Continuing Professional Development in Social Work

Continuing Professional Development in Social Work
ISBN-10
1447307372
ISBN-13
9781447307372
Category
Social Science
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2013-12-01
Publisher
Policy Press
Authors
Carmel Halton, Margaret Scanlon, Fred Powell

Description

Continuing professional development has become an important and widespread practice in twenty-first century social work. This volume traces its emergence and evolution, identifying the characteristics of continuing professional development, the barriers to undertaking it, and the way social workers view it. Drawing on an international survey of practitioners and interviews with social workers and their managers, the authors provide unique insight into the possibilities and challenges of continuing professional development for newly qualified and experienced social workers alike.

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