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How to be a Social Worker

A Critical Guide for Students
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How to be a Social Worker by Priscilla Dunk-West provides a comprehensive guide to the profession of social work, diving into the essential skills and knowledge required for effective practice. It explores the various roles and challenges faced by social workers, offering insights into the impact of social contexts and relationships. The book focuses on developing practical skills and understanding their application in real-world situations, making it a valuable resource for both aspiring and practising social workers.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book may appeal to you if you're seeking a comprehensive guide to the roles and responsibilities of social workers, particularly in the context of current political and societal challenges. It offers practical insights and strategies useful for both aspiring and practising social workers.

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How to be a Social Worker

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This textbook equips social work students with the tools to develop a social work identity. It provides a critical examination of the knowledge base of social work – from human growth and development to social work research – and explores how a practitioner’s own values, principles, and experience combine to shape their social work identity and practice alongside this.

Linked to a range of core modules on pre-qualifying social work programmes but written also for those practitioners committed to nurturing their own social work identities, How to be a Social Worker is a must-have text. From one of social work's most up-and-coming authors, this book brings together all areas of the classroom and practice curriculum to make learning a novel, creative, and interactive process.

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How to be a Social Worker by Priscilla Dunk-West is praised as an excellent introduction to the field, particularly beneficial for those beginning social work training. Reviewers highlight its accessibility and usefulness as a resource during placements and throughout social work courses.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781137608048

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 August 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 328g

Pages: 212

About the Author

Priscilla Dunk-West is a Senior Lecturer in social work at Flinders University, Australia. A sociologist and social worker, Priscilla has held university appointments in both Australia and England, teaching across a wide range of modules on the Social Work curriculum; her research interests include couple and family relationships, and social work practice.

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