Complexity lies at the heart of social work practice and this book is designed to help students and newly-qualified social workers plan for and manage complex cases in an increasingly complex environment. Split into two parts, this book reflects the journey of qualifying social work students from preparation for practice in an educational context to learning on the job through working with service users in practice settings, and eventually assuming a more senior role in management, administration and training. Key topics covered in the chapters include managing volatility and uncertainty, making judgements and decisions, building and maintaining relationships, using reflection and supervision, working interprofessionally, managing risk, exploring cause and effect.
This book provides good coverage on aspects of complexity in social work. It encompasses several features that generate complexity and decision making in social work. This book s approach makes various landscapes of complexity easy to understand. This makes the book accessible to students and practitioners. Dr Tam Chipawe Cane 20170306