Continuing professional development in social work

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4473-0737-2
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Continuing professional development (CPD) has become a defining issue in twenty-first century social work. There is widespread consensus in favour of CPD. But what is it? Are there discernible international trends? What are the barriers to participating in CPD? What do social workers think about and want from CPD? This book seeks to answer these questions.

Based on a survey and interviews with social work practitioners, CPD in social work offers a unique insight into the possibilities and challenges of CPD and the issues it presents for newly qualified and experienced social workers in practice. Combining the perspectives of social workers and their managers with international research, assures its global appeal. It offers possible directions for the future of post qualifying social work education, making it essential reading for practitioners, educators, managers and policy-makers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halton, Carmel

Powell, Fred

Scanlon, Margaret

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CPD: the International Context;

Contemporary Debates in Social Work Education;

CPD: a national study;

Barriers to Participation;

Supervision;

Learning and Reflection;

Thinking and acting;

Conclusion: challenges and futurescapes.

Über Autor(innen)

Scanlon, Margaret
Margaret Scanlon is Research Coordinator for the Institute of Social Science in the 21st Century at University College Cork.

Powell, Fred
Fred Powell served as Professor of Social Policy and founding Head of the School of Applied Social Studies at UCC for 25 years, Dean of Social Science and latterly Student Ombudsman. He received the Richard Titmuss Book Award in 2018.

Carmel Halton is Director of Practice and Director of Master of Social Work Programme at University College Cork.

Fred Powell is Dean of Social Science and Professor of Social Policy at University College Cork.

Margaret Scanlon is a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork.