Anne Quinney is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work Education at Bournemouth University, where an inter-professional curriculum has been introduced. Her teaching responsibilities include Social Work Theories and Methods/Models of Social Work Intervention; Practice Issues and Using Research in Practice. Anne is an e-learning enthusiast, involved in research projects which include exploring student experiences of e-learning in the social work curriculum and evaluating an electronic simulated community to support inter-professional education. She is Joint Editor of the journal Practice and is a member of the SWAP steering group. Anne previously worked as a teacher in Sudan and as a social worker and youth worker in the UK. Trish Hafford-Letchfield teaches at London South Bank University on the MSc Social Work, Leadership and Management PQ Award and on Pedagogical awards for academic staff. She has several years experience of managing adult services in the statutory sector and is currently Chair of a voluntary sector agency for Older People. Trish has several articles and books on management and organisational issues and has a particular interest in social inclusion issues in social work and social care and is currently researching the lifelong learning of Older People using Social Care Services .

"Comprehensive, readable book…Integration of NOS and QAA benchmarks help students and assessors to understand and chart learning. A very valuable resource" (Practice Learning Co-ordinator, NEWI)

• IntroductionThe Importance of Interprofessional and Inter-agency PracticePreparing to Work with Other ProfessionalsThe Youth Work ContextThe Health ContextThe Education ContextThe Housing and Neighbourhood ContextThe Justice ContextAppendix 1: The Professional Capabilities FrameworkAppendix 2: Subject Benchmark For Social WorkReferencesIndex