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Social work intervention
Estimated study time: 40-60 minutes
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Description
Who's it for?
SCIE's e-learning activities are designed to be used in a number of ways:
- as interactive self-study materials for students taking the Social Work degree
- as e-learning materials that can be integrated by HE academic staff into their curriculum and/or their virtual learning environment (VLEs)
- as presentation material that academic staff can use with students in plenary mode through use of a multimedia projector or interactive whiteboard
- as interactive self-study materials for Social Care practitioners
- as e-learning materials that can be integrated by Social Care trainers into their training programs
Learning aims
Social Work intervention will raise awareness of:
- the legal rules that create the framework for social work intervention
- the different points of intervention - initial referral and screening, assessment and care planning and review and assessment
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About the authors
Michael Preston-Shoot is Professor of Social Work and Dean, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at the University of Bedfordshire. He has held various academic appointments since 1988 and has specialised in teaching and researching the interface between law and social work. In 2005 he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy for his work in this field. From 1993 to 2006 he was Editor of Social Work Education. More recently he has been Managing Editor of the European Journal of Social Work and a Founding Editor of Ethics and Social Welfare. He is currently Chair of the Joint University Council Social Work Education Committee.
Suzy Braye is Professor of Social Work and Head of the Department of Social Work at the University of Sussex. She has written widely in the field of social work and the law, community care provision and professional values, and is currently Editor of the European Journal of Social Work. As a practitioner, she has worked in mental health, community care, staff development and children's services management. Her recent and current research includes the relationship between law and social work practice and the legal and policy content of social work decision-making; professional and interprofessional learning; and the participation of service users and caregivers in social work policy, practice, education and research.
Acknowledgements
SCIE would like to thank the four peer reviewers of the materials: Carole Smith, Robert Johns, Janice West and Louise Brown as well as the four experts by experience interviewed: Grace, Charlotte, John and Jill.
