Help your students make the best starts in their careers as a Social Worker. Covering everything they need to know in their first year and beyond, this very practical book will guide them through their degree and into practice.

Packed full of case studies, activities and tools for real-life practice, it will:

• Help students get to grips with and build the essential knowledge and skills base
• Support them to develop a range of tools for practice with different service user groups  
• Develop their critical thinking and help them to apply their learning in practice
• Provide them with a springboard for further learning and development.