Social Care: Learning from Practice - Brossura

Noel Howard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0717159698 ISBN 13: 9780717159697

Casa editrice: Gill & Macmillan Ltd, 2014

Riassunto

Written by social care workers, this unique multi-contributory book draws on insightful stories of practice to discuss the key issues that impact on social care today.

• Provides a wealth of practical knowledge from the experiences of social care workers who have worked with different groups in diverse settings.
  
  
• Goes behind the rhetoric and theory to examine the unpredictable, difficult and challenging aspects of social care work.
  
  
• Draws from real-life case studies illustrating both positive and negative experiences and outcomes, and examines the tasks and core competencies of social care work.
  
  
• Reflects on the professionalisation of social care as a vital service utilised by Tusla (Child and Family Agency), the Health Service Executive and other stakeholders.
  
  
• Discusses the evolution of social care from residential child care to an expanded, multifaceted and integrated practice.
  
  
• Details the establishment of the representative body Social Care Ireland (SCI) in 2011, which is made up of the Irish Association of Social Care Workers (IASCW), the Irish Association of Social Care Management (IASCM) and the Irish Association of Social Care Educators (IASCE).

Written For:

• Students of Social Care
• Social care workers preparing for continuing professional development (CPD), and allied health and social care professionals
• Those interested in a career in social care

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Informazioni sull'autore

Noel Howard is a retired social care worker and manager. He is the founder member and secretary of Social Care Ireland and is Chair of Care Leavers Ireland Charity. As a member of a religious order he taught in schools in the USA and Pakistan from 1963 to 1969. In 1973 he became a child care worker in the Irish detention school system and, prior to retiring, was Deputy Director of St Joseph's Special School, Ferryhouse, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, for nine years. He has written on social care work and edits publications for the Irish Association of Social Care Workers (IASCW). Denise Lyons is a lecturer in the Department of Humanities, Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, and has worked as a social care worker in residential care for several years. Her primary interest in social care is on the integration of the personal and professional development of the worker and how an awareness of the self enhances best practice. She is also an art therapist and the editor of Creative Studies for the Caring Professions. Denise is currently the President of Social Care Ireland (2012-2014).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0717159698
• ISBN 13: 9780717159697
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Redattore: Noel Howard, Denise Lyons
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile