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The Critical Practitioner in Social Work and Health Care takes a comprehensive and reflective look at key areas of practice and the challenges professionals face in training and in their working lives The chapters focus on the skills and values fundamental tthe caring role and helps readers understand the importance of being able tadapt tchanging demands and expectations Key FeaturesPresents a multiprofessional approach, incorporating examples from health, social work, and social careOffers an integrated approach ttheory and practiceInclludes a range of case studies tillustrate key themes and issuesProvides coverage of core topics such as: ethics, management, supervision, teamwork, interprofessional working, practice with service-users, research, policy issues, accountabilityStrongly supports underpinning knowledge for the National Occupational Standards and subject benchmarks The book encourages the reader tdevelop the confidence and analytic skills tachieve best practice across all areas of their work It will be required reading for all those studying social work, nursing, and allied caring professions It will alsbe of great help tpractitioners wishing treflect on and develop their own practiceThis Reader is based on a number of updated chapters from Brechin et al Critical Practice in Health and Social Care alspublished by SAGE PublicationsSandy Fraser is a Lecturer in Social Work, Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University He is Chair of the Critical Social Work Practice course His previous publications include: Doing Research with Children and Young People and The Reality of Research with Children and Young People (both 2004) and co-edited with Vicky Lewis, Sharon Ding, Mary Kellett and Chris Robinson, London: Sage Publications/The Open UniversitySarah Matthews is a Staff Tutor in The Open University regional office in Manchester She is alsa Mental Health Act Commissioner and runs a training and consultancy business She worked for 20 years as a qualified social worker, latterly as a senior manager
