With a foreword by First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, this book is the first to offer an in-depth look into what makes the Welsh Social Work context unique. It includes the move towards joint children, families and adult provision and the emphasis on early intervention, future generations and partnership considerations.
Covering the subject knowledge required by the Welsh regulator, Social Care Wales, it provides essential reading for students and practising social workers in Wales, and rich contextual analysis for other international social work practitioners and writers. Each chapter includes:
dialogue on the distinctive 'Welsh Way' that underpins the nation's social work approach;
focus on application: responses and implications for professional practice;
the 'giving of voice' section: demonstrating the key emphasis in Welsh practice of ensuring that multiple stakeholder perspectives are actively heard;
key resources for further independent exploration of the topics.
Foreword - Mark Drakeford Preface - Wulf Livingston, Jo Redcliffe and Abyd Quinn Aziz Part 1: Context Introduction - Eluned Plack, Wulf Livingston, Jo Redcliffe and Abyd Quinn Aziz 1. The Social Policy Context for Social Work in Wales - Hefin Gwilym 2. A Rights-Based approach: The New Social Work Legislation in Wales - Miriam Ennis 3. The Regulationof Social Work in Wales - Ian Thomas 4. The Welsh Context: We Are What We Know - Gwenan Prysor 5. Social Work Education in Wales - Jo Redcliffe and Jaime Ortiz 6. Coproduction and Service User Involvement - Sarah-Jane Waters 7. Applying the Principles of Coproduction - Liz Lefroy Part 2: Practice Examples 8. Child and Family Social Work in Wales - David Wilkins 9. A Joint Children and Adult Approach to Safeguarding - Hayley Douglas and Helena Barlow 10. Experiences of Social Care and Social Work Education: Completing the Circle - Sarah Buckley, Graham Attenborough, Hope Lawrence, Tim Wynn, Jenny Burgess, Eluned Plack, Anna-Louise Edwards, Rhiana Povey and Sandra Williams, with Liz Lefroy 11. Unpaid Carers - Daniel Burrows and Jen Lyttleton-Smith 12. Peer-led Alcohol and Drug Services - Tim Versey, Sarah Vaile, James Deakin and Wulf Livingston 13. Trauma Informed Practice in the Welsh Youth Justice Service - Tegan Brierley-Sollis 14. Social Care Practice with Older People: Embedding and Sustaining Practice - The cARTrefu Project - Penny Alexander, Diane Seddon, Katherine Algar-Skaife, Gill Toms, Sarah Lord and Kelly Barr Part 3: Current Challenges 15. A Holistic Approach to Self-care, Resilience and Well-being - Neil Thompson 16. Social Work with Transgender Children and their Families - Naomi Parry and Ceryl Teleri Davies 17. Young Intimate Relationships: Messages from Research for Practice - Ceryl Teleri Davies 18. Anti-Racist Social Work in Wales - Jade Forbes and Abyd Quinn-Aziz 19. Supporting Sanctuary Seekers in Wales - Tracey Maegusuku-Hewett, Haddy Sallah, Joanne Pye, Beth Pearl and Natacha Leao da Silva 20. Community Development in Social Work Practice - Fiona Verity 21. Responses to the Global COVID-19 Pandemic - Christian Kerr, Gillian Macintyre, Robin Sen and Abyd Quinn Aziz 22. Emerging Social Work Practice in Wales - Rhoda Emlyn-Jones Conclusion - Abyd Quinn Aziz, Jo Redcliffe and Wulf Livingston
Wulf Livingston is Professor of Alcohol Studies at Glyndwr University. Jo Redcliffe is Associate Professor of Social Work at Swansea University. Abyd Quinn Aziz is Programme Director for the MA in Social Work at Cardiff University.
