Gill Thomas

The portfolio is an essential part of the summative assessment within qualifying social work programmes. All students are required to complete a practice portfolio to provide evidence of their learning in practice. This essential book demonstrates how students can use the portfolio to demonstrate their learning in terms of developing core knowledge, values and skills. Topics covered include:What a portfolio is, and how to make best use of it in your learning journeyHow to evidence your capability using the Professional Capabilities Framework for Social WorkersHow to reflect on your own learning needs and learning styleHow to work with your practice educator in terms of practice learning and portfolio developmentHow to evidence the use of theory in your portfolioHow to evidence meaningful service user and carer involvement within your placement and portfolioHow to use your portfolio as a basis for future CPD learning, including the need to develop Personal Development Plans and the role of AYSEWritten by a team of experts from Bournemouth University, each chapter uses a range of reflective activities, practice educator comments, and student testimony to illustrate the discussion.

Was it really conceivable in 2007 that this prosperous county could be virtually brought to its knees by the floodwaters? With over 200 photographs of the region, this book recounts the catastrophic disaster wreaked on Gloucestershire's towns and countryside. From boats and bowsers and from Tewkesbury to Gloucester, this is a valuable record of the upheaval. It is a must-read for anyone who was affected by the incessant rain that fell in the summer months of 2007.

"As long as government continues to push collaborative working and best value, partnering will be in vogue" If you are implementing partnering in your organisation and don’t know where to start, this book covers everything you'll need - explaining all aspects of the partnering relationship from scratch. Construction Partnering & Integrated Teamworking provides information and instruction on the full range of topics in sufficient depth and tells you: how to do itthe tools you’ll needthe pitfalls to avoid. With its accessible and practical approach, Construction Partnering & Integrated Teamworking trains you in the essential elements of partnering.