Integrated Practice: Using Narratives to Develop Theories in Social Care

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This book proposes integrated practice to bind together a tapestry of changes: the emergence of social care challenging traditional views of social work; the government’s modernising agenda that seeks to raise care standards; the new emphasis on regulation of care services, the rise of inter-disciplinarity as a strategy for delivering seamless services, and the recognition of learning and mentoring as tools for practice. Narrative examples from research, practice and education provide threads of ‘evidence’ that orient the reader to selected theoretical concepts. This book is intended for qualified social workers, skilled social care workers, line managers, practice teachers, mentors, assessors of practice, social work and social care lecturers and students who want to take a fresh look at theories for social care.