Developing Professional Practice in Health and Social Care

Adam Barnard is a Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care in the Department of Social Work and Health at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He has worked in higher education for over twenty years and runs the Professional Doctorate in Social Practice. He has taught across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and courses and teaches on the BA (H) Health and Social Care degree. His research interests are varied and include research into visual methodologies; enabling environments; the self in professional practice; pedagogies of reflection; and critical theory about professional practice. His publications include The Value Base of Social Work and Social Care (with Horner and Wild, 2008), which has been internationally translated; and the edited volume Key Themes in Health and Social Care (2012). He has conducted contract and evaluative research with local authority partners.

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List of contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. The current context and climate of professionals: Definitions and history (Adam Barnard)

2. Philosophy for Professionals – The Practice of Philosophy (Adam Barnard and Hannah Sawtell)

3. Values and Ethics for Professionals (Adam Barnard)

4. Professional Identity (Nick Hartrop)

5. Working in Organisational Systems- Current challenges and Dilemmas (Simon Howard)

6. Critical Practice: ‘Touching something lightly many times’: some thoughts on language and reparation in relation to mental health and social justice (Linda Kemp)

7. Globalised Practice (Adam Barnard)

8. Reflections on conditionality- issues of social policy for the emerging professional (Chris Towers)

9. Professional Supervision (Jane Challinor)

10. Reflective writing for professional practice (Sian Trafford)

11. Contemplating ‘career’ across disciplines: reflexive explorations of ‘career’ (Ricky Gee)

12. Personal Development Planning as Reflection (Catherine Goodall)

13. Journeys of Faith: Personal stories and faith development in church schools (Andy Wolfe)

14. A Personal Learning Journey (Vicky Palmer)

15. The Tain of the Mirror (Kevin Flint, Adam Barnard and Vicky Palmer)

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