
- 456 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
The Social Work Companion
About this book
This new and fully updated edition of a hugely popular textbook is a practical and user-friendly guide that lets students know what to expect from their course and will be there every step of the way as a reference tool. Written by experts in the field, the book guides the reader through from their academic study on social work courses to entering the field as a practitioner. The Social Work Companion is the essential survival guide for students on qualifying courses in social work and a helpful resource for experienced practitioners. New to this Edition:
- A indispensable wide-ranging yet accessible coverage of the core areas of theory and practice studied on a typical social work degree course
- A wealth of guidance on study skills, advice about possible career directions, and extensive signposting to sources of further information
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- about the authors
- preface to the first edition
- preface to the second edition
- acknowledgements
- list of figures
- introduction
- 1 STUDYING SOCIAL WORK
- 2 CORE TOPICS
- 3 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS
- 4 KEY THEORIES
- 5 DRAWING ON RESEARCH
- 6 CAREER PATHWAYS
- suggestions for further reading
- references
- index