Richard Devine

Messy Social Work

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ISBN: 9781805010067
Author : Richard Devine
Published: 2025
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages: 192
Language: English
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 226×148
Description
<p>Social work is a complex career - a hugely rewarding way to make a difference in people's lives, paired with an enormous responsibility to get it right. This (unofficial) guide, grounded in the author's decade-long experience on the front line of child protection, explores the intersection between these points and how to handle the challenges of the job while celebrating its joys.<br><br>This isn't a tidy list of textbook situations and perfect solutions - there are mistakes of all shapes and sizes, there are consequences, and (most importantly) there are reflections on what went wrong and how to <b>not </b>do the same thing in your own practice. Case studies and vignettes look into the realities of child protection from both perspectives, and what happens when what <b>should </b>happen doesn't match with what <b>does</b>.</p>

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