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Improve your social work practice with this essential guide from Routledge. This book is built on the principle that the profession advances when practitioners become skilled, critical thinkers who use research to inform their daily work. By connecting theoretical knowledge with real-world application, this text helps you understand how research directly affects your future career. Designed specifically for students, this user-friendly and student-directed book simplifies the relationship between research and practice. It provides clear insights into why research matters and helps you recognize how your own beliefs impact your professional approach. Whether you are sitting in a research course or preparing for field work, this short text offers the guidance needed to bridge the gap between academic study and effective social work practice.

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Connects research to practice by helping students understand how knowledge informs real-world social work application.

Develops critical thinking skills necessary for practitioners to advance the social work mission.

Provides a user-friendly, student-directed format that makes complex research concepts easy to grasp.

Offers insights into the importance of research and how it affects your future professional practice.

Explores the impact of personal beliefs on professional social work methods and research outcomes.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
10 February 2016
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