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Continuing Professional Development in Social Work
Carmel Halton
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Description for Continuing Professional Development in Social Work
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Continuing professional development (CPD) has become a defining issue in twenty-first century social work. There is widespread consensus in favour of CPD. But what is it? Are there discernible international trends? What are the barriers to participating in CPD? What do social workers think about and want from CPD? This book seeks to answer these questions. Based on a survey and interviews with social work practitioners, CPD in social work offers a unique insight into the possibilities and challenges of CPD and the issues it presents for newly qualified and experienced social workers in practice. Combining the perspectives of social ... Read more
Continuing professional development (CPD) has become a defining issue in twenty-first century social work. There is widespread consensus in favour of CPD. But what is it? Are there discernible international trends? What are the barriers to participating in CPD? What do social workers think about and want from CPD? This book seeks to answer these questions. Based on a survey and interviews with social work practitioners, CPD in social work offers a unique insight into the possibilities and challenges of CPD and the issues it presents for newly qualified and experienced social workers in practice. Combining the perspectives of social ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
345g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447307389
SKU
V9781447307389
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Ref
99-50
About Carmel Halton
Carmel Halton is Director of Practice and Director of Master of Social Work Programme at University College Cork. Fred Powell is Dean of Social Science and Professor of Social Policy at University College Cork. Margaret Scanlon is a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork.
Reviews for Continuing Professional Development in Social Work
"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 ... Read more