Towards Collaborative Social Work Education and Practice

The study presented in the book asks what social
work education ought to do in order to prepare
future social work practitioners? In order to answer
this question, the author conducted an action
research study with social work service users,
practitioners and students. These three stakeholder
groups are highly relevant for social work identity,
learning and practice, but, until this study, didn t
have a chance to explore the nature of social work
education and practice together, as co-researchers.
The study was conducted in England and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, two contexts where the author both
learnt and practiced social work. The book includes
a critical overview of social work education and
practice in both countries. This is followed by the
presentation of study methodology and findings,
which highlight the relevance of radical social work
tradition and of the emerging collaborative social
work learning and practice, both within the two
countries where the studies were conducted and
internationally. The book concludes with an overview
of these findings in relation to relevant literature
and practice in contemporary social work.

Autorentext
Reima Ana Maglajlic Holicek, MA,PhD. Rea studied social work in Croatia and England. She worked as a social work practitioner, researcher and teacher in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UK. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Social Work/ Programme Director, BSc Social Work, School of Human Sciences, Swansea University, Wales, UK

Klappentext
The study presented in the book asks what social work education ought to do in order to prepare future social work practitioners? In order to answer this question, the author conducted an action research study with social work service users, practitioners and students. These three stakeholder groups are highly relevant for social work identity, learning and practice, but, until this study, didn't have a chance to explore the nature of social work education and practice together, as co-researchers. The study was conducted in England and Bosnia and Herzegovina, two contexts where the author both learnt and practiced social work. The book includes a critical overview of social work education and practice in both countries. This is followed by the presentation of study methodology and findings, which highlight the relevance of radical social work tradition and of the emerging collaborative social work learning and practice, both within the two countries where the studies were conducted and internationally. The book concludes with an overview of these findings in relation to relevant literature and practice in contemporary social work.