The Social Work Companion
eBook - PDF

The Social Work Companion

  1. 456 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

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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Yes, you can access The Social Work Companion by Neil Thompson,Sue Thompson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Social Work. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781137502179
eBook ISBN
9781137502186

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. about the authors
  7. preface to the first edition
  8. preface to the second edition
  9. acknowledgements
  10. list of figures
  11. introduction
  12. 1 STUDYING SOCIAL WORK
  13. 2 CORE TOPICS
  14. 3 KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS
  15. 4 KEY THEORIES
  16. 5 DRAWING ON RESEARCH
  17. 6 CAREER PATHWAYS
  18. suggestions for further reading
  19. references
  20. index