How can social workers be more effective in collaborative work? What are the skills knowledge & values required for collaborative practice? How does collaborative social work practice impact on the experience of service-users & carers? These questions are faced by social workers every day & interprofessional collaborative practice is high on the policy agenda for trainees & practitioners. Written primarily for social work students & practitioners although having relevance across the wider range of stakeholders this book explores the issues benefits & challenges that interprofessional collaborative practice can raise. Chapter-by-chapter the book will encourage the reader to critically examine the political legal social & economic context of interprofessional practice. It also explores how social workers can work effectively & collaboratively with other professions while retaining their own values & identity. Key features include: activities to illustrate the ways in which collaborative working can impact upon the experiences of service users carers & practitioners; " discussions looking at the different people & organisations with whom social workers might work in practice; " examples of research & knowledge for practice; " a glossary to act as a useful quick reference point for the reader; " a companion website. Engaging & well-written each chapter also

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All Social Work students are required to undertake specific learning & assessment in partnership working & information sharing across professional disciplines & agencies. Increasingly social workers are also finding that they need to deal with a wide range of other professions as part of their daily work. It is essential therefore that social workers can work effectively & collaboratively with these professions while retaining their own values & identity. This updated second edition will prepare social work students to work with a wide variety of professions including youth workers the police teachers & educators the legal profession & health professionals. ...

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Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working in London. This is her story. From the summer of 2003 to the autumn of 2004 Belle charted her day-to-day adventures on & off the field in a frank funny & award-winning web diary. Now in her Intimate Adventures Belle elaborates on those diary entries revealing (among other things) how she became a working girl what it feels like to do it for money & where to buy the best knickers for the job. From debating the literary merits of Martin Amis with naked clients to smuggling whips into luxury hotels this is a no-holds barred account of the high-class sex-trade & an insight into the secret life of an extraordinary woman. ...

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