Social work practice

Found this on a field placement document as a reminder to social work students on theories we should know when practicing in the field.

Don’t you hate that feeling in your gut when your not sure what to do?? Any probable decision seems like a dead end…you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place! When social work…

Table 1 Analysis of groupings of practice theories categorised by the international def inition objectives - "Paradigms of Social Work: Alternative Perspectives on Social Work Practice Theory"

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The word theory can become quite confusing…in social work ‘theory’ is thrown around and can often become synonymous with model, approach, or practice. Defining and understanding …

Documentation is SO important but I dont know about you, I never was taught how to actually DO this. This is changing, theres a course made for that by real social workers doing the work!