Description
Book SynopsisThis book offers a unique insight into the possibilities of CPD and the issues it presents for newly qualified and experienced social workers in practice. It offers possible directions for the future of post qualifying social work education, making it essential reading for practitioners, educators, managers and policy-makers.
Trade Review"practitioners, educators, managers and policy makers...will find plenty that speaks to their concerns within these pages." The British Journal of Social Work
"Unabashedly asserts the imperative of lifelong learning in social work practice with broad applicability to practising social workers around the world." Brenda L. Morris MSW, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
"This book speaks from the authority of a large-scale survey and from the authors’ own commitment to the power of continuing professional education for positive change in an unfavourable climate." Mark Doel, Sheffield Hallam University, England
Table of ContentsCPD: 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.
