SCIE Guide 5: Teaching and learning communication skills in social work education
Credits
This project was funded by the Department of Health and Welsh Assembly.
We are grateful for the support provided by all the members of the project reference group:
- Janet Bakht, Student Social Worker, Anglia Polytechnic University
- Claudia Bernard, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Goldsmiths College University of London
- Anna Fairtlough, Lecturer in Social Work, Goldsmiths College University of London
- Jeanette Harding, User Trainer-Consultant
- Elisabeth Hunter, Practice Manager, Mental Health of Older Adults and Practice Teacher Coordinator, London Borough of Lewisham
- Ruth Jordan, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University
- Kate McMullen, Policy and Research Officer, Scope
- Rachel Norrington, Social Worker, Community Mental Health Team, London Borough of Lewisham
- Louise O’Connor, Lecturer in Social Work, Bromley College of Further and Higher Education
- Pauline O’Loughlin, Principal Social Worker, St Christopher’s Hospice
- Tamara Van Coolenburg, Student Social Worker, Anglia Polytechnic University
We thank the members of academic teams that undertook the research and practice reviews. The practice review team from Brunel University for Teaching and learning in social work: Communication (2003, unpublished, London: SCIE) was as follows:
- Cathy Aymer, Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Director of Social Work Studies, Brunel University and Director of the Centre for Black Professional Practice, Brunel University
- Adam Dinham, Lecturer and Tutor in Social Work, Brunel University
- Annabel Goodyear, Lecturer and MA Course Leader in Social Work, Brunel University and a member of the Centre for Child-Focused Research
- Dr Toyin Okitikpi, Lecturer and Course Leader in Social Work, Brunel University and a member of the Centre for Black Professional Practice, Brunel University
- Bryony Randall, Research Assistant
The research review team for Teaching and learning communication skills in social work education (2004, London: SCIE) was:
- Bernard Moss, Principal Lecturer in Social Work and Applied Studies and Learning and Teaching Fellow, Staffordshire University
- Sally Richards, Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Care, University of Reading
- Gillian Ruch, Lecturer in the Division of Social Work Studies, University of Southampton
- Pamela Trevithick, Senior Lecturer in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol
With:
- Linda Lines, Open University
- Oded Manor, formerly Middlesex University
A special thanks goes to Scope and Jenny Morris for allowing SCIE to use illustrations from their publication A lot to say: A guide for social workers, personal advisors and others working with disabled children and young people with communication impairments, and to Angela Martin who produced the cartoons. We would also like to thank Harry Venning for giving permission for SCIE to include a selection of cartoon strips from the Clare in the Community series, which regularly features in The Guardian.
Particular thanks goes to the administrators, Lynette Bolitho and Zoë Elford, who have supported us throughout the project.
