Post-Qualifying Child Care Social Work: Developing Reflective Practice / Edition 1

by Gillian Ruch

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412928267
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/26/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Gillian Ruch is a registered social worker with a background in childcare social work. Her current position is Senior Lecturer in the Division of Social Work Studies at the University of Southampton.

Table of Contents

PART 1 THE CONTEMPORARY FRAMEWORK OF POST-QUALIFICATION CHILD CARE PRACTICE
Introduction - Developing Holistic Social Work Practitioners - Gillian Ruch
The PQ Framework, PQ and CPD Developments: Consolidation Unit - Gill Tunney
Reflective Practice and Reflective Spaces - Gillian Ruch
Observational Practices in Working with Children and Families - Gillian Ruch
Every Child Matters and the Context for Inter-Professional and Inter-Agency Practice - Chris Warren-Adamson
Practice Education and "Enabling Others' - Kish Bhatti Sinclair
PART TWO - THE POST-QUALIFICATION CURRICULUM
Focus on the Child - Tim Gully
Child Observation and Professional Practice - Fiona Mc Kinnon
'Holding the Child in Mind' - Gillian Ruch
Working in Partnership with Children, their Families, Carers and Professionals
Innovatory and Regulatory Practice in Contemporary Child Care Social Work - Teri Rogers
Collaborative Practice and its Complexity - Chris Warren-Adamson
PART THREE - CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
The Way Ahead - Gillian Ruch
Reflective Practice and Relationships