Reflective Practice in Social Work

Andy Mantell, Terry Scragg, Andy Mantell, Terry Scragg

• Publisher: Learning Matters
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781529798593
• eBook ISBN: 9781529615067
• Edition: 6
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Work
• Index: Social Sciences

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, its main aim being to help you as a student 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Series Editor’s Preface
• About the Editors and Contributors
• Advertisement
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part I What is reflective practice?
• 1 Reflective Practice Revisited
• 2 Getting Started
• 3 Reflecting on Emotion in Social Work
• Part II Developing the Reflective Practitioner
• 4 Reflection as a Catalyst in the Development of Personal and Professional Effectiveness
• 5 The Importance of the Perspective of Carers and Service Users
• 6 The Role of Reflection in Breaking the Cycle of Unsafe Practice
• 7 Gender in Practice
• 8 Reflective Practice on Placement
• Part III Maintaining Reflective Practice
• 9 Working with your Team Manager
• 10 Reflective Practice for Interprofessional Co-Produced Social Work Collaboration
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1 Professional Capabilities Framework (2018)
• Appendix 2 Subject Benchmark for Social Work
• References
• Index