Reflective Practice in Social Work

by Christine Knott (Editor), Terry Scragg (Editor)

Reflective practice is at the heart of becoming a competent and confident social worker. It’s both a key element of learning and development on social work courses and an important aspect of social work practice. This accessible and introductory text explores a range of approaches to reflective practice that aims to help students become more confident in answering key questions, including ′what is reflective practice?′, ‘how do I develop as a reflective practitioner?’, ‘how do I maintain reflective practice in key contexts?’.  There are sections on writing reflective journals, communicating well with service users and carers and reflective practice while on placements.

Genres: Social Work

200 pages, Paperback

First published August 24, 2007

Reviews

[Applied Social Studies Bedford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reflective practice is a key element of learning and development on social work courses. This fully-updated new edition explores a range of approaches to reflective practice and includes sections on gender, reflecting on emotion and using reflection as a catalyst for change, as well as asking the fundamental question ‘what is reflective practice?’

Written in three parts, this essential guide starts with a broad exploration of reflection, drawing on some key texts that have informed its development. It then moves on to real practice issues including the management of social work practice and interprofessional working.

[Applied Social Studies Bedford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is available in print from the University of Bedfordshire Library at: http://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b140...

It ocvers a whole range of issues in reflective practice including reflecting on emotion, using reflection as a catalyst for change, gender and reflective practice, reflective practice on your placement and reflective practice for collaborative working.

[Ericka]

Great book for a field education class