Critical Social Work Practice

Synopsis: This series of 25 audio tracks looks at social work practice around the world and compares attitudes and management techniques within the social work field. Material is taken from The Open University Course K315 Critical social work practice. Individual tracks are: What is critical practice? (5:53 min); How useful is critical practice? (6:15 min); Making decisions about people (8:11 min); What powers do social workers hold?(6:46 min); Relative power in decision making (8:13 min); Regulation in social work (9:31 min); How effective are standards? (11:02 min); How have regulations and standards changed the job? (6:26 min); The impact of standards on service users (8:59 min); Social work in a US school (8:56 min); Dealing with emotions and crises (8:05 min); Working in a school context (5:49 min); Working in a Lithuanian polyclinic (7:59 min); Social work skills in a polyclinic setting (9:26 min); Working in a South African psychiatric ward (10:17 min); Working with mental health patients (10:34 min); Working in the field of mental health (9:26); Changing Lives: Social work in Scotland in the 21st century (5:04 min); The impact on organisational structures (3:58 min); Implementing change through leadership (2:45 min); The impact of change on young people’s residential units (3:11 min); The impact of change on mental health provision (2:43 min); Evaluating the Changing Lives report (2:32 min); Involving service users (2:27 min);Continuing involvement in Changing Live (3:32 min).
Series: Critical Social Work Practice, Course K315
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2009
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: social work training

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