The Road to Social Work and Human Service Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of practice in the professions of social work and the human services. It lays out the journey and expertly signposts the key areas of knowledge, skills, values, ethics, practice contexts and contemporary debates. Client and practitioner perspectives offer reflections on real-life social work and human services interventions, while new case studies show how theory can be applied to practice.

Fully updated and revised, this text is an invaluable tool for students as they start their careers in the social work and human services sector.

1. Starting the journey: An introduction to social work and human service practice
2. Surveying the landscape: Historical and philosophical foundations for practice
3. Locating the lighthouse: Values and ethics in practice
4. Treading carefully: Professional practice and ethical standards
5. Finding the right maps: The knowledge base of practice
6. Travelling many paths: Practice fields and methods
7. Negotiating the maze: The organisational context of practice
8. Plunging in: Engagement, assessment, intervention, termination and review
9. Different landscapes: Working with difference and diversity
10. New journeys

The Road to Social Work and Human Service Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of practice in the professions of social work and the human services. It lays out the journey and expertly signposts the key areas of knowledge, skills, values, ethics, practice contexts and contemporary debates. Client and practitioner perspectives offer reflections on real-life social work and human services interventions, while new case studies show how theory can be applied to practice. Fully updated and revised, this text is an invaluable tool for students as they start their careers in the social work and human services sector. Material on eprofessionalism and contemporary issues related to digitisation brings the text up to date with advances in technology that are impacting practice Material on disaster and environmental work addresses recent developments in these increasingly important areas, and sets out interventions and skills needed The section on trauma-informed practice reflects the substantial interest in these theoretical paradigms For instructors: continuous case studies span multiple chapters of the text to show how various topics impact on practice, helping students to apply critical thinking skills to real-life scenarios Material on disaster and environmental work addresses recent developments in these increasingly important areas, and sets out interventions and skills needed The section on trauma-informed practice reflects the substantial interest in these theoretical paradigms Provides comprehensive, practice-oriented coverage of introductory social work and human service practice issues in the Australasian context For instructors: continuous case studies span multiple chapters of the text to show how various topics impact on practice, helping students to apply critical thinking skills to real-life scenarios