Post-Qualifying Child Care Social Work : Developing Reflective Practice

by Gillian Ruch

• ISBN13: 9781412928267
• ISBN10: 1412928265
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-26
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

This textbook provides an overview of the Post Qualifying Child Care Award in social work. Written in response to recent policy and training guidelines, it provides the underpinning knowledge for candidates following the Post Qualifying curriculum. It helps child care social workers acquire and develop the breadth of knowledge and understanding that characterise best practice. 

Table of Contents

The Contemporary Framework of Post-Qualification Child Care Practice

Introduction - Developing Holistic Social Work Practitioners

The PQ Framework, PQ and CPD Developments: Consolidation Unit

Reflective Practice and Reflective Spaces

Observational Practices in Working with Children and Families

Every Child Matters and the Context for Inter-Professional and Inter-Agency Practice

Practice Education and "Enabling Others'

The Post-Qualification Curriculum

Focus on the Child

Child Observation and Professional Practice

'Holding the Child in Mind'

Working in Partnership with Children, their Families, Carers and Professionals

Innovatory and Regulatory Practice in Contemporary Child Care Social Work

Collaborative Practice and its Complexity

Continuing Professional Development and Future Directions

The Way Ahead

Reflective Practice and Relationships

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