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Getting Ready for Direct Practice in Social Work
First Edition
- Peter Scourfield - Anglia Ruskin University, UK
May 2017 | 224 pages | Learning Matters
This very practical book will support students to meet the requirements of the compulsory Readiness for Direct Practice assessment. Useful for social work students and lecturers alike, it takes each of the 9 domains that students are tested on, breaks them down step-by step and provides a range of interactive activities that enable them to acquire the knowledge, values and skills for practice required at this level. It offers students a foundation to the key areas of knowledge for each of the 9 domains, while also signposting them to other popular books in the Transforming Social Work Practice series for a more detailed discussion as well.
Introduction
Professionalism
Values and Ethics
Diversity
Rights, Justice and Economic Wellbeing
Knowledge
Critical reflection and Analysis
Intervention and Skills
Contexts and Organisations
Professional Leadership
Pulling it altogether and preparing to practise
This book provides Stage 1 students with all the essential information needed to get ready for direct practice. It maps to the PCF which cements students understanding of holistic concepts of capability.
It is a useful guide for students new in placement, who are self-evaluating the PCF domains they are meeting. There are practical activities to support their self-assessment.
School of Social Policy, Sociology & Social Research, University of Kent
September 19, 2023
An essential book in preparing students for placements and practice
Department of Social Work and Health, Nottingham Trent University
June 5, 2020
