop a sense of Professional Self. This book will help students develop critical understanding of their own social work practice, and...

Publication date: 2013-11-08
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Download this eBook Social Work with Drug, Alcohol and Substance Misusers
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Social Work with Drug, Alcohol and Substance Misusers


Anthony Goodman


It has long been recognised that clients with addiction problems need a skilled and thoughtful response when they come into contact with social services. However, students often find that policy and the law surrounding working with drug, alcohol and substance misusers...

Publication date: 2013-10-14
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Publisher: Learning Matters
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