Social Work Resources
Academic Writing and Referencing for your Social Work Degree
An essential text for all those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, providing study support and skills development for academic writing and referencing.
Anti-racism in Social Work practice
This book re-visits anti-racism within social work practice and education from a student focused and informed perspective based on lived experience and conversations, offering practical model and tools for students and lecturers that are tried and tested.
Communication Skills for your Social Work Degree
For those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, this book provides study support and skills development for both oral and written communication in the context of social work.
Critical Thinking Skills for your Social Work Degree
An essential text for all those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, providing study support and skills development for critical thinking, reading and writing.
Innovations in Practice Learning
As a practice educator, do you sometimes encounter difficulties in supporting individual students through placement? This book is a handy companion of innovative practice to help you through those times.
Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System
A Social Work Perspective
The book examines the experiences of people with mental health problems across all stages of the Criminal Justice System.
Observing Children and Families
Beyond the Surface
This book explains the unique insights that child observation can bring to practice with children and families and helps the reader develop their own skills in this approach.
Personal Safety for Social Workers and Health Professionals
Social workers and health professionals are often placed in situations where they are verbally or physically threatened by service users and others. This book will help them recognise potential risk in situations, when to avoid involvement, and how best to manage the risks.
Positive Social Work
The Essential Toolkit for NQSWs
Positive Social Work will support and help you as a NQSW to understand your role within the context of a developing Social Work service. It will ensure that you are equipped with the knowledge and skills to do the job as best you can.
Psychosocial and Relationship-based Practice
This book offers a critical multidisciplinary analysis of case studies of social work interventions from a psychosocial and relationship-based perspective.
Relationship-based Social Work with Adults
A guide to relationship-based practice for social work with adults
Safeguarding Adults Together under the Care Act 2014
A multi-agency practice guide
An essential adult safeguarding practice multi-agency framework under the Care Act 2014.
Writing Analytical Assessments in Social Work
You write something in order that it can be read, not in order that it can be written – write reports that achieve and illuminate.
Relationship-based Social Work with Adults
A guide to relationship-based practice for social work with adults
Reflective Primary Teaching
Meeting the Teachers’ Standards throughout your professional career
Fully revised and updated, this text helps trainees and teachers develop their effectiveness by reflecting on, analysing and improving their practice in the light of a deeper understanding of the professional Teachers' Standards.
The New Apprenticeships
Facilitating Learning, Mentoring, Coaching and Assessing
A key text for all those involved in supporting the new apprentices, as mentors, coaches, assessors and learning facilitators.
Professional Learning Communities and Teacher Enquiry
Written for teachers, this concise guide takes an evidence-based approach to professional learning communities and teacher enquiry, with practical advice on how to engage with and evaluate various models.
Classroom Talk
Written for teachers, this concise guide takes an evidence-based approach to oracy / classroom talk with practical advice on how to engage with and evaluate the ideas explored.
Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Assessment
An accessible, carefully researched, quick-read on assessment for early career teachers, linked to the new ECF.
Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Mental Well-being and Self-care
An accessible, carefully researched, quick-read on mental well-being and self-care for all early career teachers.