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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.
List of contents
Part One: What is reflective practice?
Chapter 1: Reflective practice revisited - Andy Mantell
Chapter 2: Getting started - Martyn Higgins
Chapter 3: Reflecting on emotion in social work - Gill Butler
Part Two: Developing the reflective practitioner
Chapter 4: Reflection as a catalyst in the development of personal and professional effectiveness - Gill Constable
Chapter 5: The importance of the perspective of carers and service users - Andy Mantell
Chapter 6: The role of reflection in breaking the cycle of unsafe practice - Sarah Houghton, Catherine Tucher and Denise Harvey
Chapter 7: Gender in practice - Linda Bell and Chris Smethurst
Chapter 8: Reflective practice on placement - Terry Scragg
Part Three: Maintaining reflective practice
Chapter 9: Working with your Team Manager - Terry Scragg
Chapter 10: Reflective practice for interprofessional co-produced social work collaboration - Anita Atwa
About the author
Andy Mantell formerly of London South Bank University, is now Senior Lecturer Department of Psychology, Social Work and Counselling, University of Greenwich.
Terry Scragg is an Independent Practice Educator and was formerly Principal Lecturer in Social Work, University of Chichester.
