Bøger af Mark Doel

Follows the stories about good practice, to reflect on the lessons learned, and to feel uplifted by social work's potential for positive change and social justice. This book includes case examples from a wide range of service user groups, including people with mental health problems, disabilities, parenting difficulties, and those living in care.

Mark Doel's and Peter Marsh's new book teaches the necessary practical skills by setting the approach in the context of the major concerns of modern social work and by linking it to its research basis.

Recognising the centrality of the practice placement in preparing students to become effective social workers, this book offers practical guidance to both students and their practice teachers regarding how to enhance learning on placement in social work agencies.

An interactive textbook designed to help users engage with key aspects of modern social work practice, while also providing an excellent digest of the most important literature.

This open learning work offers practical means of achieving successful social work teaching. It is divided into modules which cover supervision of practice teaching, the use of prior learning, good placement strategies, anti-oppressive teaching practice, learning styles, and content.

Launching Palgrave's new interdisciplinary Professional Keywords series, this reader-friendly reference guide distils the vast field of groupwork study and practice into digestible, yet authoritative, chunks. With over 60 alphabetized entries, it is the perfect introduction to groupwork for health and social care practice.

In this hugely accessible new book, Mark Doel guides the reader through a proper consideration of these questions by examining the typical ethical dilemmas that challenge social workers on a daily basis. Inquisitive, probing and intellectually stimulating, Rights and Wrongs in Social Work untangles the complexity of ethics in social work and argues that, by constantly questioning our assumptions and the situations we find ourselves in, we will eventually come to a better understanding of what is right.Each chapter of the book is centred on a different real-life dilemma that social workers might face on a typical day in practice - such as relationship boundaries, confidentiality and whistleblowing. Clear and enormously readable, it uses a wealth of creative and engaging features and techniques to support learning and encourage readers to apply theory to practice, including:* A vast array of vibrant case studies and detailed practice examples* Time Boxes to link chapter topics with ethical dilemmas from history* The Big Picture sections to place ethical issues into the wider frame of public policy* Discussion of the guidance available from official codes, standards and principles, such as the IFSW/ IASSW's joint Statement of Ethical PrinciplesAn invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike, Rights and Wrongs in Social Work draws on the author's many years of experience in the field to successfully unpack the complex concepts of ethics and values in a clear, thought-provoking way.

Thisátext bridges the gap by offering learning activities that can be worked in both settings. The book is divided into four main parts that accounts for the major areas of social work practice. Part I covers the foundations of practice, including self awareness and knowing and learning about the community within one will practice. The second part deals with direct practice and covers individual assessment and group work. The third part focuses on agency practice and finally the last part covers special issues for consideration, including multicultural practice, law-informed practice, ethics, specialist and comparative practice.

The theme of this text is partnership. It explores the principles on which task-centred practice is based, while offering practical guidelines for work, whether with people who seek help with social problems, or with those who are "involuntary clients".