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Social care : learning from practice / edited by Noel Howard and Denise Lyons.

Contributor(s): Howard, Noel [editor of compilation.] | Lyons, Denise [editor of compilation.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 2014Description: xvi, 301 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780717159697.Subject(s): Social service -- Ireland | Social case work -- Ireland | Social policy -- Moral and ethical aspects | Social work | Higher & further education, tertiary education | Educational: Social sciences, social studies | Educational: Citizenship & social education | Society | Ireland -- Social conditions -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 361.9417 | 361.9415 SOC
Contents:
Overview of Social Care Practice -- Learning from stories of practice / Denise Lyons and Noel Howard -- The Irish Association of Social Care Workers / Noel Howard -- Social care education and the Irish Association of Social Care Educators / Denise Lyons -- Stories from practice and management -- There's no place like home: care and aftercare / 'Keith King' -- The impossible task: which wolf will win? / Maurice Fenton -- Doing small things with great kindness / John Digney and Max Smart -- The language of social care / Pauline Clarke Orohoe -- An approach to family assessments / Angela Feeney -- Achieving independent living for people with disabilities / Aoife Killeen -- The stranger in the mirror: dealing with dementia in the intellectual disability sector / Iseult Paul -- It's all about the 'I': self-understanding in social care practice / Frank Mulville -- Precious cargo: focusing as a practice approach / Derek McDonnell -- Waiting: avoiding the temptation to jump in / Des Mooney -- Containment: not always a dirty word / Maria O'Sullivan -- Placing therapeutic relationships at the heart of our work / Laura Behan -- The therapeutic alliance in practice / Helen Buggle -- A house for one: single-occupancy residential units / Niall Reynolds -- Supporting those who self-Injure in social care settings / David Williams -- An A, B, C approach to challenging behaviour / Marguerita Walsh -- Learning to practise: the role of practice placement in social care / Lillian Byrne-Lancaster -- Supporting a team to direct and lead change in social care / Claire Leonard -- Supervision: a reflective guide / Fiona Doyle -- The significance of the small things: teaching independent living skills to young people in residential care / Kathy D'Arcy -- Thoughts on the good enough worker / Paddy Ormond -- The good manager: moral discernment and courage / John Molloy.
Summary: This multi-contributory book is the first social care text written exclusively by those in practice, management and academia. It provides a wealth of practical knowledge from the experiences of social care workers who have worked with different groups in diverse settings, including children, those with disabilities and the elderly.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Written by social care workers, this unique multi-contributory book draws on insightful stories of practice to discuss the key issues that impact on social care today.

Provides a wealth of practical knowledge from the experiences of social care workers who have worked with different groups in diverse settings.

Goes behind the rhetoric and theory to examine the unpredictable, difficult and challenging aspects of social care work.

Draws from real-life case studies illustrating both positive and negative experiences and outcomes, and examines the tasks and core competencies of social care work.

Reflects on the professionalisation of social care as a vital service utilised by Tusla (Child and Family Agency), the Health Service Executive and other stakeholders.

Discusses the evolution of social care from residential child care to an expanded, multifaceted and integrated practice.

Details the establishment of the representative body Social Care Ireland (SCI) in 2011, which is made up of the Irish Association of Social Care Workers (IASCW), the Irish Association of Social Care Management (IASCM) and the Irish Association of Social Care Educators (IASCE).

Written For:

Students of Social Care Social care workers preparing for continuing professional development (CPD), and allied health and social care professionals Those interested in a career in social care

Formerly CIP. Uk

Bibliography: (pages 276-292) and index.

Overview of Social Care Practice -- Learning from stories of practice / Denise Lyons and Noel Howard -- The Irish Association of Social Care Workers / Noel Howard -- Social care education and the Irish Association of Social Care Educators / Denise Lyons -- Stories from practice and management -- There's no place like home: care and aftercare / 'Keith King' -- The impossible task: which wolf will win? / Maurice Fenton -- Doing small things with great kindness / John Digney and Max Smart -- The language of social care / Pauline Clarke Orohoe -- An approach to family assessments / Angela Feeney -- Achieving independent living for people with disabilities / Aoife Killeen -- The stranger in the mirror: dealing with dementia in the intellectual disability sector / Iseult Paul -- It's all about the 'I': self-understanding in social care practice / Frank Mulville -- Precious cargo: focusing as a practice approach / Derek McDonnell -- Waiting: avoiding the temptation to jump in / Des Mooney -- Containment: not always a dirty word / Maria O'Sullivan -- Placing therapeutic relationships at the heart of our work / Laura Behan -- The therapeutic alliance in practice / Helen Buggle -- A house for one: single-occupancy residential units / Niall Reynolds -- Supporting those who self-Injure in social care settings / David Williams -- An A, B, C approach to challenging behaviour / Marguerita Walsh -- Learning to practise: the role of practice placement in social care / Lillian Byrne-Lancaster -- Supporting a team to direct and lead change in social care / Claire Leonard -- Supervision: a reflective guide / Fiona Doyle -- The significance of the small things: teaching independent living skills to young people in residential care / Kathy D'Arcy -- Thoughts on the good enough worker / Paddy Ormond -- The good manager: moral discernment and courage / John Molloy.

This multi-contributory book is the first social care text written exclusively by those in practice, management and academia. It provides a wealth of practical knowledge from the experiences of social care workers who have worked with different groups in diverse settings, including children, those with disabilities and the elderly.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Noel Howard is a retired social care worker and manager. He is the founder member and secretary of Social Care Ireland and is Chair of Care Leavers Ireland. He has written on social care work and edits publications for the Irish Association of Social Care Workers.

Denise Lyons is a lecturer in the Department of Humanities, Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, and has worked as a social care worker in residential care for several years. She is also an art therapist and the editor of Creative Studies for the Caring Professions (Gill & Macmillan). Denise is currently the President of Social Care Ireland.