SOCIAL WORK A COMPANION TO LEARNING

'IN RECENT YEARS, SOCIAL WORK HAS BEEN DEVALUED BY POLITICIANS AND THE MEDIA. HOWEVER IT REQUIRES PRACTITIONERS EQUIPPED WITH KEY SKILLS TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES AND ROOTED IN VALUES WHICH STIMULATE THEM TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE. IT IS HEARTENING THAT SOCIAL WORK EDUCATORS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EQUIPPING SOCIAL WORKERS WITH THE SKILLS AND VALUES TO PROMOTE A BETTER SOCIETY. THIS BOOK WILL OPEN HEARTS AND MINDS TO ACHIEVE THESE ENDS' - BOB HOLMAN, FORMER COMMUNITY WORKER AND PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL WORK A COMPANION TO LEARNING IS AN EXCITING AND DEFINITIVE NEW BOOK THAT WILL EQUIP READERS WITH THE CORE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THEY NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEIR SOCIAL WORK TRAINING, AND GO ON TO BE AN EFFECTIVE PRACTITIONER. THE TEXT TAKES A HOLISTIC AND CRITICAL APPROACH, NOT ONLY ENABLING STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO PRACTISE SOCIAL WORK EFFECTIVELY, BUT ALSO HOW TO LOCATE THIS PRACTICE WITHIN ITS SOCIETAL CONTEXT. WRITTEN AND EDITED B