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Newly-Qualified Social Workers

A Practice Guide to the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment

Jonathan Parker editor Keith Brown editor Di Galpin editor Steven Keen editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd

Published:26th Aug '16

Should be back in stock very soon

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The first year of practice can be a particularly daunting and challenging time for newly-qualified social workers (NQSWs). This fully revised and updated book directly addresses the crucial transition period between finishing off the social work degree and managing the first years of practice.  It offers down to earth, practical guidance on applying for your first post and managing your work load in the first few years. From useful sections on the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE), supervision, dealing with conflict, court skills, report writing, and team work to what professionalism actually looks like in practice, this book will throw a life belt to not only NQSWs entering the workplace but for students on qualifying programmes who wish to develop their skills beyond graduation.  

This publication gives a fuller introduction to the ASYE, brings together some of the best current thinking about how we can support NQSWs and also offers practical support to new graduates coming into the social work profession, setting them on a course of continuing professional development that we trust will become an integral aspect of their career progression.
-- Dame Moira Gibb, Chair, Skills for Care
A distinguishing feature is the range of contributors, including service users, carers, managers, academics and NQSWs. Vignettes that include the voice of service users and carers are poignant, helping to link theory to practice, and serve as reminders of the importance of effective social work. The practice guide has been written in such a way that readers can dip into areas of interest as needed. It covers a broad range of areas, and readers are encouraged to follow further reading suggestions to gain a depth of understanding on specific topics. -- Joanna Appleby, Doctoral candidate, University of Auckland

ISBN: 9781473977976

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 440g

248 pages

3rd Revised edition