Description
Book SynopsisDr Godfred Boahen is a Policy and Research Officer at the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), UK.
Dr Fran Wiles is a qualified social worker registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the Open University, UK.
What does it mean to be âprofessionalâ in social work? Which professional skills and values should you develop as a social worker or student of the field? Can developing self-management help social workers to refine their professional skills?
This accessible yet rigorous text, written by authors with extensive social work experience, advances the theory that there is one guiding thread behind the skills and capabilities associated with professionalism: self-management. This novel insight gains its relevance from the fact that social workers are increasingly expected to demonstrate high standards of professionalism when working with service users and colleagues but often lack
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. What is Professionalism?
3. Self-management Skills
4. Identifying Skills for Professionalism
5. Skills for Supporting People to Self-manage
6. Communication Skills
7. Safeguarding and Risk Management Skills
8. Leadership Skills
9. Extended Case Examples
10. Conclusion
