Bøker av 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.

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".

Placements can be one of the most exciting parts of your social work training but also one of the most daunting. This guide helps you to make the most of your practice learning opportunities. It highlights how you can make the most of your placement, as well as anticipating some of the problem areas and pitfalls to avoid.

Written by an experienced groupworker and academic, this book aims to promote knowledge and understanding of groupwork and group processes, particularly in social work and social care settings. It includes: illustrative group examples; quotes from groupworkers; key learning points based on research; activities to develop practice; and more.