Social Work Competences: Core Knowledge, Values and Skills (New Directions in Social Work series)
Social Work Competences: Core Knowledge, Values and Skills (New Directions in Social Work series) by Anthony Andreas Vass
English | 1996 | ISBN: 0803977999 | 240 Pages | PDF | 8.29 MB
English | 1996 | ISBN: 0803977999 | 240 Pages | PDF | 8.29 MB
This original textbook provides an invaluable introduction to the required core knowledge, values and skills in social work today. Within the context of critical debate about knowledge, values and skills, a highly respected team of contributors focus their attention on three key areas: social work with children and families; community care and social work with adults; and probation and social work with offenders. One of the most important and innovative features of the text is that it offers a practical tool for readers to identify and monitor competences. Knowledge, values and skills are integrated to produce a set of competences, the main components of which are then shown in practice as problem-solving devices against wh