Surviving your Social Work Placement

Robert Lomax is Staff Tutor, HSC South West Region for The Open University, UK.Karen Jones is Professional Lead and Senior Lecturer in Social Work in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of West of England, UK. She is the co-author of Best Practice in Social Work, also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

"A tutor in a book. A helpful and practical guide, responding and answering the many questions students ask time and time again!" - Andrea Collins, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Care, University of Gloucestershire, UK. Review of a previous edition. "Practical and easy to use. It gives students the opportunity to develop and continue the process of self-reflection." - Jacqueline Smith, Head of the Centre for the Development of Social Care Practice at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Review of a previous edition.

• 1. Getting Started2. Learning for Practice3. Using Theory and Knowledge in Practice4. Values and Ethics in Practice5. Keeping Service Users Central to your Learning and Practice6. Making the Most of Supervision7. Being Assessed8. Managing Stress on Placement9. Troubleshooting10. Moving on From Your Placement.