An innovative text aimed at social work students and designed to develop their knowledge and understanding of social policy and how to best apply this in practice. It demonstrates how they can use such skills to support vulnerable individuals, groups and communities to achieve positive change. The relevance of social policy to people with lived experience of social work intervention is examined, and students are given the underpinning critical skills to prepare them for social work placements in various settings, and for their professional lives as qualified social work practitioners. ...

An innovative text aimed at social work students and designed to develop their knowledge and understanding of social policy and how to best apply this in practice. It demonstrates how they can use such skills to support vulnerable individuals, groups and communities to achieve positive change. The relevance of social policy to people with lived experience of social work intervention is examined, and students are given the underpinning critical skills to prepare them for social work placements in various settings, and for their professional lives as qualified social work practitioners. ...