Surviving your Social Work Placement

Name: Surviving your Social Work Placement
Brand: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781137328229
Price: 67.95 NZD
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By Karen Jones and Robert Lomax

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Surviving your Social Work Placement is a clear and concise guide designed to support students throughout their social work placements. Filled with practical tips, quotes, activities, and illustrations, the book helps students prepare effectively and navigate the challenges encountered during their practice learning. It offers insights from both students and professionals to maximise the placement experience and prepare for practice modules successfully.
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This book is ideal for social work students at any stage of their studies, as well as learners in health and social care seeking to enhance their practical experience during placements.

This concise, well-priced book is just perfect for social work students preparing for and undertaking placement. Full of tips, quotes, activities and illustrations, it offers clear advice on how to get the best out of practice learning opportunities, as well as insight into students' perspectives for practice assessors, lecturers and practitioners.

"A tutor in a book. A helpful and practical guide, responding and answering the many questions students ask time and time again!" - Andrea Collins, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care, University of Gloucestershire, UK. Review of a previous edition. "Practical and easy to use. It gives students the opportunity to develop and continue the process of self-reflection." - Jacqueline Smith, Head of the Centre for the Development of Social Care Practice at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Review of a previous edition.

Description

This clear and concise textbook is an invaluable guide for students embarking on their social work placements. Packed with tips, quotes, activities, and illustrations, it offers coherent advice on how to get the best out of practice learning opportunities. It also provides insight into students’ perspectives for practice assessors, lecturers, and practitioners.

Following the process of placement, the book guides students through their preparation for practice placement modules by presenting helpful ideas and practical advice on how to overcome potential challenges and make the most of the opportunities offered to students on their placements.

Written by experienced academics, Surviving your Social Work Placement is an essential companion for students at any stage in their social work course, as well as those studying other areas of health and social care practice.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781137328229

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 January 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 1 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 414g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

Robert Lomax is Staff Tutor, HSC South West Region for The Open University, UK.

Karen Jones is Professional Lead and Senior Lecturer in Social Work in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of West of England, UK. She is the co-author of Best Practice in Social Work, also published by Palgrave Macmillan.