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Becoming a social worker : global narratives / edited by Viviene E. Cree.

Contributor(s): Cree, Viviene E, 1954- [editor.] | Gale (Firm)Material type: Text

TextSeries: Gale eBooks Student social work: Publisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2013Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781135076740Subject(s): Social workers -- Great Britain -- Case studies | Social service -- Great BritainAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Becoming a social worker.DDC classification: 361.3023/41 LOC classification: HV247 | .B395 2013ebOnline resources: Available via Gale eBooks.

Contents:

'If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you : I came to live out loud' / Gary Bailey -- Reflections on mental health social work / Kenneth Bolger -- A journey from Belfast to London / Jim Campbell -- Social work in Aotearoa New Zealand : an experience of cultural change / Marie Connolly -- A very political social worker / Hilton Dawson -- Social work : a profession that happened my way / Lena Dominelli -- Diverse strokes in social work : coping with a multi-textured canvas / Merlyn D'Souza -- They call me 'mum' / Gudrun Elvhage and Pernilla Liedgren Dobronravoff -- An indigenous social work experience in Aotearoa New Zealand / Moana Eruera -- Working with HIV / Bill Foley -- The accidental social worker / Jan Fook -- From London to California : a journey in social work education / Mekada J. Graham -- Becoming a careful gardener / Md. Tuhinul Islam -- A journey towards emerging coherence / Robyn Kemp -- From the classroom to the community / Petra Matuvi -- From Harare to Edinburgh : the professional adventures of a Shona woman / Carla Nzombe -- Trends and challenges of social work practice in Nigeria / Uzoma Odera Okoye -- Can we do it better? / Sally Paul -- Social work with adults : risks and relationships / Richard Pearl -- Steel tempered by fire / June Sadd -- My life's journey : a journey into social work / Gaylene Stevens -- Becoming a reflective social work practitioner : a story of a Hong Kong-born Chinese woman / Pauline Sung-Chan -- Social work across four continents -- Social work : a global profession.

Summary: This book describes what it is like to be a social worker in a range of different settings in different countries. While many of the narratives are from practitioners and educators who either grew up in the UK, half of the narratives explores the experiences of social workers and educators working in different parts of the world in countries as diverse as Australia and New Zealand, India and Bangladesh, Ireland, Sweden and Eastern Europe, Nigeria, the USA and Canada.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book describes what it is like to be a social worker in a range of different settings in different countries. While many of the narratives are from practitioners and educators who either grew up in the UK, half of the narratives explores the experiences of social workers and educators working in different parts of the world in countries as diverse as Australia and New Zealand, India and Bangladesh, Ireland, Sweden and Eastern Europe, Nigeria, the USA and Canada.

Description based on print version record.