Innovative Education and Training for Care Professionals

Rachel Pierce was previously the Assistant Director Education and Training at the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (CCETSW). Jenny Weinstein was acting Head of the London and South East Region of CCETSW before moving into the voluntary sector.

`This volume deals essentially with the current predicaments of social work education. Rachel Pierce, former assistant director of CCETSW, and always one of the most thoughtful and far-seeing of its officials, has teamed up with Jenny Weinstein to provide a brief but effective history of social work education's recent travails.'

• 1. Introduction: The Changing Context of Professional Practice, Rachel Pierce, formerly CCETSW and Jenny Weinstein, Jewish Care. 2. International Comparisons in Social Work, Lena Dominelli, University of Southampton. 3. Social Work Education and Higher Education: Mind the Gap, Cherry Rowlings, University of Stirling. 4. The Importance of Research in the Education of Care Professionals, Juliet Cheetham, University of Stirling . 5. Partnership in the Provision of Education and Training, Elizabeth Kemp, University College Chichester. 6. User Involvement in Education and Training, Miriam Hastings, Independent Mental Health Survivor Trainer. 7. Quality Assurance, Julie Wilkes, CCETSW. 8. Teaching and Learning Anti-racist and Anti-discriminatory Practice, Cathy Aymer, University of Brunel. 9. Selection and Retention of Social Work Students `The best workers and the best human beings', Jeremy Weinstein, South Bank University. 10. Practice Teaching and Learning, Mark Doel, University of Central England. 11. Making Connections in the Curriculum: Law and Professional Competence, Michael Preston-Shoot, John Moores University. 12. The Assessment of Professional Competence, Judith Croton, CCETSW. 13. Interprofessional Education, Helena Lowe, English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, and Jenny Weinstein. 14. Lifelong Learning for Care Professionals, Norma Baldwin and Elaine Ennis, University of Dundee. Index.