A must-have text for social work students and practitioners which draws on the extensive years of experience of Principal Social Workers to shed light on contemporary issues.
Principal Social Workers are highly skilled and experienced professionals who lead and support social work practice and develop new social workers and social care practitioners. They are senior managers but also remain actively involved with frontline practice so they can report on the views and experiences of practitioners at all levels. Their experience and knowledge is a hitherto untapped goldmine. This book draws upon the years of experience that are represented within the role and gives a voice to the experience of PSWs. Accessible and accurate, these chapters discuss contemporary practice issues such as sustainability, poverty and racism. Common to all the chapters is the central position of the relationship in social work practice. This book will give food for thought to any social worker or social work care practitioner.
This book offers a refreshing and accessible take on contemporary practice issues. Presented in an accessible style, each chapter displays an area of practice that has personal resonance for the author. It encourage critical thinking by taking a broader concept and asking the reader 'what does this mean for social work practice?'
Table of Contents:
Foreword Lord Patel
Foreword Ian Lawrence
Introduction Tanya Moore
Chapter 1 – Patchwork of relationships Sarah Range
Chapter 2 - Ways of Writing Fiona Hayward
Chapter 3 - Relationship Based Practice Claudia Megele
Chapter 4 - Safeguarding Adults Fran Leddra
Chapter 5 - A Reflection on On-Line Relationships and the Changing Landscape of Practice Claudia Megele
Chapter 6 - Human Rights and Social Work Hannah Scaife
Chapter 7 - Poverty and the need for Radical Relational Practice Lisa Aldridge
Chapter 8 - Relationships and Reciprocity? Strengths-based social work in adult social care Tanya Moore
Chapter 9 - Understanding Racial Dynamics in Supervision Godfred Boahen
Chapter 10 - Anti-Racist Leadership Sara Taylor
Chapter 11 - Does Sustainability Have a Place in Social Work? Tendai Murowe
Chapter 12 - Social Worker's Relationship with CPD Tanya Moore
Chapter 13 - Our Wellbeing Leire Agirre
About the Author :
Dr Tanya Moore is a social worker, teacher and academic. She currently leads on the professional doctorate in social work at The Tavistock and Portman but previous roles have included Principal Social Worker, voluntary sector Chief Executive and University Lecturer.
Tanya is interested in the role of individual social workers as activists for social justice and in the promotion of reflective, theoretically informed practice across social work and social care. She co-edited The Anti-Racist Social Worker with Glory Simango and her doctoral research is in the emotional experience of continuing professional development for social workers.
