PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Social Work in Challenging Times - Mark Lymbery and Karen Postle
PART 2: CONTEXTS
The Political, Societal and Economic Context of Practice - Bill Jordan
The Place of Values in Social Work Education - Richard Hugman
Uncertainty: The Defining Characteristic of Social Work? - Jan Fook
Social Work and the Use of Self - Kaeren Harrison and Gillian Ruch
On Becoming and Being a Social Worker
Why Bother? The Truth about Service User Involvement - Advocacy in Action
Research Mindedness - Beth Humphries
The Rise and Rise of Interprofessional Education? - Colin Whittington
Social Work in an International Context - Steven M Shardlow
PART 3: REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESSES
Social Work Law - Robert Johns
The Process of Social Work - Jonathan Parker
Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review
Communication Skills in Social Work - Juliet Koprowska
Understanding the Lifecourse - Paul Bywaters
Partnership Working: The Interdisciplinary Agenda - Malcolm Payne
Practice Learning In Context - Vicky Harris and Martin Gill
Social Work in a Digital Society - Jackie Rafferty and Jan Steyaert
PART 4: THRIVING IN PRACTICE
Social Work in Its Organisational Context - Mark Lymbery
Continuous Professional Development - Helen Gorman and Mark Lymbery
Professional Development in the Workplace - Tina Eadie
Partnership Working - Peter Beresford, Fran Branfield, Munir Lalani, Brian Maslen, Anna Sartori and Jenny, Maggie and Manny, All Service Users from Shaping Our Lives
Service Users and Social Workers Learning and Working Together
Using Supervision - Jeremy Peach and Nigel Horner
Support or Surveillance?
Management - Vicky White and John Harris
Value Conflicts in Practice - Karen Postle
PART 5: CONCLUSION
Opportunities and Threats: Social Work in The 21st Century - Karen Postle and Mark Lymbery