An essential guide for newly-qualified social workers embarking on a social work career.
The first year of practice can be a particularly challenging time for newly-qualified social workers. This book is therefore essential reading not only for NQSWs entering the workplace but for students on qualifying programmes who wish to develop their skills beyond graduation. This new edition draws upon recommendations from the Social Work Reform Board and includes material on the Assessed Year in Practice and how new practitioners working in both Adults and Children and Families settings can get the very best out of supervision.
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This book is an essential buy for any Newly Qualified Social workers about to start their first Social Work job. As a Newly Qualified Social Worker about to start my first professional job I have many anxieties and questions I needed help with. I ordered this book on the off chance hoping it may help a little, I am happy to say it is the best book I have ever bought! It has covered all the important topics I was worried about and even gives suggestions of preparation techniques and questions to ask when first starting a new job. This book will be kept with me at all times whilst finding my feet within the new job! - Amazon Reviewer
| About the editors |
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vii | |
| Book contributors |
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viii | |
| Foreword |
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xiii | |
| Preface |
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xv | |
| Acknowledgements |
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xvi | |
| 1 Please mind the gap |
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1 | (4) |
| 2 ASYE, CPD and lifelong learning |
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5 | (19) |
| 3 Managing transitions |
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24 | (12) |
| 4 Managing induction, probation and supervision |
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36 | (28) |
| 5 Managing the personal: from surviving to thriving in social work |
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64 | (16) |
| 6 Joining and contributing to a team |
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80 | (17) |
| 7 Contributing to service quality and development |
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97 | (21) |
| Appendix 1 ASYE: Guidance from Skills for Care |
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118 | (11) |
| Appendix 2 What is assessment? |
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129 | (7) |
| Appendix 3 Court skills |
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136 | (9) |
| Appendix 4 Using written skills: translating your learning from university to practice in developing case recording |
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145 | (7) |
| Appendix 5 Child protection for newly qualified social workers |
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152 | (4) |
| Appendix 6 Working towards ASYE: advice from an experienced lecturer |
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156 | (6) |
| Appendix 7 Safeguarding adults |
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162 | (4) |
| Appendix 8 Rights, justice and economic well-being |
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166 | (3) |
| Appendix 9 Diversity |
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169 | (3) |
| References |
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172 | (14) |
| Index |
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186 | |
Keith holds professional qualifications in nursing, social work and teaching; and academic qualifications in nursing, social work and management. He has worked in the education and training field for over 30 years, working for three universities and three local authority social work departments. Currently he is the Director of the National Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work and Professional Practice at Bournemouth University and the Director of the Centre for Leadership Impact and Management at Bournemouth. In 2005 he was awarded the Linda Ammon Memorial Award, sponsored by the then Department for Education and Skills, a prize awarded to the individual making the greatest contribution to training and education in the UK. His main academic interest lies in the fusion of academia and professional practice to help improve professional thinking and practice.
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Parker of the Health Sciences University, UK, is Professor Emeritus at Bournemouth University, Professor Emeritus at the University of Stavanger, Norway, Visiting Professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Doctoral programme team member at Universitą Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. He was one of the founders and director of the Family Assessment and Support Unit, a placement agency attached to the University of Hull and Head of the Department of Social Work. He was Chair of the Association of Teachers in Social Work Education until 2005, Vice Chair of the UK higher education representative body, the Joint University Council for Social Work Education from 2005- 2010, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has published widely (over 200 scholarly papers and chapters and 43 books): on disadvantage, marginalisation and violence, Southeast Asia, social work and welfare education internationally. He is author of the best-selling book Social Work Practice (Sage, 2025) and series editor for the highly successful Transforming Social Work Practice series (Sage).
Di Galpin is a qualified social worker, having worked for 14 years in Mental Health,disability and older peoples services. She is currently a Lecturer in Social Work at Plymouth University.
