Full Description
Positive Social Work will support and help you as a NQSW to understand your role within the context of a developing Social Work service. It will ensure that you are equipped with the knowledge and skills to do the job as best you can.
Leaving university and entering the world of social work can be quite a daunting experience, though also exciting and challenging. Positive Social Work helps you as a NQSW to understand your role within the context of a constantly developing social work service. Now updated with the Knowledge and Skills statements, it ensures that you are equipped with everything you need to do the job as best you can.
Positive Social Work is packed with information and resources to enable you as an NQSW to work in a professional manner, to protect yourself from the pressures of the role and to ensure you know where to look for support. This book also assists you with ongoing professional development by giving you tools you can adapt for your own area of Social Work.
This book provides a unique tool designed to support your journey through the Assessed & Supported Year in Employment and is full of case studies and exercises designed to help your understanding and develop positive habits which will enhance your career.
Contents
Introduction 1- Introduction to your Survival Toolkit 2- What to expect as you enter practice 3- Maximising your Professional Capabilities 4- Working out where you are at 5 -Developing Emotional Intelligence 6 - Practicalities of managing your workload 7 - Managing your stress and avoid burnout 8 - Balancing Your work and home life 9 - Your sources of support 10 - Where will you go next? 11 - Supporting your NQSW through the ASYE
